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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. In addition to informing patients, public reporting can drive providers to improve performance. See Providers, services, and measures.

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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. Financial stability in rural health According to the Cecil G.

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Pickleball Injuries Could Reach $500 Million in Medical Costs This Year

Scrubs

The authors of the report estimate that there will be 66,750 ER visits and 366,186 outpatient visits from pickleball in 2023. Lacerations or dislocations make up less than 10% of related injuries. “The heightened injury risk is especially true when considering that seniors’ activity levels were depressed for most of the pandemic.”

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Foot Care Nurses: Saving Limbs, One Foot at a Time

Diversity Nursing

A critical component of their role involves addressing the impact of social determinants of health, defined by the World Health Organization as non-medical factors influencing health outcomes.

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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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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.