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One nurse’s perspective: How to resolve the high cost of healthcare in the United States

American Nurse

healthcare costs continue to rise, patients are accountable for paying the balance of their medical bills to insurance companies, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies (the medical–industrial complex). Businesses hire fewer employees between the ages of 50 and 64 to reduce their healthcare expenditures. Unfinished Business.

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Collaborative Arrangement laws scrapped so more nurses can work to full scope

Nursing Review

The laws have historically prevented nurses from providing Medicare subsidised services and prescribing certain medications available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) without a supervising medical practitioner. Nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives will continue to work the same way clinically.

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Dental Healthcare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) Training

American Medical Compliance

The impact of these losses and risks magnifies as Medicare continues to serve a growing number of beneficiaries. Even organized crime groups infiltrate the Medicare Program and operate as Medicare providers and suppliers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require FWA training.

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Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training for Workers in Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

American Medical Compliance

The impact of these losses and risks magnifies as Medicare continues to serve a growing number of beneficiaries. Even organized crime groups infiltrate the Medicare Program and operate as Medicare providers and suppliers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require FWA training.

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Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Nursing- will these technologies help our profession?

The Nurse Break

In Australia, more than 30 million Medicare eligible telehealth consultations have occurred since March 2020, and patients overwhelmingly want the format to continue. For instance, pregnant women are rarely included in studies trialling pharmaceutical therapies. Care must be taken to ensure AI is not trained on skewed data.

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Top Healthcare Career Resources Blogs of 2021

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

RVUs or Relative Value Units are part of the formula Medicare uses to quantify the complexity of work and expense a practice generates seeing patients. Every type of encounter is assigned an RVU value by Medicare. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, advanced practitioner Russell Singleton breaks down the concept of RVUs here.

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The Lived Experience of Providing Preventative Caries Care in Missouri Post COVID-19 and Cannabis Legalization

American Nurse

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). American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. link] Business Research Methodology.