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Doctors Oppose Expanded Role for Nurse Practitioners

Posted on 05/16/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Alvin Tran As nurse practitioners lobby to expand their authority and scope of practice in many states, a New England Journal of Medicine study released Wednesday documents a deep chasm between how doctors and nurses regard the issue. The study found the two groups overwhelmingly agreed that nurse practitioners should be able to practice to the full extent of their schooling and training. But doctors were less likely to concur that advanced practice nurses should lead medical homes, which deliver team-based, coordinated care to patients. Only 17 percent …

These Doctors Are Transforming Medicine. Is Yours Keeping Up?

Posted on 05/15/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Ankita Rao, Kaiser Health News Dr. Thomas Bellavia transformed his traditional medical practice in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., into a so-called medical home where patients are seen by teams of doctors and nurses.  He says it has paid off in better, more coordinated care for his patients and healthier income for the nurse practitioners and physicians in his group. Dr. Mark Holthouse took a different tack — limiting his El Dorado, Calif., clinic to 400 patients a year, and adding services such as …

89 Charged in Medicare Fraud Busts in 8 Cities

Posted on 05/15/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsBy Kelli Kennedy and Pete Yost, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday. It was the latest in a string of similar announcements by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder as federal authorities crack …

California Weighs Expanded Role For Nurse Practitioners

Posted on 05/13/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Pauline Bartolone, Capitol Public Radio — via Kaiser Health News As state governments get ready for the Affordable Care Act coverage expansion, some are taking a close look at their networks of health care professionals to make sure they will be able to meet increased demands as more people gain health insurance. California is one of 15 states expected to consider legislation this year that would give advanced practice nurses more independence and authority. Tina Clark is a nurse practitioner …

More Men Choose Nursing — And Earn More Than Women

Posted on 03/12/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthMost nurses are women, but the number of male nurses is growing and — no surprise — they earn more than their female counterparts. A new study from the Census Bureau found that while the nursing profession is still overwhelmingly female, the percentage of male nurses has more than tripled, from under 3 percent in 1970 to nearly 10 percent in 2011. The biggest growth has been in nurse anesthetists, which also pays the most, where men’s representation has grown …

Vernice Ferguson: She Elevated the Nursing Profession

Posted on 12/25/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyBack in 1980, an op-ed article in the New York Times laid out what the author saw as an escalating crisis that threatened the nation’s health care system: a nursing shortage. “Hospital beds are being cut back, operating rooms are being closed, and critical-care services reduced because there are not enough nurses,”  William A. Knaus,  co-director of the intensive care unit at George Washington University medical center, wrote. The problem, he explained, was that higher-paying, more-prestigious professions had opened to …

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