Archive for the ‘Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP’ Category
Friday, March 5th, 2010
The San Francisco Chronicle: "A federal appeals court barred California on Wednesday from lowering Medi-Cal payments to doctors and hospitals by 5 percent and from cutting in-home care workers' wages by nearly 20 percent, saying the state's budget crisis doesn't justify violating federal laws that protect the poor and disabled. In four rulings, the Ninth U.S...
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Ged Kearney, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation said that the reforms to heath care announced by the Prime Minister are the most significant to the health system since the introduction of Medicare. "These reforms fundamentally alter how we fund and deliver health care in Australia making it more transparent and accountable...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
Ten Years Later: Look To Nurses As Champions of Patient Safety Kaiser Health News If we are to move forward, we must do a better job of providing policymakers, health care leaders and the public with the evidence showing the link between nursing care and patient safety...
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Friday, December 11th, 2009
Ten Years Later: Look To Nurses As Champions of Patient Safety Kaiser Health News If we are to move forward, we must do a better job of providing policymakers, health care leaders and the public with the evidence showing the link between nursing care and patient safety...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
The nation's largest union and professional association of registered nurses tonight welcomed the renewed call by President Obama for comprehensive healthcare reform. "But sadly, the President's prescription for reform still falls short of the full reform that is needed to solve our ever escalating healthcare crisis," said Deborah Burger, RN, co-President of the 86,000-member California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
A Better Remedy For Health Reform The Dallas Morning News The legislation before us does not reform the outdated and broken payment system the government uses to pay doctors who treat Medicare patients, (and it) ignores medical justice reform (Barton and Burgess, 7/20).
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance for nursing home surveyors, further defining and clarifying several important dimensions of care to help improve nursing home residents' quality of life and environment.
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), the nation's oldest women's health organization, is pleased to announce that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has reaffirmed its support for equitable reimbursement for certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) within the Medicare program, a priority legislative initiative for ACNM members. "We continue to support reimbursement equity for certified nurse-midwives," stated Dr.
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
President Obama on Thursday fielded questions from U.S. residents on a range of topics, including health care, at a town hall meeting that was broadcast on the Internet and cable news channels, Politico reports (Gerstein, Politico, 3/26). When asked why the U.S. could not implement a health care system similar to those of European countries, Obama said that the U.S.
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