Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations

MARCH 8, 2024

According to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, since 2010 there have been 148 rural hospital closures leaving many rural communities without access to lifesaving care. CMS (2022) created rural emergency hospitals (REH) as a separate provider designation effective January 1, 2023. Rural Emergency Hospitals.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Emergency Care Promotion 52

Consult QD

JULY 18, 2023

Bruce Graham, DO, who leads Cleveland Clinic’s Virtual Emergency Medicine Program, interacts with a patient. Traditionally, Medicare regulations only allowed payment for emergency ambulance services when patients were transported to hospitals and other acute care facilities. “It

Medicare 91

Medicare Medicaid Business Emergency Care 91

American Nurse

MAY 1, 2023

Some patients avoided emergency care out of fear that they would be stranded for hours away from the reservation or be unable to pay their medical bills from a different facility. Without other end-of-life options or home healthcare resources on the reservation, many patients must turn to hospital care. August 26, 2021.

Long Term Care 98

Long Term Care Chief Nursing Officer Self-Care Senior Living 98