American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

The EHR combined all pharmacy use by all patients in the complex care management department and calculated pharmacy costs on a per patient per month basis, which is the health insurance industry standard for capturing population health data. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 2024; 19(3).

Telemedicine

American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Before and after healthcare Roberta Waite Marcus Henderson Tricia Howard Waite, a Virginia Nurses Association member, noted many factors that affect health. Employment, education, health insurance, sufficient healthy food, healthy neighborhoods and environments, economic stability, and community support also are included among SDOH.

Health Insurance

Scrubs

AUGUST 18, 2023

Today, there are several laws in place designed to promote and protect breastfeeding among new mothers. However, these requirements do not apply to those covered under Medicaid, notably low-income women, who have disproportionately lower rates of breastfeeding compared to the general population.

Health Insurance

Relias

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% had no coverage at all.

Health Insurance

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The BBBA also promoted maternal health homes by incentivizing states through an increase on the federal match of 15% for two years if they use maternal health homes. The second federal policy is Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension (passed in Missouri 7/2023). More than 40% of births are insured under Medicaid.

Medicaid

American Nurse

JULY 3, 2024

Patient-centered care focused on self-sufficiency The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the term “home health” to describe a federal health insurance program that provides intermittent short-term care to help patients recover from illness and become as self-sufficient as possible at home.

Self-Care

American Nurse

JUNE 7, 2023

In addition to having strong population health knowledge and skills, nurses must also demonstrate confidence working autono­mous­ly, collaboratively, and innovatively as they lead in promoting community and population health. Some in the nursing profession see this focus as new, but population health isn’t new to nursing.

Medicare

Relias

JULY 20, 2023

­The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. Maternal mortality remains a critical problem in the U.S., Sadly, U.S. rates are continuing to rise.

Medicaid