2021 Long Term Care Medicare 
Hospital Recruiting | Nursing
JANUARY 3, 2022
2021 was a big year for our blog with 70 new articles published, and as the new year begins, we’d like to take a moment to reflect on our top performing all-time publications for the year. So what were readers like you most interested to hear from us in 2021? Every type of encounter is assigned an RVU value by Medicare.
American Nurse
MARCH 13, 2024
A recent JAMA Network study found that sick people 85 and older were less likely than younger Medicare patients to get covid therapies like Paxlovid. In fact, the drug is still free for those who are uninsured or enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health programs, including those for veterans. government 23.7
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Nurse.com
OCTOBER 26, 2022
You can choose from a surprising array of care settings: inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, schools, long-term care centers, or even correctional facilities. You can care for pediatric patients, students, adults, or geriatric patients. Inpatient hospital units.
American Nurse
OCTOBER 2, 2023
1980s: Kennedy lesion Fast forward to the 1980s, when Karen Lou Kennedy, a nurse practitioner in a 500-bed mid-Western long-term care facility, observed that some residents rapidly developed skin breakdown, usually on their buttocks, and died within 6 weeks to months. Adv Skin Wound Care. December 17, 2021.
Relias
JUNE 19, 2023
Since 2016, fewer patients with severe wounds have received care in long-term care hospitals, and more patients have gone to less costly facilities like inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. billion in fiscal year 2016 to $2.01 billion in fiscal year 2018. Group A facilities, which had an 11.4%
Relias
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). Utilizing data from the most recent three calendar years, the PEPPER offers providers specific Medicare data statistics for discharges or services that may be vulnerable to improper payments.
American Nurse
MARCH 6, 2024
Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association ; 2021. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Determine the impact of a structured pharmacist-led medication review—A controlled intervention study to optimise medication safety for residents in long-term care facilities. August 24, 2021.
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