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Should You Become a Nurse Practitioner?

Nurse.com

In fact, by last year there were more NPs licensed for primary care than there were primary care physicians, who now make up only about 30% of all MDs. It is no surprise, then, that NPs are in particular demand in rural America and, over 80% of NPs accept Medicare and Medicaid patients. Rural areas of the U.S.

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Career karma

American Nurse

Because licensing laws are different in every state, Palicki had to choose which states to practice in, even though she’s a telehealth provider. In this role, she leads projects and advises within the agency aimed at improving care for Medicaid beneficiaries in Texas. Texas has the third largest Medicaid program in the U.S.,

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The Exec: What Nursing Practice Redesign, or Evolution, Looks Like at Indiana University Health

Health Leaders | Nursing

A shared leadership/professional governance mindset is key to a successful practice redesign, CNE says. Letting go of that traditional paternalistic command-and-control models of leadership and getting into that shared leadership/professional governance mindset is the key to the future with this.

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Meet the New President of the AANP: Stephen A. Ferrara

Minority Nurse

He’s an actively practicing NP in New York and a member of the senior leadership team at Columbia University’s School of Nursing, serving as the associate dean of clinical affairs and assistant professor responsible for overseeing the NP primary care faculty practice located in New York City and teaches health policy in the DNP program.

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ANA Makes Nurses’ Voices Heard on Equity and Efficiency

Capitol Beat

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled Make Your Voice Heard: Promoting Efficiency and Equity Within CMS Programs. We know that when APRNs are allowed to practice at the top of their license, more patients overcome barriers to receiving safe and cost-effective care.

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The Exec: Advanced Practice Providers Key to Managing Physician Shortages

Health Leaders | Nursing

As we move toward value-based care, we have to take care of lots of people, especially as Medicaid is expanded throughout our country. For example, in dermatology, APPs might do general dermatology and the physicians might do the surgical subspecialty part of that.

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CMS Proposes to Expand 36-Month Rule to Hospice Agencies

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a Proposed Rule that, if finalized, would extend the application of the “36-Month Rule” from home health agencies (“HHAs”) to also include hospice agencies as well. The 36-Month Rule, found at 42 C.F.R.