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The Real Cost of Medicaid Cuts: Hospitals Could Close, Nurses Burn Out, Warns ANA President

Daily Nurse

trillion, with $930 billion in Medicaid cuts and 11.8 Passage of this bill is a devastating blow to millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid.” Why It Matters: Medicaid Cuts Have Real-World Consequences Nurses witness firsthand the role Medicaid plays in keeping families, seniors, children, and rural communities healthy and supported.

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Budget Cuts Threaten to Deepen Nursing Crisis and Undermine U.S. Healthcare System

Daily Nurse

healthcare system continues to grapple with a historic nursing shortage, the proposed FY 2026 federal budget threatens to accelerate the crisis through sweeping cuts to nursing education, research, and Medicaid support—posing profound implications for workforce sustainability, patient access, and innovation. As the U.S.

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Empowering Healthcare: Special Grant Funding Program to Address Nursing Workforce Challenges and Improve Health Outcomes

Daily Nurse

The selected hospitals can receive up to $5 million respectively to pursue the Magnet Recognition Program or the Pathway to Excellence program from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), as well as implement or expand virtual nursing and nurse residency programs.

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Handling Patient Complaints in Home Healthcare

Celayix

There is also the patient family, and the patient insurance provider, or the government in the case of Medicare or Medicaid. There is of course, the patient. Then there is the healthcare provider. Without effective, open and clear communications, wires get crossed and patients often miss out of the treatments they require.

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Elevating the voice of nurses through advocacy

American Nurse

Nurse staffing The 2022 ANA Membership Assembly—the association’s governing and official voting body—approved a recommendation to include staffing ratios as an option for relieving the longstanding staffing issues, including nurse burnout, brought to light by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2023 Healthcare Trends: Are You Ready?

Relias

Poorly performing nursing homes are held accountable for improper and unsafe care and must improve their services immediately, or risk losing federal funding. The public is better informed about nursing home conditions so they can find the best options for care. Penalties rise to $1M. Competitive compensation. Flexible scheduling.

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“One Foot in the Grave”: A Moment of Reckoning for Nursing Home Staffing

Empowered Nurses

Partial relief, lingering obligations While staffing targets were vacated, CMS’s facility assessment and Medicaid-reporting provisions remain active—meaning long-term care providers still must justify how they meet resident needs  whitefordlaw.com.