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MEDICAID ALERT: New Medicaid Community Care Look Back Rules Start October 1, 2022

Elder Care Matters

New Medicaid Look Back Rules If this sounds familiar, you’re right—recent years have seen many extensions of rules regarding Medicaid. But for New Yorkers, this most recent change to Medicaid Community Based Care is a result of a New York State’s 2022-2023 budget and not the pandemic.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

According to “The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition,” claims again nurse practitioners (NPs) are rising. NSO’s & CNA’s report entitled, The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition , revealed that aging services claims increased from 17.2

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The Coming Exodus of RN’s

Empowered Nurses

In it, 335,000 registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses surveyed in 2022. For the first time ever, centers for Medicare and Medicaid services have proposed new staffing regulations for long term care facilities. hours of direct care from a certified nursing assistant. and 37%.

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Why COVID-19 patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it

American Nurse

The drug might have prevented up to 27,000 deaths in 2022 if it had been allocated based on which patients were at highest risk from covid. 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 Pfizer reported $12.5

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Project ECHO and the geriatric healthcare workforce

American Nurse

Project ECHO connects rural clinicians in primary care and long-term care settings with an interprofessional team of specialists via videoconferencing sessions. A second ECHO line for long-term care facility teams (Nursing Home STRONG ECHO) began in 2020.

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Skin failure: A historical perspective

American Nurse

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. 1989;2(2):44-5. Kennedy KL, Ritter L.

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Full Practice Authority: APRN Readiness, Barriers to Practice and Access in South Carolina

American Nurse

Introduction SOUTH CAROLINA is predominately a rural state that consistently demonstrates poor health rankings, due to the lack of Medicaid expansion, healthcare deserts, and a decreasing physician supply. The 2022 public health data paint a dismal picture for chronic disease management and outcomes ( Table 1 ). 2022, October).

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