Nurse.com

JULY 18, 2022

Another clear barrier to care is economic — many physicians are unable to accept Medicaid, while many Americans on Medicare struggle to find primary care physicians and specialists accepting new patients. It is no surprise, then, that NPs are in particular demand in rural America and, over 80% of NPs accept Medicare and Medicaid patients.

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Consult QD

MAY 16, 2023

A new policy from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vastly expands coverage for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), putting better type 2 diabetes management within reach for millions more patients. In Ohio, Medicaid recently started covering CGM for all people with diabetes, regardless of what medications they take.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A hospital that receives what it suspects to be an improper transfer must report their suspicions to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the relevant state survey agency within 72 hours of when the hospital suspects they have received an improperly transferred individual. Ethics: II: 9.4.2 32106 (June 22, 1994). 9 42 U.S.C.

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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. ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/index.html Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Data transparency aids care quality improvement.

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Medicare Medicaid Patient Experience Home Healthcare 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 Doi: 10.51256/ANJ072339 Reference Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Medicaid Medicare Promotion Leadership 52

Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). Although the report is free and accessible easily online, provider download rates tend to be low. We all love free tools that help our organizations perform better. Low retrieval rates.

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Medicare Medicaid Self-Care Education 52

American Nurse

OCTOBER 4, 2023

As a tool for clinic or mobile use, the ACC Foundation Risk Estimator Plus app can be downloaded to the computer (left) or as a tablet or smartphone Android or Apple app (right). Because of missed stratification opportunities from uncompleted ASCVD risk calculations, most patients with T2DM weren’t appropriately prescribed statin medications.

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