Dec 16, 2016 | Legislation
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) issued a final rule this week that permits advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), who are VA employees, full practice authority in all states. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, three types of APRNs are included in...
Dec 9, 2016 | Legislation, Medicare
The United States Senate Committee on Finance released a report this week on the practice of concurrent and overlapping surgeries. According to the committee’s news release, the report “outlines a number of shortfalls at the federal level in monitoring and auditing...
Dec 2, 2016 | Advocacy, Legislation
Following breakthroughs in bipartisan negotiations after the election, the 21st Century Cures Act is on a path toward passage. This long discussed legislation would inject billions in new funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and reform the drug and...
Nov 11, 2016 | Legislation
The AAHKS advocacy firm, Epstein Becker & Green, has provided an analysis of health care issues and expectations with a new administration about to take office. View the...
Oct 7, 2016 | Advocacy, Legislation
Politico reports that US House members sent a letter to CMMI asking them to stop mandatory work. The innovation center should impose the limits on its experimental models and only gradually expand them following dialogue with participants, according to the letter,...
Sep 23, 2016 | Legislation
A recent decision by the South Carolina Supreme Court supports integration of physical therapy (PT) and physician services. In Joseph v. South Carolina Department of Labor, the court overturned a previous ruling and agreed with arguments that physician practices...
