Nursing Review

JUNE 2, 2025

Many promises were made on Medicare at the election. ACN director of leadership and transformation Jennifer Harland FACN said. The Coalition will continue to focus on real outcomes to ensure all Australians have timely and affordable access to the care they need. We will hold the Government to account on delivering them.

Medicare

Relias

JULY 15, 2025

While the law has been passed, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is still in the process of defining how the funds will be distributed and what will qualify for reimbursement or grant support. It will depend on how accessible and sustainable that support really is.

Medicaid

The Relentless School Nurse

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

As trusted healthcare professionals, Mills and Powell assert nurses’ moral obligation to speak out against leadership that threatens the core values of healthcare and public service. We, like millions of healthcare providers across the country are sounding the alarm on RFK Jr.

Leadership

Penn Nursing

OCTOBER 14, 2021

So Do Their Patients Leadership Health Care and Social Justice: Perfect Together The Vaccinators: Nurses and Needles on the Pandemic Front Lines As the Page Turns Dean’s Letter Integrated Innovation Download Fall 2021 issue Menu Button Feature Roads, Bridges, and … Caregivers? Media Spotlight Nurses Deserve Better.

Nurse Practitioner

Penn Nursing

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Joined Booze Allen supporting the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation and Oncology Care. Requiring more marketing experience to hold her product management position, returned to Penn for a Marketing certificate from Wharton. Transitioned to Health Informatics, and then moved into Health IT consulting.

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 12, 2025

The I CAN Act The Improving Care and Access to Nurses (I CAN) Act is another bipartisan bill that would remove the federal barriers in Medicare and Medicaid programs that stop APRNs from practicing to the full extent of their clinical education and training, according to another press release.

Preceptors

The Relentless School Nurse

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dr. Oz: Snake Oil Salesman in Chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV quack extraordinaire, has been tapped to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This nomination shows a complete disregard for the importance of education and the need for experienced leadership in this crucial field.

Health Insurance

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

APRIL 22, 2025

Healthcare Coverage In 2023, 92 percent of Americans had some form of healthcare coveragewhether employer-provided coverage, Medicare or Medicaid or private health insurance. Some policymakers are pushing for higher participation in employer-provided coverage, while others are advocating for Medicare for all.

HIPAA

Health Leaders | Nursing

JUNE 16, 2025

Providence Swedish cited rising costs, insurance delays, inflation in the medical and pharmaceutical world, and looming federal government funding cuts to Medicaid and Medicare as reasons for the decision. In total, 600 full-time jobs are being eliminated across seven states Providence Swedish operates in.

Pharmaceutical

IntelyCare

DECEMBER 27, 2022

To inform future proposals, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) is conducting a mixed methods study that will include CNAs, LPNs/LVNs, and RNs. The post 2023 Staffing Trends Curated for Post-Acute Leadership appeared first on IntelyCare.

Leadership

American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 7, 2024

CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) These regulations provide essential guidelines for healthcare providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Encourage a proactive approach by ensuring that leadership demonstrates a strong commitment to compliance and sets a positive example.

HIPAA

Relias

MAY 6, 2022

The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide. PEPPER provides each hospice organization’s paid Medicare claims for the last three fiscal years. Jurisdictional or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). PEPPER Target Areas. Set a reminder.

Medicare

Nurse.com

JULY 18, 2022

Another clear barrier to care is economic — many physicians are unable to accept Medicaid, while many Americans on Medicare struggle to find primary care physicians and specialists accepting new patients. It is no surprise, then, that NPs are in particular demand in rural America and, over 80% of NPs accept Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Nurse Practitioner

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

He’s an actively practicing NP in New York and a member of the senior leadership team at Columbia University’s School of Nursing, serving as the associate dean of clinical affairs and assistant professor responsible for overseeing the NP primary care faculty practice located in New York City and teaches health policy in the DNP program.

Nurse Practitioner

Scrubs

MAY 5, 2023

These five nurses exemplify the meaning of leadership. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in executive nursing leadership and an MBA degree at Johns Hopkins University. There are countless nurses making a difference in healthcare today. Every time you help a patient you are changing their life for the better.

Patient Advocacy

Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 5, 2023

A shared leadership/professional governance mindset is key to a successful practice redesign, CNE says. Letting go of that traditional paternalistic command-and-control models of leadership and getting into that shared leadership/professional governance mindset is the key to the future with this.

Retirement

Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Individual states determine provider rates and must include these rates in their state’s Medicaid Plan, which is ultimately reviewed by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS). CNA) (37%), and the third most popular choice was a professional ladder to a leadership position in the company (36%). In our 2021 survey, 65.8%

Medicaid

Consult QD

JULY 18, 2023

Origins and COVID-19 impact The program arose from Cleveland Clinic’s desire to leverage technology to make emergency care more accessible and from the healthcare system’s initial experience with a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payment model called Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3).

Medicare

Amercan Journal of Nursing

AUGUST 19, 2024

Some current examples of issues that nurse advocates are working on through federal legislative change are workplace violence, mandatory overtime, faculty shortages, workforce development, and modernizing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payment systems for nursing care. Support from these smaller groups is essential.

APRN

American Medical Compliance

JUNE 21, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimated that improper payments in the Medicare and Medicaid programs exceeded $100 billion from 2016 to 2023. Fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in healthcare present significant challenges, causing substantial financial losses, eroding public trust, and compromising the quality of patient care.

Medicaid

Relias

APRIL 10, 2025

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Emergency Preparedness Rule to provide a national framework for healthcare organizations to improve their readiness for emergencies. This regulation established consistent emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers of all types.

Medicaid

Health Leaders | Nursing

JULY 29, 2024

For payers, Woods said, change would likely begin at the federal level with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Nursing is the single largest workforce in any hospital, according to Jackson, and so nurses must be included in leadership and decision-making processes. This would provide a model for other payers. "If

Chief Nursing Officer

American Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides federal oversight of care quality in all U.S. Hospitals that accept patients with Medicare or Medicaid insurance (approximately 61.4 million have Medicare, Parts A and B, and 75.8 Rather, it falls under the leadership standard (LD.04.01.01), See Get prepared.)

Medicaid

Relias

DECEMBER 21, 2021

For Medicare claims, you already track care quality and report it to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Those quality ratings appear on Medicare’s Care Compare website and inform prospective clients how well you’re achieving positive outcomes. Improve Your Quality Ratings.

Medicare

Healthcare Law Insights blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In light of the new Guidance, healthcare entities—and nonhealthcare entities that are entering the health space—should ensure that their approach to compliance: Is fully embraced by leadership and suffused throughout the organization’s culture. For example, it emphasizes the need to: Ensure leadership commitment.

Leadership

Capitol Beat

JULY 24, 2024

Improving Access to APRNs ANA recently sent a letter to the Senate Finance Committee that highlights ways that Congress can ensure Medicare patients’ access to nursing care through Medicare Part B Payment Reform. The final rule was issued by CMS in April.

Medicare

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Dear readers, I am extremely excited to be embarking on this very important role and wish to express my gratitude to the leadership of the Maryland Nurses Association (MNA) for selecting me as the Editor-in-Chief of this journal. It is an honor to collaborate with the exceptional members of the Editorial Board and the publisher team.

Medicaid

Capitol Beat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled Make Your Voice Heard: Promoting Efficiency and Equity Within CMS Programs. These recommendations also support ANA’s legislative advocacy as we encourage lawmakers to support H.R. This blog was guest-authored by Samantha Karp.

APRN

Capitol Beat

JANUARY 2, 2023

Opioids ANA Chief Nursing Officer, Debbie Hatmaker, sent a letter to Congressional Leadership highlighting the need for certain bills and/or provisions to be included in this omnibus package. Annual Medicare Payment Changes Medicare providers were faced with 8.5% We are pleased to report that H.R.

Clinical Nurse Specialist

American Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

During the pandemic, about 230,000 APRNs treated Medicare patients, and approximately 40% of Medicare beneficiaries received care from APRNs. Certain other restrictions also were lifted. ANA members also receive discounts on American Nurses Credentialing Center initial certification and renewals.

APRN

Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

You’ll get better reimbursement from Medicare, the big blues, and everybody else in insurance. If leadership is listening and provides the staff with the right resources, like information tools, that type of thing they can use in their practice. You’ll get better patient outcomes. But we have to invest in our nurses.

Nurse Shortage

Minority Nurse

MARCH 29, 2023

After working as a home health aide at VNS Health, she became an RN with the organization and moved quickly through the ranks, leading to her current leadership role, where she oversees a large and diverse team. Working with our MLTC (Managed Long Term Care) and Medicare members requires skill, empathy, and patience. And she was right.

Long Term Care

American Nurse

JANUARY 2, 2024

Medicare estimates that each pressure injury adds $43,180 to a hospital stay. The wound care nurse disseminated the study findings to the nursing leadership team, which renewed its goal to reduce HAPI as part of the 2022 nursing strategic plan. worldwide. •

Education

The Nurse Break

AUGUST 24, 2022

While a wonderful week of inspiring nurse leadership conversations (from many fabulous nurse leaders), hearing about some wonderful initiatives and sharing a glass or two of wine between friends in some cases we haven’t seen for almost 2 years there is an underlying tension and distress I sense in many of the nurses I am chatting with.

Leadership

Health Leaders | Nursing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

NPs are taking on leadership roles in research and the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses. AANP emboldens its members to take on leadership roles by offering ongoing courses in developing leadership skills. So, we encourage NPs to take leadership positions, certainly on boards, in health policy, and health systems management.

Nurse Practitioner

Capitol Beat

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Starting each Spring, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) begins its annual rulemaking process to determine payment for Medicare services by provider type. Comments on the last proposed rule of the 2025 Medicare payment rulemaking cycle were submitted to CMS in early September.

Medicare

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 17, 2023

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a Proposed Rule that, if finalized, would extend the application of the “36-Month Rule” from home health agencies (“HHAs”) to also include hospice agencies as well. The 36-Month Rule, found at 42 C.F.R.

Medicare