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Full Practice Authority Gains Ground in 26 States: What This Means for Nurse Practitioners 

Minority Nurse

Based in Cleveland, Duffy is an NP in the University Hospitals Geriatric Medical Group and a professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Arizona, she notes, moved to FPA in 2001. However, she notes that NPs can still practice via telehealth, and that ability is no longer contingent on emergency authorization.

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Full Practice Authority Gains Ground in 26 States: What This Means for Nurse Practitioners 

Minority Nurse

Based in Cleveland, Duffy is an NP in the University Hospitals Geriatric Medical Group and a professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Arizona, she notes, moved to FPA in 2001. However, she notes that NPs can still practice via telehealth, and that ability is no longer contingent on the emergency authorization.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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Lauren: And looking in the Medicare data, you cannot figure out when a hospice changed ownership. So they looked at those that died in 2019, did a year back look at total cost of care that showed at six months, if somebody lives six months on average, those in hospice cost the Medicare trust fund 11% less than those who never enrolled.

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Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Standards: A Good Start, But Not Quite There

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On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. 2001, December 24). Sources Appropriateness of minimum nurse staffing ratios in nursing homes. Report to Congress: Phase II Final, Volume I.