August 2024

Rylee Wilson – Becker’s Payer Issues CMS will require states to provide Medicaid coverage for certain services for incarcerated youth within 30 days of their release date. The agency will also allow states the option to provide Medicaid coverage to youth who are incarcerated, but have not been convicted of a crime, according to a

Alan Condon – Becker’s CFO Report Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued an executive order ordering hospitals in the state to collect information on undocumented immigrants receiving inpatient and emergency care, and to report healthcare costs incurred as a result. The executive order comes in response to the Biden administration’s “reckless open border policies” and

 – MDedge Internal Medicine By Michelle Andrews For many patients, seeing a nurse practitioner has become a routine part of primary care, in which these “NPs” often perform the same tasks that patients have relied on doctors for. But NPs in specialty care? That’s not routine, at least not yet. Increasingly, though, nurse practitioners and

Rylee Wilson – Becker’s Hospital Review The Justice Department is starting a pilot program to reward whistleblowers who expose healthcare fraud schemes involving private insurance plans. According to an Aug. 1 fact sheet from the Justice Department, the program is intended to fill gaps in its existing reward programs. Under the program, whistleblowers who expose

Publish date: July 19, 2024 By Carolyn Crist Across the world, healthcare workers experience workplace violence, which can differ by gender, seniority, and the type of workplace, according to a recent study. An analysis found that men were more likely to report physical violence, while women were more likely to face nonphysical violence, such as