Health Leaders | Nursing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We are also one of the largest Medicaid providers," McGinn says. "We Virtual nursing has also been a major initiative to improve patient satisfaction in the inpatient setting, McGinn explains. "To That has enabled the bedside nurses to be more engaging with their patients."

Patient Satisfaction 64

Patient Satisfaction Medicaid Bedside nursing Nurse Shortage 64

IntelyCare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With the end of this fiscal year approaching, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decided to set off its New Year’s fireworks a little early. If it takes effect, the proposed CMS staffing mandate would be the first federal effort to improve safety and quality care through minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes.

Long Term Care 52

Long Term Care Medicaid Medicare LPN 52

Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 28, 2023

But now, nurse executives are finding new and more efficient care models to adapt to the current state of nursing shortages, workforce pipeline challenges, fewer physicians, increased patient acuity, and countless other challenges in today’s healthcare environment.

Chief Nursing Officer 52

Chief Nursing Officer Licensing Medicaid Nurse Shortage 52

Capitol Beat

MARCH 15, 2022

Nursing and Allied Health Workforce Shortages – The Committee notes that in a March 2021 survey conducted by the HHS Office of the Inspector General, hospitals reported that nursing shortages during the COVID–19 pandemic significantly strained health care delivery and were a significant obstacle to addressing the public health emergency.

Medicare 40

Medicare Mental Health APRN Telemedicine 40

Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 12, 2025

The PRECEPT Nurses Act The Providing Real-World Education and Clinical Experience by Precepting Tomorrows (PRECEPT) Nurses Act is a bipartisan bill introduced by Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (VA-02), and it seeks to provide a $2,000 tax credit for nurses who serve as clinical preceptors to nursing students, according to a press release.

Preceptors 66

Preceptors APRN Medicaid Medicare 66

IntelyCare

MARCH 3, 2023

The scandal has also called into question the integrity of the entire healthcare system at a time when public sentiment is already fraught with concerns related to understaffing and nursing shortages.

Licensing 93

Licensing HIPAA LPN Medicaid 93

The Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 1, 2025

However, these increasing demands come at a time when many schools face significant nursing shortages. Budget constraints have left some districts with only one nurse serving multiple schoolsor none at all. This shortage is particularly pronounced in rural areas, where access to healthcare is already limited.

Mental Health 54

Mental Health Self-Care Medicaid Nurse Shortage 54

Capitol Beat

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Congress must take action to improve nurse staffing and reduce burnout, such as investing in mental health and substance use dependence support for nurses. Ensuring a robust nursing workforce requires new, well-trained nurses.

APRN 45

APRN Medicare Medicaid Preceptors 45

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The value of these interactions was seen and now many insurance companies continue to provide reimbursement for complex or lengthy management of a patient through telephone triage (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2023). The triage nurse may not physically touch their patient, but impacts the workload of those nurses who do.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Retirement Nurse Shortage 52

Daily Nurse

MAY 5, 2025

In a bit of good news, following increases in shortages in fiscal years 2022 and 2023, nursing was reported as a shortage by fewer facilities in fiscal year 2024. Still, as of 2024, 82 percent of facilities reported a severe nursing shortage.

Military 52

Military Medicaid Nurse Shortage Retirement 52