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751 U.S. hospitals penalized for high infection rates

January 19, 2018

Hospitals in every state were penalized with cuts in Medicare payments for having too many infections. (Maryland is the only state not affected because it has a different…

CMS awards funding for APRN training

July 11, 2012

On July 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the participants for a new initiative that provides funds to support clinical training of advanced practice…

Crime doesn’t pay

March 11, 2011

Fraud and abuse account for up to 10% of U.S. healthcare expenditures. What should you do if you suspect potential healthcare fraud or abuse?

Going with the flow of infusion nursing

December 11, 2008

Thanks partly to the new Medicare and Medicaid hospital reimbursement rules and the trend toward home health care, infusion nurses are in greater demand than ever. As hospitals…

Headlines from the Hill

May 11, 2011

Congress has reintroduced the Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act, which would allow APRNs to order home health services under Medicare.

Headlines from the Hill

November 11, 2013

ANA supports the Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act, which would repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and reform Medicare Part B payment

Issues up close

May 11, 2011

This article details how patients are affected by APRNs’ current inability to order home health services.

Mary Naylor named to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

May 11, 2010

Mary D. Naylor, PhD, RN, FAAN, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, has been appointed to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. MedPAC was established by Congress…

NEJM: Public views on Medicare and the budget deficit

July 11, 2011

The July 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes an insightful review of public polling on Medicare and how public opinion has contributed to the…

Reader Feedback, January 2019

January 18, 2019

THIS IS WHERE we share some of the comments, insights, and thoughts we receive from readers. Contact us at myamericannurse.com/send-letter-editor. (more…)

Study: Immigrants contribute more to Medicare than they take out

May 11, 2013

According to a study in Health Affairs, immigrants in the U.S. disproportionately subsidize the Medicare Trust Fund, probably as a result of the high proportion of working-age taxpayers…

Study: SNFs have high readmission rates of Medicare patients

February 11, 2014

A high percentage of Medicare patients who are discharged from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) will return to the hospital or the ED within 30 days, according a study…

Medicare to stop reimbursing hospitals for eight preventable conditions Medicare will stop paying hospitals for the extra costs of treating eight conditions stemming from preventable errors—falls, pressure ulcers,…

Take Note – October 2008

October 11, 2008

Web Exclusive! A monthly round-up of clinical and practice news and alerts.

Update on Medicare Part D prescription drug program

December 11, 2006

Medicare’s prescription drug program recuperates from its rocky debut; ANA endorses the Medicare Quality Enhancement Act.

Use of long-term acute care hospital after critical illness increases

June 11, 2010

The U.S. has an increasing number of long-term acute care hospitals, where patients are transferred after a critical illness. However, a study in the June 9 issue of…

Why hospitals dislike their best customer: CMS

November 26, 2018

And why it’s time that they embraced the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A FEW YEARS AGO, I was doing some work in Australia and took a…

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751 U.S. hospitals penalized for high infection rates

CMS awards funding for APRN training

Crime doesn’t pay

Going with the flow of infusion nursing

Headlines from the Hill

Headlines from the Hill

Issues up close

Mary Naylor named to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

NEJM: Public views on Medicare and the budget deficit

Study: Immigrants contribute more to Medicare than they take out

Study: SNFs have high readmission rates of Medicare patients

Take Note – October 2007

Take Note – October 2008

Update on Medicare Part D prescription drug program

Use of long-term acute care hospital after critical illness increases

Why hospitals dislike their best customer: CMS

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751 U.S. hospitals penalized for high infection rates

CMS awards funding for APRN training

Crime doesn’t pay

Going with the flow of infusion nursing

Headlines from the Hill

Headlines from the Hill

Issues up close

Mary Naylor named to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

NEJM: Public views on Medicare and the budget deficit

Study: Immigrants contribute more to Medicare than they take out

Study: SNFs have high readmission rates of Medicare patients

Take Note – October 2007

Take Note – October 2008

Update on Medicare Part D prescription drug program

Use of long-term acute care hospital after critical illness increases

Why hospitals dislike their best customer: CMS

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