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Collaborative Arrangement laws scrapped so more nurses can work to full scope

Nursing Review

The laws have historically prevented nurses from providing Medicare subsidised services and prescribing certain medications available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) without a supervising medical practitioner. Nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives will continue to work the same way clinically.

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Dental Healthcare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) Training

American Medical Compliance

The impact of these losses and risks magnifies as Medicare continues to serve a growing number of beneficiaries. Even organized crime groups infiltrate the Medicare Program and operate as Medicare providers and suppliers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require FWA training.

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Fraud, Waste and Abuse Training for Workers in Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

American Medical Compliance

The impact of these losses and risks magnifies as Medicare continues to serve a growing number of beneficiaries. Even organized crime groups infiltrate the Medicare Program and operate as Medicare providers and suppliers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require FWA training.

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One nurse’s perspective: How to resolve the high cost of healthcare in the United States

American Nurse

healthcare costs continue to rise, patients are accountable for paying the balance of their medical bills to insurance companies, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies (the medical–industrial complex). A universal healthcare plan similar to Medicare could provide basic, free healthcare to all U.S.

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World first as NSW identifies number of people with metastatic breast cancer

Nursing Review

In a global first, almost 8,000 people have been identified by linking existing data as living with incurable breast cancer in New South Wales.

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False Claims Act Update: A Mid-Year Review (2023)

Healthcare Law Insights blog

This point is driven home in Piacentile , where relators alleged that a pharmaceutical company paid illegal kickbacks to oncologists to encourage their use of the company’s drugs over competitors. Thus, in cases involving pre-2010 conduct, relators must still have firsthand knowledge to qualify as an original source.

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Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Nursing- will these technologies help our profession?

The Nurse Break

In Australia, more than 30 million Medicare eligible telehealth consultations have occurred since March 2020, and patients overwhelmingly want the format to continue. For instance, pregnant women are rarely included in studies trialling pharmaceutical therapies. Care must be taken to ensure AI is not trained on skewed data.