Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Direct support professionals (DSPs) typically receive low wages and have limited access to health insurance and other benefits. In 2020, our partners from ANCOR reported that average yearly turnover rates for DSPs had reached 42.8% The State of Medicaid Programs and the Need for Grassroots Advocacy.

Medicaid 105

Medicaid Leadership Health Insurance Medicare 105

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

APRIL 1, 2020

The emergency decision by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 17, 2020 (and retroactively in effect beginning March 6, 2020) to pay for telehealth visits outside of rural areas has eased physician concern. CPT codes for billing purposes are available.

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Medicaid Medicare Licensing 73

American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 26, 2023

On December 27, 2020, the United States Congress adopted the No Surprises Act (NSA) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which has various provisions to assist in protecting customers against unexpected costs beginning January 1, 2022. The following course highlights the NSA and how it impacts healthcare.

Health Insurance 52

Health Insurance Medicaid Medicare 52

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Primarily a rural state, Missouri has ten rural counties with the highest rates of maternal morbidity (Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 2021; The Missouri Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review, 2018). The second federal policy is Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension (passed in Missouri 7/2023).

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Mental Health Health Insurance Promotion 52

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 59

Health Insurance Medicaid Mental Health Promotion 59

American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the effects of social determinants of health (SDOH). Influential efforts such as the 2021 National Academy of Medicine report, Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, and the Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2030 initiative prioritized SDOH.

Health Insurance 52

Health Insurance Chief Nursing Officer Medicaid Medicare 52

American Nurse

JUNE 7, 2023

By 2020, progress had been made, but original goals hadn’t been fully achieved. As the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic, the unmistakable impact of healthcare disparities and social determinants of health and the need for nurse leadership in population and public health became evident. 1968;204(4): 298-302. doi:10.1001/jama.204.4.298

Medicare 116

Medicare Health Insurance Promotion Nurse Practitioner 116