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EVS on the Project Firstline Blog

Environmental Services (EVS) leaders and staff plays an essential role in providing a clean and safe environment for all through infection prevention and control practices.

Schmidt shares pandemic experiences of nurses

AONL member Anne Schmidt, DNP, APRN, shared the stories of medical-surgical nurses caring for COVID-19 patients at New England hospital in a recent article in Generations.

Pappas, Cunningham call for refocusing burnout research

“It's time to refocus our burnout research not just on awareness that the problem exists, but rather on solutions,” asserted AONL members Sharon Pappas, PhD, RN, and Tim Cunningham, DrPH, RN, in a viewpoint in the May issue of the American Journal of Nursing.
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Federal Report Finds Medicare Advantage Plans Deny Medically Necessary Care

The AHA continues to push back forcefully against MA plan policies that restrict or delay patient access to care, and add cost and burden to the health care system, while also contributing to health care worker burnout.
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CMS Finalizes Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023

The AHA commends CMS on the updates to the network adequacy standards, which are critical to ensuring that patients have access to the care they need. We also strongly support CMS’ attention to advancing health equity and look forward to continued partnership on this important work.

OIG: Medicare Advantage coverage denials raise health care access concerns

OIG found found 13% of coverage denials met Medicare coverage rules and 18% of payment denials met Medicare coverage and MA billing rules.

Hassmiller reflects on advances in nursing leadership during her career

When she started her career, Sue Hassmiller, PhD, RN, never imagined she would one day support the development of nursing leadership programs

CMS finalizes notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2023

CMS today issued a final rule that will implement for 2023 the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.

Study: Telehealth does not result in duplicative care

Telehealth care is comparable to in-person care, according to a recently published study in JAMA Network Open. A review of data from 40.7 million commercially insured adults on

Home health worker flu vaccination linked to lower patient hospitalization

Home health care (HHC) agencies' influenza vaccination policies are associated with reduced respiratory infection-related hospitalizations among older patients