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	<title>Capitol Update &#187; Medicare</title>
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		<title>Medicare Pay Cut Postponed</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/07/medicare-pay-cut-postponed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[End Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After months of legislative wrangling and misfires, Congress approved legislation replacing a 21.3 percent cut in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) with a 2.2 percent increase, for services provided from June through November 2010.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Pay Cut Stalled Through May 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/04/medicare-pay-cut-stalled-through-may-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Continuing Extension Act of 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 15, 2010, President Obama signed legislation temporarily stalling the scheduled 21.3 percent cut in Medicare reimbursement rates under Part B, for advanced practice registered nurses, physicians, and other Medicare providers.  The “Continuing Extension Act of 2010” extends 2009 payment rates through the end of May 2010, under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and also applies retroactively to April 1.]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare&#8217;s New Physician Supervision Rule Harms Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/04/medicares-new-physician-supervision-rule-harms-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/04/medicares-new-physician-supervision-rule-harms-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Critical Access Hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new Medicare policy went into effect in 2010, requiring physicians to be physically present in order to reimburse care given to patients in hospital outpatient and observation units.  The rule is causing severe hardship for nurses and their patients who need to receive chemotherapy, IV therapy, and other treatments in observation and other hospital outpatient units -- particularly in rural areas where patients and physicians must travel long distances. ]]></description>
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		<title>ANA Comments on Medicare Electronic Health Record Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/04/ana-comments-on-medicare-electronic-health-record-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/04/ana-comments-on-medicare-electronic-health-record-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advanced practice registered nurses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APRNs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[certified nurse midwives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health information technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lliance for Nursing Informatics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Electronic Health Record]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NDNQI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nurse practitioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nurse staffing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANA recently submitted comments urging CMS, Congress, and the Administration to allow APRNs – and all healthcare providers – to qualify for a portion of the billions of dollars in incentives for adopting health information technology/electronic health records systems under the federal Medicare/Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program.]]></description>
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		<title>MedPAC Focuses on Nurse Practitioners &amp; Other Non-Physicians</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/01/medpac-focuses-on-nurse-practitioners-other-non-physicians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2010/01/medpac-focuses-on-nurse-practitioners-other-non-physicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doretta.Hood@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[January 2010]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the January 14-15, 2010 meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, commonly known as MedPAC, commissioners supported a greater focus on non-physician Medicare providers, and recognized the important role of Nurse Practitioners in primary care and home health care.]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare: ANA Advocates for Nurses and Patients at MedPAC, RUC and CPT Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/medicare-ana-advocates-for-nurses-and-patients-at-medpac-ruc-and-cpt-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.capitolupdate.org/index.php/2009/10/medicare-ana-advocates-for-nurses-and-patients-at-medpac-ruc-and-cpt-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel.Conant@ana.org</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[October 2009]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare policies touch the lives of many of our patients, and reimbursement issues directly or indirectly affect financial compensation for many staff RNs and advanced practice RNs.  Many APRNs are enrolled as Medicare providers, and are directly reimbursed for caring for Medicare patients.  ANA GOVA staff had the opportunity recently to advocate for nurses and patients at recent meetings of MedPAC, and the RUC and CPT committees.]]></description>
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