Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 12, 2024

A congressional advisory panel is recommending that lawmakers reduce Medicare payments to nursing homes, home health agencies, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities in 2025.

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American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance to retired individuals, regardless of their medical condition, and some younger people with disabilities or certain health conditions. Medicare Advantage Plans (Part C) are offered by private, Medicare-approved insurance companies.

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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. Timeliness: Treatment is available without long delays.

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American Nurse

MARCH 13, 2024

A recent JAMA Network study found that sick people 85 and older were less likely than younger Medicare patients to get covid therapies like Paxlovid. In fact, the drug is still free for those who are uninsured or enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, or other federal health programs, including those for veterans.

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Nursing Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Cheng , Monash University A battle between private hospitals and private health insurers is playing out in public. At its heart is how much health insurers pay hospitals for their services, and whether that’s enough for private hospitals to remain viable. Anthony Scott , Monash University and Terence C.

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Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

APRIL 1, 2020

The emergency decision by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 17, 2020 (and retroactively in effect beginning March 6, 2020) to pay for telehealth visits outside of rural areas has eased physician concern. CPT codes for billing purposes are available.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 15, 2024

Furthermore, it prohibits knowingly submitting false or false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, or other federally funded healthcare programs. HIPAA regulations govern the use, disclosure, and safeguarding of protected health information (PHI) by covered entities and their business associates.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 7, 2024

Here are the key areas of healthcare compliance. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) This compliance is crucial for safeguarding patient health information. These regulations protect patient privacy, ensure quality care, and prevent fraud and abuse.

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American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 9, 2024

When someone uses your personal information, such as your name, Social Security number, or Medicare number, to make false claims to Medicare and other health insurers without your consent, it is known as medical identity theft. This wastes taxpayer money and interferes with your medical care. trillion in 2015.

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American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In general, these standards apply to commodities and services given to individuals participating in group health plans or group or individual health insurance coverage, including Federal Employee Health Benefit programs.

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American Nurse

DECEMBER 7, 2023

American citizens pay for their health insurance through premiums and co-pays, but they remain at risk for substantial out-of-pocket medical bills after receiving treatment for just one illness or injury that could leave them filing for bankruptcy. citizens with an option for supplementary insurance.

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American Medical Compliance

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The healthcare industry is highly regulated, with various laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), and the Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations shaping operations.

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Relias

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Direct support professionals (DSPs) typically receive low wages and have limited access to health insurance and other benefits. Individual states determine provider rates and must include these rates in their state’s Medicaid Plan, which is ultimately reviewed by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS).

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Empowered Nurses

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Purchasing your own liability insurance. Covering benefits like health insurance and retirement savings. Financial Consequences for Employers: o Employers who misclassify workers may face back taxes, including unpaid Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance contributions. Locum tenens positions.

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The Gypsy Nurse

JANUARY 27, 2024

If you’re eligible for health insurance options, apply and enroll immediately. If you’re eligible, it would benefit many people to apply for Medicare as soon as possible. It would help if you looked for other plans to cover the gaps that Medicare might not complete. Understanding tax benefits and deductions.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The HIPAA Regulations and Cybersecurity Training for Dental Healthcare Personnel course educates employees and management on how to be compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Introduction to HIPAA “HIPAA” stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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Aussie Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

PHC emphasizes a holistic approach to health and well-being, addressing not only physical but also social, economic, and environmental factors that affect health. What is the medicare healthcare reform in Australia about?

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American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Before and after healthcare Roberta Waite Marcus Henderson Tricia Howard Waite, a Virginia Nurses Association member, noted many factors that affect health. Employment, education, health insurance, sufficient healthy food, healthy neighborhoods and environments, economic stability, and community support also are included among SDOH.

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Relias

DECEMBER 13, 2021

An unintended, but positive offshoot of the pandemic is that the crisis highlighted home health’s “very quick and successful adjustments” and “versatility” to serve COVID-19 patients and millions of others served under Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans Administration, and other services. Health insurance plans.

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Celayix

MARCH 5, 2024

Employee Benefits : Internal employees are entitled to company benefits like health insurance. For contract workers, most companies won’t provide benefits, so they may need to look into private insurance plans. For contractors however, the responsibility to pay income taxes and social security taxes lies with the contractor!

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American Nurse

JUNE 7, 2023

In July 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law legislation to establish the Medicare and Medicaid programs about 20 years after President Harry Truman unsuccessfully tried to enact some form of national health insurance. A brief history of Medicare in America. pdf Medicareresources.org. New Engl J Med.

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American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

The EHR combined all pharmacy use by all patients in the complex care management department and calculated pharmacy costs on a per patient per month basis, which is the health insurance industry standard for capturing population health data. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 2020;368:m865.doi:10.1136/bmj.m865

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American Nurse

JULY 3, 2024

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.

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Relias

JULY 20, 2023

­The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. Maternal mortality remains a critical problem in the U.S., Sadly, U.S. rates are continuing to rise.

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The Relentless School Nurse

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dr. Oz: Snake Oil Salesman in Chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV quack extraordinaire, has been tapped to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz, notorious for peddling pseudoscience and miracle weight loss cures on his daytime show, now holds the reins of an agency responsible for the health of millions of Americans.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

On October 14, 2022, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14036, directing the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to consider innovative actions to drive down certain single-source prescription drug costs as the Biden-Harris Administration works to implement the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”).

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