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Private Duty Nurse Job Description [Updated for 2025]

Registered Nursing

Private duty nurses provide extended, shift-based care in contrast to home health nurses, who focus on brief, intermittent visits under Medicare guidelines. Because care is continuous and one-on-one, these nurses often act as the patient's primary caregiver and advocate. Apply for state licensure review licensing requirements.

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Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak

Health Leaders | Nursing

Lisa Greim, 65, a retired writer in Arvada, Colorado, pushed back against elderspeak recently when she enrolled in Medicare drug coverage. That person can respond, "This is the way I usually talk, but I can change it." Then, "I asked them to stop calling," she said. And they did."

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Nurse Practitioner Driven Home Based Primary Care Access and Immunization Intiative for Adults with Autism and/or Intellectual Disability

American Nurse

The most frequently observed category of insurance was public Medicare/Medicaid (n = 27, 84.38%). Primary health care experiences of autistic adults and their caregivers: Utilization, care coordination, and other challenges as reported by caregivers. link] Stein Duker, L. I., & Goodman, E.

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A True Example of Patient Engagement

Nurses Advocates

An excellent care coordinator took our call, listened to the situation, and gave us some suggestions. Based on her experience, the care coordinator gave us some ideas. Today, many post-op Total Knee Replacements go home but with support from family and home care.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

A well-designed care coordination process benefits patients, providers, and payer organizations. Improved care quality and patient safety, reduced readmissions and ER visits, and lower healthcare costs are just some of the positive outcomes of effective care coordination. Care coordination under HHVBP.

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Beyond EHRs: What Is “Meaningful Use” and How Can It Help Your Facility?

Scrubs

As part of this effort, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a program to incentivize healthcare professionals to adopt the latest technology – namely, electronic health records (EHRs). Providers can also reduce certain Medicare/Medicaid fees by participating in the program.

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Caring for Medically Complex Children Takes a Village

Nurse.com

In this model, nurses provide not only care but also coordination of care and can develop patient-focused care plans, which is necessary to keep everything running smoothly, according to Whitfield. Another nurse and I were the daytime care coordinators,” Whitfield said. Children’s hospitals in the U.S.