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		<title>What&#8217;s Going On in Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/05/whats-going-on-in-health-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Accountable Care Organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Transformation Grants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Loss Ratio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Trust Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repeal of Form 1099 Requirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Health Plan Premium Review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Congress mired indefinitely in political conflict over possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act, federal departments and agencies – as well as the states – are proceeding to carry out ACA’s blueprint for health reform according to schedule, as required by law.  New regulatory rules, appointments, and programs are announced every day.  Many of these will significantly impact patient care and access to health benefits – and thus nursing care and policy. ]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Celebrates Year One!</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/04/health-care-reform-celebrates-year-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/04/health-care-reform-celebrates-year-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANA President Karen Daley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANA’s Health Care Reform Team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grassroots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HealthCareAndYou.org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, March 23rd marked the first birthday of Health Care Reform -- the day the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by President Obama. The one year anniversary of the signing of this historic legislation provided a great opportunity for the ANA, our members, and nurses across the country to let our elected leaders know just what these life-saving provisions mean to us and, most  importantly, to our patients.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Teacher, I Don&#8217;t Feel Well, Can I Go To the Nurse?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/04/teacher-i-dont-feel-well-can-i-go-to-the-nurse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/04/teacher-i-dont-feel-well-can-i-go-to-the-nurse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congresswoman Lois Capps (D-CA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy and Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBHC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school based health centers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are very few Americans who haven’t had an interaction with a school nurse or the school nurse’s office, either for themselves or their children.  The school nurse’s office has changed over the years… They still treat sore throats and colds, but today school nurses often work in association with a School Based Health Center (SBHC) to treat a broader range of health concerns.]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans Take On the Affordable Care Act (ACA)</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/02/republicans-take-on-the-affordable-care-act-aca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/02/republicans-take-on-the-affordable-care-act-aca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[@nursingworld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANA’s Health Care Reform Headquarters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education and Workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy and Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[January 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner (R-OH)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judiciary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repeal and Replace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ways and Means]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 112th Congress convened in the New Year with a new Republican majority, a new Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner (R-OH), and a new agenda.  The first item on the new agenda- repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that was passed in the 111th Congress.  Repeal and replace was a mantra many of the new Republican House Members used during the 2010 campaign.]]></description>
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		<title>Council of State Governments Annual Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/12/council-of-state-governments-annual-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/12/council-of-state-governments-annual-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council of State Governments (CSG)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[December 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Human Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance mandates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ANA staff was in attendance at the recent annual meeting of the Council of State Governments (CSG) in Providence, Rhode Island. CSG provides an opportunity to interface with all three branches of state government: executive, legislative and judicial, as well as numerous stakeholders resulting in a rich dialogue about hot policy issues. Not surprisingly, several discussions were devoted to implementation of the new health care reform law.  A lively debate on the constitutionality of the health insurance mandates as well as a host of other legal challenges still left policy makers with a commitment to move forward with full implementation in 2014 just around the corner.]]></description>
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		<title>Highlights of AMA Interim Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/12/highlights-of-ama-interim-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/12/highlights-of-ama-interim-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountable Care Organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Medical Association (AMA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[December 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Health Records Incentive Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Societies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physician Contracting & Payment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physician Extenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Physician Oversight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scope of Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SGR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaccine Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violence in Emergency Departments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Medical Association (AMA) 2010 interim House of Delegates meeting was held November 6-9, 2010 in San Diego, with ANA Government Affairs staff the only official observers from the nursing community.  The AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses), CGFNS (Council of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools) and NCSBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing) could not attend.   The 541 credentialed delegates, from state and specialty medical societies, considered over 125 resolutions and reports.]]></description>
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		<title>In the States: What&#8217;s Hot, What&#8217;s Not</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/10/in-the-states-whats-hot-whats-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/10/in-the-states-whats-hot-whats-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constituent Member Association (CMA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRNAs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nurse Practice Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Nurses Association recently hosted its annual Constituent Member Association (CMA) lobbyist meeting.  More than forty representatives from thirty two state nurses associations (CMAs) were present for the two and one half day meeting which included visits to Capitol Hill. Many of the same issues that have challenged CMAs in previous legislative sessions continue, but now are compounded with state budget deficits and health care reform implementation on the horizon.]]></description>
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		<title>First Lady Michelle Obama and HRSA Administrator Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN Host Health Care Reform Teleconference for Nurses</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/10/first-lady-michelle-obama-and-hrsa-administrator-mary-wakefield-phd-rn-faan-host-health-care-reform-teleconference-for-nurses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/10/first-lady-michelle-obama-and-hrsa-administrator-mary-wakefield-phd-rn-faan-host-health-care-reform-teleconference-for-nurses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLOTUS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Wakefield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Nurses Association (ANA) was proud to be among the participants in a nurse-only health care reform conference call with First Lady Michelle Obama and Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN, the administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). More than 5,000 nurses from across the country participated in the call which focused on how nurses can educate their patients about the new protections and benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ]]></description>
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		<title>ANA Responds To Obama Policies Implementing ACA, Other Health Rules Affecting Nurses &amp; Our Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/09/ana-responds-to-obama-policies-implementing-aca-other-health-rules-affecting-nurses-our-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/09/ana-responds-to-obama-policies-implementing-aca-other-health-rules-affecting-nurses-our-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[August_September 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physician/practitioner supervision of nursing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This summer we saw a flurry of activity within agencies of the Obama Administration to produce rules implementing many provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  These were in addition to, or sometimes included within, the standing framework of Medicare payment system updates which must be updated by regulation on an annual basis.  While ACA's programs and changes will be phased in over a period of years, with completion in 2014, federal health agencies have wasted no time hammering out the details.  Numerous proposed rules, and even some interim final rules, have been issued – many with comment periods shorter than the customary 30 to 60 days from publication in the Federal Register.  ANA's Department of Government Affairs is teaming up with content experts in Nursing Practice and Policy to bring the nursing perspective to this process through written comments and meetings with agency officials.  In addition, ANA's National Center for Nursing Quality has continued to advocate for adoption of nursing-sensitive care measures in quality reporting by hospitals, while the Center for Environmental and Occupational Health has been busy working to create a healthier environment for nurses and patients.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform: What States Can Expect</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/06/health-care-reform-what-states-can-expect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/06/health-care-reform-what-states-can-expect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPACA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA ) may be over, but the work has just begun.  Many of the requirements will be implemented incrementally, between now and 2014 and beyond, but there are some immediate provisions necessitating federal regulations be promulgated fairly quickly. Not only are federal agencies feeling the pinch, but the new law has many implications for the states, which are still trying to gather the facts and ready for their expanded responsibilities.  What can the states expect…….]]></description>
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