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Equity in Health Care Education: Ethical Distribution of CMS Funding

Bill of Health

is shrinking, especially among those who choose primary care. Advanced practice providers, such as Advanced Practice Nurses (APRNs) and Physician Assistants (PAs), are helping to fill that void. There are approximately 370,000 nurse practitioners that are licensed in the United States, and that number is growing.

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The AMA Can Help Fix the Health Care Shortages it Helped Create

Bill of Health

But unsurprisingly, both physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs) are more likely to be found in geographic locations with more people, although NPs do represent a larger share of the primary care workforce in rural areas.

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The Future of Health Care Reform is Top of Governor Hochul’s State of the State Address

Health Care Law Brief

The address featured a number of health care reform initiatives—a strong indication that New York will prioritize health care issues and spending in the year ahead. Below is a summary of Governor Hochul’s big-ticket health care agenda items.

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‘Below the Belt’ Exposes the Silent Crisis of Endometriosis Care

Bill of Health

In the film , Jenneh, a Black nurse, starts bringing her boyfriend, a white software engineer, to her gynecologist appointments because the doctor is more responsive with him present. Additionally, many patients who finally get the proper diagnosis find endometriosis care unaffordable.

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A Novel Approach to Crisis Standards of Care

Bill of Health

A standardized approach to when certain scarce resources will and will not be offered, in the form of written contraindications to standards of care, would be a big step in the right direction. This approach could rely on data from the best available meta-analyses, disease-specific scoring tools, and expert opinion.

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Struggles Over Care Will Shape the Future of Work

Bill of Health

The future of work and of aging will be shaped by struggles over care from both giving and receiving ends, perhaps against those profiting in between. spread between nursing homes. These facilities, like most nursing homes, are for-profit businesses that pad their margins by cutting labor costs.

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What $285,000 Can Buy You in America: Medical Costs for Retirees in 2019

Health Populi

Carving out the $285K for medical spending, that would leave this wealth-saving couple a net of $79,200 to spend on everything else in retirement: housing, food, utilities…oh, and long-term care. ” And vice versa — they’re one and the same. ” And vice versa — they’re one and the same.

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