In 1990, the Patient Self-Determination Act was passed which provided patients with the right to make choices in their care regarding end of life medical decisions. Unfortunately, in healthcare, this law boiled down to a question on admit: “Do you have an advance directive or living will?” Register for course

In 2011, Medicare established a new benefit for Medicare Beneficiaries - The Annual Wellness Visit. The Annual Wellness Visit was implemented to focus on health promotion, disease detection, and fostering the coordination of the screening and preventive services for Medicare Beneficiaries. Register for course

Host: Jennifer LeMieux, Chief Operating Officer, HealthTechS3 The CNOs featured in this webinar each have decades of experience working in nursing leadership roles and hundreds of engagements with healthcare providers ranging from stand-alone community hospitals to multi-location/multi-state systems. They bring a wealth of expertise that can be made available to an organization with a short-term, critical clinical leadership need. View More

Host: Faith M Jones, MSN, RN, NEA-BC - Director of Care Coordination and Lean Consulting, HealthTechS3 and Rebecca Morgan, CEO, Spark Creative Email: faith.jones@healthtechs3.com This webinar will provide information regarding the implementation of an introductory training for practices treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and/or practices with or without Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) programs. View More

The Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA) was enacted in 1986 to make sure that individuals have access to emergency services regardless of their ability to pay.

This past September, Wisconsin Republican Representative Sean Duffy introduced a bill (H.R. 6986) that would amend the Social Security Act to change the mandatory Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) training prohibitions that are imposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). According to Rep. Duffy,

MSP or Medicare Secondary Payer refers to benefits provided to a beneficiary when Medicare is not the primary insurance. According to CMS, when Medicare began, they were the primary payer except when Worker’s Compensation, Veteran Administration, or Black Lung Benefits were involved.

According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), “Hospice provides support and care for persons in the last phases of an incurable disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as possible.”

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