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Nurses Need to Be the Change!

The Nursing Site

This was after the Tennessee BON cleared her in 2020 and told her they “ had bigger fish to fry. ” The hospital, Vanderbilt University Hospital, neglected to report the Sentinel Event (death) to Medicare and consequently filed no Plan of Correction which led to a renewed focus on the event as possible Medicare fraud.

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Tit for tat: Major parties put health at the centre of pre-election promises

Nursing Review

The Prime Minister has promised the largest single investment in Medicare in its 41 years , tripling the current bulk billing incentive but the opposition has said it will match it. How total Medicare payments for common visits will increase. Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton has promised to match Labor's Medicare pledge.

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Telehealth: Navigating healthcare delivery in the new normalized space

American Nurse

The sudden and unexpected emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic presented many new challenges for healthcare delivery in 2020. References Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Medicare telemedicine health care provider fact sheet. March 17, 2020. Let’s take it back for a moment.

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Too many Australians miss out on essential medical care every year. Here’s how to fix ‘GP deserts’

Nursing Review

In Triabunna on Tasmanias east coast, a retirement in 2020 saw residents left with only one GP , forcing people to travel to other areas for care, sometimes for well over an hour. If services funded by Medicare and other sources stay below that level for years, funding should automatically become available to bridge the gap.

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What Does Medicare Cover?

American Nurse

Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance to retired individuals, regardless of their medical condition, and some younger people with disabilities or certain health conditions. You can receive Medicare coverage either by enrolling in Original Medicare or a Medicare Advantage Plan (typically an HMO or a PPO).

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Why Nurse Practitioners are a Solution to Rural Healthcare Challenges

Health Leaders | Nursing

during that same time period, according to a 2020 study. of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients. Senate in April and would allow NPs, physician assistants, and other APRNs to provide particular services under Medicare and Medicaid. The percentage of rural physicians has declined—12.8%

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AMA says ACT Medicare UCCs ignores federal government policy

Nursing Review

Existing Canberra walk-in health clinics will be able to treat a wider range of conditions through merging with new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs). The Australian Medical Association's (AMA) latest data says in 2020-21, 13.7 The scheme will be joint funded by the ACT government and will attract an extra $7.1m