Scrubs

AUGUST 6, 2023

As part of this effort, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a program to incentivize healthcare professionals to adopt the latest technology – namely, electronic health records (EHRs). Providers can also reduce certain Medicare/Medicaid fees by participating in the program.

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Medicare Care coordination Business 98

Nursing Review

JANUARY 29, 2025

Lastly, nursing presents many leadership opportunities and is a key feature of our healthcare system. Roles like Nurse Manager, Clinical Nurse Educator and Nurse Practitioners, to name a few, are the go-to experts that offer support, advice and guidance, and these positions allow you to enhance your skills, education and further your career.

Professional Development 98

Professional Development Self-Care Leadership Business 98

Scrubs

MAY 5, 2023

She is the only emergency medicine representative to the American Medical Association Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC), which makes recommendations to Medicare about evaluation of physician work influencing national physician payments.

Leadership 89

Leadership Patient Advocacy Medicare Education 89

Relias

MARCH 1, 2023

One approach that hospital officials are using to manage the readmission risk and avoid Medicare penalties is establishing a preferred SNF network. Hospital and SNF providers and clinicians then work closely to manage post-acute care and improve patient outcomes after discharge.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Patient Satisfaction Long Term Care 52

The Nurse Break

AUGUST 24, 2022

The last 2 years have been hard for so many of our front line clinicians, many expressed their frustrations, anger and distress for a number of the decisions or potential lack of decisions made around a number of policies, pay, working conditions and medicare review outcomes.

Leadership 98

Leadership Business Medicare Promotion 98

Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

If nurses bill for their services or are recognized for everything they bring, you can see that it’s worth investing in nursing to get a higher return. You’ll get better reimbursement from Medicare, the big blues, and everybody else in insurance. But we have to invest in our nurses.

Nurse Shortage 126

Nurse Shortage Nurse Practitioner Education Travel Nursing 126

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

JANUARY 3, 2022

When looking for a nursing job, especially your very first one, you should heed the words of my first nurse manager I ever had, a very wise and experienced woman. RVUs or Relative Value Units are part of the formula Medicare uses to quantify the complexity of work and expense a practice generates seeing patients.

Medicare 59

Medicare Malpractice Pharmaceutical Long Term Care 59