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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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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.

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

American Nurse

Health rankings demonstrate SC has the 4th highest rate of preterm births among all 50 U.S. 6,7,10 Based on access and health data indicating health care desserts and poor health outcomes for South Carolinians, full practice authority is essential now. Journal of Health Economics. JAMA Health Forum.

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