Daily Nurse

JULY 31, 2023

The American Nurses Association (ANA) underscores the urgency for Congressional leaders, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and other key stakeholders to advance efforts in implementing safe staffing standards , including minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2022

In Spring 2022’s Semiannual Report to Congress (SAR), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) reported that nearly $3 billion had been misspent on Medicare and Medicaid services. HHS Examines Medicare Spending and COVID-19 Tests. Increased Telehealth Services.

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Consult QD

JANUARY 19, 2024

She and her colleagues analyzed locations of neurologist practices from the 2022 Care Compare database of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and locations of MS centers as defined by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. Their objective was to compute spatial access to these locations for all U.S.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2022

In Spring 2022’s Semiannual Report to Congress (SAR), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) reported that nearly $3 billion had been misspent on Medicare and Medicaid services. HHS Examines Medicare Spending and COVID-19 Tests. Increased Telehealth Services.

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Medicare Medicaid Federal healthcare Education 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The 2023 Home Health Final Payment Rule , which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in October, increases Medicare payments for home health agencies by 0.7%, or $125 million, compared to 2022. While this seems like a treat, William A. The final rule includes a 4.1% net inflation rate update.

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Relias

AUGUST 15, 2022

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes a decrease in Medicare reimbursement for home health agencies by 4.2% CMS estimates that this move would decrease reimbursements by about $810 million compared to 2022 projected reimbursements. Adjusting PDGM Calculations Based on Data.

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Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations

MARCH 8, 2024

CMS (2022) created rural emergency hospitals (REH) as a separate provider designation effective January 1, 2023. Hospitals within a rural area with not more than 50 beds or that closed after December 27, 2020, can seek designation as a REH as long as they meet the conditions of participation to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In April of 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that nurse practitioners with more than 3600 hours of clinical experience have full practice authority and are no longer mandated to have any contract with physicians to practice. There are many outdated laws or policies, particularly Medicare and Medicaid.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 13, 2023

Many of these individuals targeted elderly patients who receive Medicare benefits. Others controlled telemarketing schemes in order to target elderly Medicare patients to consent to tests by misleading and deceiving them. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services investigates these cases and prioritizes protecting patients.

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Medicare Telemedicine Medicaid Promotion 52

Healthcare Law Insights blog

APRIL 25, 2022

Prior to the pandemic a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid pilot study yielded positive results with respect to hospital readmission rates and follow-up emergency department visits. Barring Congressional action, this waiver is set to expire at the end of the Public Health Emergency , which CMS recently indicated would be in July 2022.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 25, 2022

On March 23, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice in the federal register announcing a limited re-opening of the comment period regarding OSHA’s final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19. Contact us.

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Medicaid Medicare Business 52

American Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

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 million have Medicare, Parts A and B, and 75.8 March 2023.

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Medicaid Medicare Promotion Leadership 52

American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 26, 2023

On December 27, 2020, the United States Congress adopted the No Surprises Act (NSA) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which has various provisions to assist in protecting customers against unexpected costs beginning January 1, 2022. The following course highlights the NSA and how it impacts healthcare.

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Capitol Beat

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled Make Your Voice Heard: Promoting Efficiency and Equity Within CMS Programs. These recommendations also support ANA’s legislative advocacy as we encourage lawmakers to support H.R.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 27, 2024

CMS Coverage Decision for Continuous Glucose Monitors On February 28, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made a significant determination, classifying both non-adjunctive and adjunctive Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) as Durable Medical Equipment (DME).

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IntelyCare

JANUARY 10, 2023

The RAI process is also a federal requirement from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as outlined in section §483. Reimbursement The facility’s state Medicaid reimbursement is calculated using the MDS assessments produced from the RAI process. comprehensive, quarterly, significant change in status).

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Medicaid Medicare Mental Health Licensing 52

Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With the successes reaped during the pilot of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to accelerate the results nationwide. You will compete nationally in your applicable size cohort determined by your 2022 census.”. million decrease.

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Medicare Self-Care Medicaid Communication 52

Healthcare Law Insights blog

MAY 17, 2023

6] Specifically, the government’s complaint gives examples of giving patients “tummy tucks” following the patients’ “interest in body contouring,” but billing Medicaid for “hernia repairs.” [7] 11, 2022, available at [link]. [2] And not just DOJ scrutiny, but whistleblower scrutiny as well. 5] 42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(1)(A). [6]

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Capitol Beat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

On July 12, 2022, ANA announced a Racial Reckoning statement acknowledging our harmful past actions and outlining a plan to rectify our history and make changes for the future. Our work in the last few months is an illustration, with ANA’s policy team submitting comment letters to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Medicare Medicaid Health Outcomes Promotion 40

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Non-compliance results in hefty fines of up to $1 million per violation, as enforced by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)​ ( Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services )​​. Consequently, we’ve seen widespread adoption of these patient portals that most of us now regularly use.

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Care coordination Health Outcomes Communication Medicaid 52

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

DECEMBER 15, 2023

1 Individuals covered by Medicaid (28.3%) and Medicare (26.8%), those who are Black (26.1%) and those earning less than $25,000 (26.4%) have the highest rates of telehealth visits. 1 83% of patients who had a telemedicine visit in the previous year said they want to continue or increase their use of telemedicine in the future.

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Telemedicine Communication Medicaid Medicare 52

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Missouri skilled nursing facility residents (N=253) reported that 49% of residents rely on staff to clean their mouth, many have no Medicare dental coverage, and Medicaid covers a limited number of dental services (The Oral Health of Adults, 2022). People with less than 20 teeth have problems eating healthy food.

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Medicare Self-Care Promotion Communication 52

Capitol Beat

MARCH 15, 2022

The bill, which also includes Ukraine emergency spending attached, was signed into law on March 15, 2022. The Committee requests a report within 180 days of enactment of this Act addressing the role of Medicare funding in supporting the training of nursing and allied health professionals. Agencies Health and Human Services : $108.3

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American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. doi:10.25300/MISQ/2022/16201 Hales CM, Servais J, Martin CB, Kohen D. Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association ; 2021. Backhouse A, Ogunlayi F. Quality improvement into practice. 2020;368:m865.doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Certified EHR technology. September 6, 2023.

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Telemedicine Health Insurance Health Literacy Promotion 98

American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Takeaways: To help patients and their families make informed decisions about choosing health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports quality performance measures. In addition to informing patients, public reporting can drive providers to improve performance.

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Medicare Medicaid Patient Experience Home Healthcare 52

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Institute for Safe Medical Practices, 2022). Rodziewicz, Houseman, and Hipskind, 2022). Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Accessed July 29, 2022 [link]. Published April 7, 2022. Accessed September 25, 2022 [link]. Updated May 1, 2022. It is intentional.

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Self-Care Promotion Medicaid Medicare 105

Amercan Journal of Nursing

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. The most recent 2022 Nursing Home Staffing Study found that a total nurse (RN, LPN, NA) staffing level between 3.8 HPRD and 4.6

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Long Term Care LPN Medicaid Licensing 96

Capitol Beat

DECEMBER 22, 2022

While nurses across the country continued to provide valuable care to their patients, the Policy and Government Affairs team at American Nurses Association focused 2022 on highlighting the value of the nurse in our health care delivery system. So, what do we mean when we talk about the value of the nurse? Read more about the #ICAN Act here.

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Medicaid Medicare APRN Chief Nursing Officer 52

Consult QD

MAY 8, 2023

3 Who to enroll in a lung cancer screening program : Guidance from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has contributed to policy from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other payors for who should be screened. link] Published November 2022. 2021;4(4):e218559. Lung-RADS® v2022.

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Best Practices Medicaid Medicare Communication 87

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 27, 2023

In April 2022, New York and Kansas granted FPA to NPs. She notes that four states moved to full practice authority through the pandemic: Delaware and Massachusetts in 2021 and New York and Kansas in 2022. Now, patients in more than half of the states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In April 2022, New York and Kansas granted FPA to NPs. She notes that four states moved to full practice authority through the pandemic: Delaware and Massachusetts in 2021 and New York and Kansas in 2022. Now, patients in more than half of the states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S.

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American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

One way to reframe and reclaim the purpose and value of nursing is to address and elevate the intellectual, clinical, ethical, and relationship aspects of our discipline (Wolf, 2022). Gassas and Salem (2022) conducted a comprehensive integrative review to identify factors affecting the development of professional values. & Boz, I.

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Health Outcomes Medicaid Medicare Nurse Educator 52

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Takeaways: The 1990 Federal Patient Self Determination Act requires that Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare organizations follow state laws related to advance directives. October 31, 2022. Facilitate difficult conversations and support patient decision making. See Patient self-determination.

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Self-Care Medicaid Medicare Nurse Practitioner 59

Relias

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Lack of access to care is a leading factor in maternal mortality, according to a March of Dimes 2022 report, which found that 2.2 In its report Improving Access to Maternal Health Care in Rural Communities , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported that less than half of U.S. In the U.S., million U.S.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Education Licensing 52

American Nurse

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Increasing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reimbursements by improving accountable care organization metric targets for primary care provider clinics also can have a positive future impact. August 10, 2022. June 29, 2022. Get with the Guidelines® – Stroke recognition overview. J Am Coll Cardiol.

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Health Literacy Self-Care Education Medicaid 98

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

MAY 12, 2022

Thousands of nurses on social media have quit, organized, and will protest on the day of her final court date, May 13, 2022. The Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted an inspection of VUMC and issued a Statement of Deficiencies surrounding Murphey’s death, which sparked a criminal investigation into Vaught.

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Malpractice Military Medicaid Medicare 52

American Nurse

JULY 3, 2024

Patient-centered care focused on self-sufficiency The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the term “home health” to describe a federal health insurance program that provides intermittent short-term care to help patients recover from illness and become as self-sufficient as possible at home. Home health care.

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