Amercan Journal of Nursing

JUNE 14, 2024

As the largest group of health care professionals, nurses must engage with policymakers to self-represent and work toward meaningful change to influence patient care, scope of practice laws, and workplace empowerment. The key role of professional organizations.

Nurse Practitioner 111

Nurse Practitioner Medicare Self-Care Retirement 111

American Medical Compliance

MARCH 15, 2024

Consequently, these will lead to financial losses and poor patient care. Furthermore, it prohibits knowingly submitting false or false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, or other federally funded healthcare programs. Compliance with physician self-referral law requires strict adherence to its provisions.

HIPAA 105

HIPAA Self-Care Health Insurance Best Practices 105

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Nurses from around the country watched and spoke out, supported her, and shared similar issues about the environment of care that she worked in, the failure of organizations to support nurses after self-disclosure, and the lack of trust in non-punitive response to error. Nurse leaders ensure that the care environment is safe.

Self-Care 105

Self-Care Promotion Medicaid Medicare 105

American Nurse

JUNE 3, 2024

adults have received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) Many clinical nurses don’t have the knowledge needed to customize patient-centered care to meet the individual needs of adults with ASD. Many organizations lack the resources to support clinical nurses in identifying adults with ASD and implementing appropriate care.

Communication 111

Communication Medicare Self-Care Mental Health 111

American Medical Compliance

APRIL 24, 2024

The following Anti-Kickback Statute and Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) Training educates healthcare providers on the provisions of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law. Consequently, the healthcare compliance statute covers any item that federal health care programs pay for.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Self-Care Federal healthcare 52

Consult QD

MARCH 7, 2023

The Cleveland Clinic Cognitive Battery (C3B) — consisting of self-administered digital modules of visual memory and processing speed tests — effectively discriminates between healthy aging and cognitive dysfunction, reports a team of Cleveland Clinic investigators. Study 4: Assessing test-taking in a distracting setting.

Self-Care 87

Self-Care Medicare Patient Satisfaction Education 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. Advance directives are legal documents that allow adults to record their wishes related to serious illness or end-of-life care.

Self-Care 59

Self-Care Medicaid Medicare Nurse Practitioner 59

Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). Utilizing data from the most recent three calendar years, the PEPPER offers providers specific Medicare data statistics for discharges or services that may be vulnerable to improper payments.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Self-Care Education 52

Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With the successes reaped during the pilot of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to accelerate the results nationwide. This measure also includes two aggregate measures, which are called total normalized composite (TNC) self-care and TNC mobility.

Medicare 52

Medicare Self-Care Medicaid Education 52

Empowered Nurses

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Understanding 1099 Employment for Nurses A 1099 employee, also known as an independent contractor, is not considered a traditional employee but rather a self-employed individual providing services to a business. However, this comes with increased responsibilities, including: Paying self-employment taxes. Locum tenens positions.

Nurse Practitioner 52

Nurse Practitioner Health Insurance Self-Care Retirement 52

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

ANA-NY member delegate candidates submit self-nominations during the annual ANA-NY elections. You might want to consider this—it is a wonderful opportunity to enrich your understanding of national nursing and health care issues. Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) (H.R. Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) (H.R.

APRN 52

APRN Long Term Care Medicaid Medicare 52

American Nurse

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Early counseling and intervention in ambulatory care settings, via risk assessment screening for early detection, can help reduce modifiable ASCVD risks. An estimated 34 million Americans, age 18 years and older, have diabetes, most with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) as well as a high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). See Risk assessment tools.)

Health Literacy 98

Health Literacy Self-Care Education Medicaid 98

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It is caring for an individual with a disability, acute condition, or chronic illness and helping them reach their maximum potential and function or adapt to the new physical or neurological challenges they are facing. In 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implemented the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP).

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Long Term Care Self-Care 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What is care coordination? Coordination of care is the process of organizing and integrating health care services for patients across care settings and providers. It is especially important for patients with complex or chronic conditions, multiple comorbidities, or transitions of care.

Care coordination 52

Care coordination Patient Satisfaction Self-Care Emergency Care 52

Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

Healthcare organizations receive scores from the HCAHPS survey , which according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is “the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.” While this behavior may boost satisfaction ratings, it can also jeopardize quality of care.

Patient Satisfaction 52

Patient Satisfaction Patient Experience Medicare Self-Care 52

Relias

JULY 12, 2022

The speed of change in healthcare requires post-acute care organizations to take a different approach to job preparedness. Leaders in assisted living, skilled nursing, home health, rehab therapy, wound care, and hospice know you can’t hire all the skills your organization will need tomorrow and in the future. Innovation.

Self-Care 52

Self-Care Medicare Education Promotion 52

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Many patients to whom nurses provide care have a chronic condition. Therefore, the nurse’s plan of care must be flexible to accommodate the changing presentation of the condition and how it is affected by aging, the environment (including nutrition), and whether there is the presence of other conditions. some cancers).

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Self-Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Medicaid 52

American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

NURSES IN MISSOURI must be able to assess a client’s ability to perform activities of daily living including preventative oral care (Registered Nursing.Org, 2024 ). The oral care plan should meet oral care standards and educate about various methods, safety measures, and the use of assistive devices to facilitate self-care hygiene.

Medicare 52

Medicare Self-Care Promotion Communication 52

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.

Self-Care 40

Self-Care Health Literacy Medicare Home Healthcare 40

Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

Regular compliance audits help organizations provide the most efficient, effective patient care. Formerly, hospitals did not disclose the price of individual services to patients before they received care. Even providers administering care sometimes didn’t know exactly how much a procedure or service would cost.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Self-Care Best Practices 52

Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As a post-acute care provider, you need to prove that your organization meets the expected standard of care, safety, and other compliance and regulatory requirements. Quality of care and the environment of care that your organization provides are most important for surveyors. Quality care and optimal clinical outcomes.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Self-Care Licensing 52

American Nurse

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Expiration: 12/1/26 Sandra Long*, a 72-year-old woman, is admitted to the emergency department from a long-term care facility for fever, poor oral intake, new-onset confusion, foul-smelling urine, and incontinence. In the acute care setting, a clean-catch urinalysis sample is preferred for UTI diagnosis. See UTI risk factors.)

Best Practices 82

Best Practices Self-Care Long Term Care Medicaid 82

Relias

JULY 20, 2023

­The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. Ensuring that behavioral health and medical documentation are in the same system can help integrate and improve care.

Medicaid 40

Medicaid Mental Health Health Insurance Medicare 40