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CPD made easy – The experts’ guide to continuing professional development

Nursing Review

Nurses are in every part of our health and aged care system we see people at the beginning of life, and at the end, and everything in between, Professor McMillan said. Nurses are in every part of our health and aged care system we see people at the beginning of life, and at the end, and everything in between, Professor McMillan said.

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Understanding the PEPPER Can Reduce Home Health and Skilled Nursing Audit Risks

Relias

Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). Utilizing data from the most recent three calendar years, the PEPPER offers providers specific Medicare data statistics for discharges or services that may be vulnerable to improper payments.

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Risk stratification of CVD in type 2 diabetes

American Nurse

Early counseling and intervention in ambulatory care settings, via risk assessment screening for early detection, can help reduce modifiable ASCVD risks. 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).

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Home health nursing

American Nurse

Patient-centered care focused on self-sufficiency The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the term “home health” to describe a federal health insurance program that provides intermittent short-term care to help patients recover from illness and become as self-sufficient as possible at home.