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	<title>Capitol Update &#187; Medicaid</title>
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		<title>Hospital CoP &amp; ACO Rules Impact Nursing Practice for RNs and APRNs</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/11/hospital-cop-aco-rules-impact-nursing-practice-for-rns-and-aprns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[November 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent decisions by CMS, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, have a direct and significant impact upon nursing practice and care, for RNs as well as APRNs.  The proposed rule for Medicare Conditions of Participation is open for comments; the rule regarding ACOs is a final rule.  The link to the Federal Register notice of each rule appears after each heading.  ANA comments can be found on our website, Nursing World, at http://www.nursingworld.org/comments. ]]></description>
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		<title>Debt Ceiling Debate 1.0 is over!  Debt Ceiling Debate 2.0 Coming this Fall!</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/08/debt-ceiling-debate-1-0-is-over-debt-ceiling-debate-2-0-coming-this-fall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/08/debt-ceiling-debate-1-0-is-over-debt-ceiling-debate-2-0-coming-this-fall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deficit Reduction Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July-August 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S. 365]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Budget Control Act of 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[www.rnaction.org/medicaid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After months of debate and intense negotiation between the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate, and White House, President Barack Obama signed The Budget Control Act of 2011 (S. 365) into law on August 2nd.  This legislation will raise the debt ceiling through the end of 2012 and paves the way for trillions of dollars in government spending cuts. Although Medicare and Medicaid dodged a bullet in this first round, ANA remains concerned that safety net programs will be on the chopping block once the newly created Deficit Reduction Committee seeks to identify another $1.5 trillion in savings.]]></description>
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		<title>HHS Initiatives to Help States with &#8220;Dual-Eligible&#8221; Medicare/Medicaid Patients Include More Nurse Practitioners in Nursing Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/08/hhs-initiatives-to-help-states-with-dual-eligible-medicaremedicaid-patients-include-more-nurse-practitioners-in-nursing-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/08/hhs-initiatives-to-help-states-with-dual-eligible-medicaremedicaid-patients-include-more-nurse-practitioners-in-nursing-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[care coordination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Health and Human Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dual-eligibles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July-August 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nursing home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnership for Patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secretary Kathleen Sebelius]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On July 8, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the Department of Health and Human Services announced three new initiatives to help states improve the quality and lower the cost of care for the approximately nine million Americans who are eligible for benefits under both Medicare and Medicaid programs.  These individuals, known as “dual-eligibles,” include some of the sickest patients, and account for a significant and growing portion of health care costs -- over $300 billion per year.  A technical resource center will help states coordinate care, and demonstration projects are designed to improve care coordination and decrease hospital admissions of nursing home residents.  The nursing home demonstration project calls for facilities to adopt improvements such as employing more nurse practitioners, and increasing evidence-based interventions to prevent falls, pressure ulcers, and other preventable conditions.]]></description>
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		<title>Final Health Policy Rules Impact Nursing Practice &amp; Patient Care</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/06/final-health-policy-rules-impact-nursing-practice-patient-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/06/final-health-policy-rules-impact-nursing-practice-patient-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Code of Federal Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Human Services (HHS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare-acquired conditions (HCACs)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Nurses Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Provider Conscience Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[provider preventable conditions (PPCs)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telemedicine Credentialing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nurses may be interested to know about recent final rules which may directly impact the practice of nursing, patient care and access, and health care policy at the federal level.  Executive agencies and departments are required to publish notices of all rules and decisions in the Federal Register, and accept public comments on proposed rules.  Final rules are not open for comment, and become part of U.S. law in the Code of Federal Regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act (H.R. 2134) Reintroduced in U.S. House of Representatives</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/06/medicaid-advanced-practice-nurses-and-physician-assistants-access-act-h-r-2134-reintroduced-in-u-s-house-of-representatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/06/medicaid-advanced-practice-nurses-and-physician-assistants-access-act-h-r-2134-reintroduced-in-u-s-house-of-representatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H.R. 2134]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. John Olver (D-MA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S. 56]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On June 3, 2011, Representative John Olver (D-MA) re-introduced the Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act (H.R. 2134). This ANA-endorsed legislation would remove barriers that keep advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) from participating fully in state Medicaid Programs. The Senate companion bill, S. 56, was reintroduced in February by Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI). ]]></description>
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		<title>Money, Money, Money&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/06/money-money-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/06/money-money-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[and Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dear Colleague]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FY 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Human Services (LHHS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Appropriations Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representative Louis Capps (D-CA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.capitolupdate.org/?p=2153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, most of the conversation in and around the nation’s capital has been the debt ceiling and the fiscal year 2012 budget. Will Congress raise the debt ceiling? Will President Obama and the House Republican Speaker John Boehner be able to work out an agreement they can sell to their parties? Will Congress approve a 2012 budget or end up doing continuing resolutions like the 2011 budget?  How big will cuts be to Medicare/Medicaid?  Will there be tax increases?  Even as the different parties involved draw their lines in the sand, these questions need to be answered. ]]></description>
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		<title>With Battle Underway on Capitol Hill, ANA Testifies to Counter Attacks on Medicaid Funding</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/06/with-battle-underway-on-capitol-hill-ana-testifies-to-counter-attacks-on-medicaid-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/06/with-battle-underway-on-capitol-hill-ana-testifies-to-counter-attacks-on-medicaid-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANA President Karen A. Daley PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Illinois Nurses Association (INA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patient advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-IL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representative Danny K. Davis (D-IL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[testimony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[www.rnaction.org/medicaid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.capitolupdate.org/?p=2118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Nurses Association (ANA) is working on several fronts to counter attacks on Medicaid funding and to ensure that nurses are informed about the efforts on Capitol Hill that impact this program which provides essential health care coverage for an estimated 58 million Americans.]]></description>
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		<title>House Subcommittee Votes to Repeal Medicaid and CHIP Funding Provisions</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/05/house-subcommittee-votes-to-repeal-medicaid-and-chip-funding-provisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/05/house-subcommittee-votes-to-repeal-medicaid-and-chip-funding-provisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.D. (R-GA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance of Effort (MOE)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[May 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phil Gingrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Flexibility Act of 2011 (H.R. 1683)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus bill (ARRA)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.capitolupdate.org/?p=1958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 12, 2011, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee passed by a vote of 14 to 9 the State Flexibility Act of 2011 (H.R. 1683). The bill, sponsored by Representatives Phil Gingrey, M.D. (R-GA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), repeals the Medicaid Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirements that were first included in the stimulus bill (ARRA) and also within the Affordable Care Act (ACA). H.R. 1683 repeals the stability provisions in Medicaid and CHIP – putting at risk our nation’s most vulnerable citizens.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s New in Medicare &amp; Medicaid?</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/04/whats-new-in-medicare-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/04/whats-new-in-medicare-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Health Records (EHR)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HACs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospital acquired conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospital Compare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drug Benefit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a wrap-up of recent actions affecting Medicare &#038; Medicaid patients and providers by CMS, the Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Services.  CMS has many excellent resources – including facts sheets, rules and regulations, and schedules for upcoming calls and public meetings -- available on their website, www.cms.gov.  CMS is taking a leading role in developing policies to implement the Affordable Care Act, in addition to its continuing responsibilities for administering Medicare programs for seniors and the disabled, as well as the federal portion of state Medicaid programs. ]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Happening on Health Care Reform?</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/04/whats-happening-on-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2011/04/whats-happening-on-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRNs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doughnut hole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[face-to-face encounters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physician compare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which became law on March 23, 2010.  Although the Act is very long and complex, like many federal laws, the details are left up to federal agencies and departments – as well as the States – which must issue rules and other decisions to actually carry out its policies and create its programs.  In addition, many ACA provisions build upon, change, or add to federal programs that are already in existence -- especially Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program).  Here is an update on what has been happening in federal agencies and departments, in recent actions to carry out the goals and provisions of ACA.  To view ANA comments on these and other regulatory issues, please visit our website at http://www.nursingworld.org/comments. ]]></description>
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