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Don’t Let Tax Season Sneak Up: Use This Checklist

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Ensure Payroll Tax Compliance: If you have employees, make sure payroll taxes (Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment taxes) are withheld and remitted. Professional Fees: Renewing your state license, board certifications, and memberships in professional organizations (AANP, state NP associations) are all tax-deductible.

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Nurses Need to Be the Change!

The Nursing Site

The hospital, Vanderbilt University Hospital, neglected to report the Sentinel Event (death) to Medicare and consequently filed no Plan of Correction which led to a renewed focus on the event as possible Medicare fraud. Please take the time to watch this replay and reinforce how you need to protect yourself and your license.

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Do You Worry About Getting Audited?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

So this truly is for all of us with licenses. As an employee, you may find yourself part of one or many audits. That audit may be directed toward the practice or the individual clinicians. Audits can be internal and done proactively, or they can be external. But first, what is a medical audit to begin with?

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How Automation Gives Nurses More Time for Patient Care 

Daily Nurse

When hospitals and health systems use automation augmented by artificial intelligence (AI) for data abstraction, they help nurses work at the top of their licenses, providing bedside care that no technology could ever replace. People enter nursing because they are driven to help others.

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For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need

Nursing Review

Mapping inequity We first examined federally funded Medicare mental health services, largely provided under the Better Access initiative , to establish how equitably – or not – these are distributed. We found the equity indicator was six for Medicare-subsidised mental health care in 2019. Looking back to 2015, the indicator was five.

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Why Nurse Practitioners are a Solution to Rural Healthcare Challenges

Health Leaders | Nursing

With more than 100 million Americans lacking access to primary care, employing more nurse practitioners (NPs) and allowing them to practice at the top of their license is critical to making healthcare more accessible in rural areas, NP leaders say. of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients.

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NPs in 2025: Trends to Watch 

Minority Nurse

A greater role for technology, especially artificial intelligence, and more states introducing legislation to allow NPs to practice at the top of their license are among the trends NPs will see in 2025. “We’re going to see more states introduce legislation allowing NPS to practice at the top of our licenses,” he said.