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Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act: Legislators Want to Hear from Nurses 

Daily Nurse

NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings. Yet, despite the high-quality healthcare NPs provide to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, barriers still exist within the programs that prevent the effective and efficient delivery of care.

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Rural Emergency Hospitals Increase Access to Care in Rural Communities

Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations

To increase access to healthcare in rural areas and to respond to the hospital closures, in 2021 congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act ( Public Law 116-260 ). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS (2022) created rural emergency hospitals (REH) as a separate provider designation effective January 1, 2023.

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The Joint Commission: How to prepare and what to expect

American Nurse

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides federal oversight of care quality in all U.S. hospitals that receive Medi­care and Medicaid funding. Hospitals that accept patients with Medicare or Medicaid insurance (approximately 61.4 Why do I have to be accredited by an organization like The Joint Commission?

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

Improve care, promote the profession Nurses play a key role in patient education, medication management, and prevention of negative health outcomes. Nurse-led QI projects offer opportunities to improve patient care and promote the nursing profession. Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association ; 2021. 2021; 16(5):e0252151.

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APRNs Can Provide Quality and Access to Care and Congress Needs to Let Them

Capitol Beat

The ICAN Act would remove unnecessary and outdated barriers to providing care for APRNs across the country so they can better care for their patients who are enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Nurse Advocates at the Capitol promoting the ICAN Act. Nurse Advocates stand with Rep. Names have been changed to protect privacy.

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Connecting the dots with cannabis care

American Nurse

This recognition highlights the essential role and special contribution of cannabis nurses to the healthcare system and promotes enhanced integration of cannabis therapies for healthcare consumers across diverse healthcare settings,” said ANA President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. It needs to go further,” she said.

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Project ECHO and the geriatric healthcare workforce

American Nurse

In The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity , the National Academy of Medicine promotes an interprofessional approach to education and training for nurses to help develop their leadership skills as well as their understanding of health equity, social determinants of health, and population health. 2023; 18(12).