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Better Nurse Staffing Linked to Fewer C-Sections

Daily Nurse

Their responses, collected in 2018 and 2019, were matched with hospital-level administrative data and rates of C-sections and vaginal births. The evidence-based standards call for one nurse to one birthing person during many parts of labor, two nurses at birth, and one nurse for each mother-newborn pair in the first few hours after birth.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In December 2019, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) reported that 290,000 NPs were licensed to practice in the United States. There are currently about 14 million people receiving some form of long-term care services.

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COVID-19 skin manifestations

American Nurse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services won’t reimburse hospitals for the care of this condition and may apply a value-based penalty fee. internationalguideline.com/2019 Jindal R, Chauhan P. Cutaneous manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 in 458 confirmed cases: A systematic review. J Family Med Prim Care.

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Nursing Homes Serving Black Residents Have Greater Hospitalizations, ED Visits

Minority Nurse

nursing homes using national datasets from 2019. Nursing homes serving Black residents were also more likely to be located in urban settings, for-profit in the South, and have more Medicaid-funded residents. “As

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CMS 2023 Home Health Final Rule: What Agencies Need To Know

Relias

The 2023 Home Health Final Payment Rule , which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in October, increases Medicare payments for home health agencies by 0.7%, or $125 million, compared to 2022. While this seems like a treat, William A.

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How to Get Started as a Nurse Advocate Around Key Issues Like Scope of Practice

Amercan Journal of Nursing

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.

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Cleveland Clinic’s Virtual Emergency Medicine Program: Treating the Right Patients in the Right Place

Consult QD

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).