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Nursing is so Unique it Needs Two Unique Identifiers

American Nurse

Change this 100-year-old policy (2023) thefreelibrary.com – Nursing is the room rate (2012) HISTORY “Want to Fix the Nursing Shortage?” Medicare, Medicaid, and many private insurers require the use of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) which is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

American Nurse

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. CMS defines “value” as improvement in health outcomes for the cost of achieving that improvement. 2023; 18(5).

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Nursing is so Unique it Needs Two Unique Identifiers

American Nurse

Change this 100-year-old policy (2023) thefreelibrary.com – Nursing is the room rate (2012) HISTORY “Want to Fix the Nursing Shortage?” Medicare, Medicaid, and many private insurers require the use of the National Provider Identifier (NPI) which is administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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The Value of Nursing

American Nurse

Value-based health care (VBHC) is a term used to describe the framework for restructuring healthcare systems with the overarching goal of value for patients, with value defined as health outcomes per unit of cost. Use of NPIs allows advanced practice nurses to bill Medicare and Medicaid for services provided to patients.

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Kansas: The Place for Growing Families?

American Nurse

According to the National Center for Health Statistics from 2019 to 2021 the infant mortality rates in Kansas were 5.2 among the Black population (March of Dimes, 2023). As reported in the March of Dimes 2023 Report Card, the preterm birth rate in Kansas in 2022 was 10.5 March of Dimes, 2023). in the white population, 5.3

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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

Rural health executives share their solutions to healthcare desert challenges. Editor’s note: This article appears in the July-September 2023 edition of HealthLeaders magazine. of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients. Medicare is about 46% and Medicaid is about 14%. What will it take?

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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. Health rankings demonstrate SC has the 4th highest rate of preterm births among all 50 U.S. Journal of Health Economics.

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