Daily Nurse

JUNE 30, 2023

American Association of Nurse Practitioners ( AANP ) and more than 235 organizations sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. 2713, the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act. NPs provide high-quality healthcare to Medicare and Medicaid patients across all geographic areas and healthcare settings.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

According to “The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition,” claims again nurse practitioners (NPs) are rising. To find out what this means and what NPs can do about it, Daily Nurse interviewed Georgia Reiner, MS, CPHRM, Risk Analyst, Nurses Service Organization (NSO).

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Malpractice Nurse Practitioner Long Term Care Medicaid 145

Daily Nurse

JULY 27, 2023

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) commends Sens. Merkley (D-OR) and Lummis (R-WY) for introducing the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act in the U.S. It is vital that the millions of Medicare and Medicaid patients who choose NPs receive timely access to high-quality healthcare.

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Medicare Medicaid APRN Nurse Practitioner 97

Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 15, 2025

Reimbursement and full practice authority policies are also critical, especially for nurse practitioners, to demonstrate the value of nursing. On a national level, nurse leaders now find themselves needing to defend Medicare and Medicaid, according to the panelists.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) welcomed Stephen A. What do you look forward to most at the helm of one of nursing’s most influential organizations? It’s just great to be leading the largest NP organization that represents over 355,000 nurse practitioners across the U.S.

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Empowered Nurses

OCTOBER 12, 2023

million registered nurses expected to quit by 2027 means a potential loss of approximately 1.1 million who will move on to other job opportunities or continue their education to become nurse practitioners. The need for nurse practitioners is growing and, according to the U.S. With 25% of our country’s 4.5

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Long Term Care Nurse Practitioner Medicaid Medicare 97

Capitol Beat

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

ANA has worked with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on making waivers permanent, but CMS believes that they do not have the authority to make any additional waivers permanent. The end of the PHE will also have an effect on the Medicaid program. 42 CFR §482.12(c)(1)–(2)

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Nurse.com

MAY 9, 2022

These children account for one-third of total healthcare spending and 40% of Medicaid’s total spending on kids,” according to a Children’s Hospital Association news release. reduction to Medicaid spending in the first full year of operation, according to a news release. “A This accounted for a 2.6%

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

APRIL 22, 2025

Healthcare Coverage In 2023, 92 percent of Americans had some form of healthcare coveragewhether employer-provided coverage, Medicare or Medicaid or private health insurance. Want to know more about our nursing programs? Earn your advanced nursing degree while keeping your work and life in balance. The University of St.

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Amercan Journal of Nursing

AUGUST 19, 2024

National Council of State Boards of Nursing map of Nurse Licensure Compact states. This happened to me as a nurse practitioner after moving to a new state. I didn’t realize how drastically different each states’ Nurse Practice Act could be in terms of advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) scope of practice.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JULY 29, 2024

Direct-Reimbursement Nursing Model pilots "expand nursing practice and elevate the value of nursing through direct reimbursement for nursing care delivery, management, and coordination outcomes," says the ANA. This would provide a model for other payers. "If

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Nurse Practitioner Chief Nursing Officer Leadership Medicaid 98

Health Leaders | Nursing

APRIL 10, 2023

My focus is advanced practice providers, which are nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs). In our medical center, we looked around and said, “Here at Duke, we have 1,400 nurse practitioners and physician assistants, many of whom have a 10- or a 20-year tenure.

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Pharmaceutical Nurse Practitioner Private Practice Medicaid 111

American Nurse

JULY 2, 2024

Individuals use cannabis and nurses will care for them as patients, according to NCSBN’s “National Nursing Guidelines for Medical Marijuana,” a 2018 supplement to the Journal of Nursing Regulation. Yes, it affirms that cannabis has medicinal value, but it doesn’t make it more affordable for Medicaid patients, for instance.”

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Business Education Nurse Practitioner Self-Care 105

Capitol Beat

JANUARY 4, 2024

ANA’s regulatory engagements, though sometimes overlooked, are an important part of our advocacy on behalf of more than 5 million nurses in the U.S. Not surprisingly, the main focus of advocacy is the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its subagency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Capitol Beat

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The ICAN Act would remove unnecessary and outdated barriers to providing care for APRNs across the country so they can better care for their patients who are enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Nurse Advocates stand with Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard to announce the ICAN Act in September.

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American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

SCNA aims to establish clear guidelines for nurses and nurse practitioners offering laser hair removal services, safeguarding both patients and clinicians from potential risks and ensuring optimal outcomes. South Carolina is one of the few states that has not expanded Medicaid. It appears this bill will pass favorably.

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Telemedicine Medicaid Promotion Nurse Practitioner 52

Capitol Beat

JULY 24, 2024

The bill would eliminate outdated barriers in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) that limit the ability of nurse practitioners (NPs) to provide care and treatment for injured or ill federal employees. HERE is the letter that ANA submitted to the committee ahead of the markup. The final rule was issued by CMS in April.

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American Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Specialty team members currently consist of four geriatricians, a psychiatrist, two nurse practitioners (NPs), a physical therapist, a public health infection-control preventionist, a licensed clinical social worker, and a clinical pharmacist. Rural and nonrural primary care physician practices increasingly rely on nurse practitioners.

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Long Term Care Leadership Nurse Practitioner Medicaid 87

Health Leaders | Nursing

AUGUST 28, 2023

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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Chief Nursing Officer Medicaid Licensing Nurse Shortage 52

Relias

JUNE 28, 2023

This means considering things like: Referring working patients to clinics that offer extended hours Referring Medicaid patients to well-known psychiatric units that work well with their insurance And more Building rapport and understanding the patient more fully can help PCPs direct patients to the appropriate resource and encourage follow-ups.

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Mental Health Holistic Care Medicaid Nurse Practitioner 52

Capitol Beat

MARCH 15, 2022

In addition, it directs HRSA to give priority to applicants in States listed in the HRSA publication “Supply and Demand Projections of the Nursing Workforce 2014-2030” as having the greatest shortages. Nurse Practitioner Optional Fellowship Program – The agreement includes $6 million for this program.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Why nurse practitioners are a solution to rural healthcare With more than 100 million Americans lacking access to primary care, employing more nurse practitioners (NP) and allowing them to practice at the top of their license is critical to making healthcare more accessible in rural areas, NP leaders say.

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Medicare Medicaid Telemedicine Nurse Practitioner 116

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 27, 2023

In the long struggle to gain full practice authority (FPA), nurse practitioners (NPs) can point to notable advances in the last few years. Defining FPA “Full practice authority is essentially that the nurse practitioner can practice to the full extent of their education and training,” says April N.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In the long struggle to gain full practice authority (FPA), nurse practitioners (NPs) can point to notable advances in the last few years. Full practice authority is essentially that the nurse practitioner can practice to the full extent of their education and training,” says April N. Defining FPA. FPA, COVID and Care.

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American Nurse

APRIL 30, 2024

Now, she’s a medical correspondent for NBC, holds CNO positions at nurse.com and nurse.org, and is a social media star—you may know her as Nurse Alice or from her podcast, Ask Nurse Alice. She also helped develop a new nurse grad character on the television show The Resident. It’s nerve-wracking but so cool at the same time.”

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Medicaid APRN Health Literacy Nurse Practitioner 116

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Despite the evils of the pandemic, one important change was the expansion of private insurance reimbursement for telehealth services as well as Medicare and Medicaid expansion to reduce previously prohibitive barriers of telehealth services. The authors work at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. March 17, 2020.

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Consult QD

MAY 8, 2023

3 Who to enroll in a lung cancer screening program : Guidance from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has contributed to policy from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other payors for who should be screened.

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Best Practices Medicaid Medicare Communication 87

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Takeaways: The 1990 Federal Patient Self Determination Act requires that Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare organizations follow state laws related to advance directives. The act requires that Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare organizations, such as hospitals and nursing homes, follow state laws related to advance directives.

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Self-Care Medicaid Medicare Nurse Practitioner 59

Capitol Beat

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This legislation would improve the Federal Employees Compensation Act and close a loophole negatively impacting Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and their ability to provide care to federal employees who are injured at work. This year, ANA worked with Congress on the Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act.

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Medicaid Medicare APRN Chief Nursing Officer 52

American Nurse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

1980s: Kennedy lesion Fast forward to the 1980s, when Karen Lou Kennedy, a nurse practitioner in a 500-bed mid-Western long-term care facility, observed that some residents rapidly developed skin breakdown, usually on their buttocks, and died within 6 weeks to months.

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Long Term Care Malpractice Nurse Practitioner Medicaid 105

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. Home health care.

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Scrubs

APRIL 25, 2023

A new law is set to pass in the state of Florida that will require all hospitals receiving Medicaid funding to collect information regarding their patients’ immigration status as part of the admissions process. Patients’ names also wouldn’t be disclosed to the state. The process of checking patient immigration status is known as E-Verify.

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Medicaid HIPAA Nurse Practitioner 111

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Introduction SOUTH CAROLINA is predominately a rural state that consistently demonstrates poor health rankings, due to the lack of Medicaid expansion, healthcare deserts, and a decreasing physician supply. 6 American Association of Nurse Practitioners. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Perloff, J.,

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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. The NPs grounded their work in the family approach and prevention focus of public health nursing.

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American Nurse

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These issues have caused widespread and historic nurse strikes. Long-term care minimum staffing rule In 2023, ANA maintained pressure on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its subagency the Centers for Medi-care and Medicaid Services (CMS) to address the nurse staffing crisis.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 14, 2024

I wanted to continue the work and so I came back home to Illinois because Illinois is a state that expanded Medicaid. I got a job working for a Medicaid managed care company in Chicago as the Senior Director for Strategy and Regulatory Affairs for a company called Next Level Health. Are you still there? It is so interesting.

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Medicaid Medicare Telemedicine APRN 105

The Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

. – The OpEd Nurses In the early days of President Trump’s second term, a series of executive orders have been issued that significantly impact health care policy in the United States. Donna Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, is a psychotherapist, advanced practice psychiatric mental health nurse, educator, and author.

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