Nurse Practitioners News

• ACOG Amicus Brief Supports Case Against Mississippi Abortion Ban The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists filed an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court that was signed by 24 other medical organizations.
  Medscape Medical News, September 27, 2021
• Nurses' Union 'Dismayed' Over Halted Medicare Drug Price Cuts National Nurses United voiced disappointment that House members blocked drug price negotiations that could have lowered costs for Medicare patients, favoring pharmaceutical profits over patients.
  Medscape Medical News, September 22, 2021
• Google Honors Nurse Pioneer for Hispanic Heritage Month National nursing leaders react to today's Google Doodle, a Panamanian American nurse who dedicated her life to serving marginalized communities and passed her skills to other Hispanic nurses.
  Medscape Medical News, September 15, 2021
• Nurse Staffing CEO Resigns After Supporting Antimask Group An editorial said the CEO supported an antimask effort started by his 19-year-old son at the same time he profited off COVID-19's spread with rising demand for traveling nurses.
  Medscape Medical News, September 14, 2021
• Changing Minds: What Moves the Needle for the Unvaccinated? Healthcare providers and others have a continuing challenge ahead: trying to convince those who are eligible but still holding out to get vaccinated.
  WebMD Health News, September 02, 2021
• Nurse, Three Doctors Nabbed in $7.3M Medicare Fraud Sting A Michigan nurse and three doctors signed off on orders for unnecessary medical braces and cancer genetic testing promoted by purported telemarketers.
  Medscape Medical News, August 30, 2021
• Vaccine 'Conspiracy Theories' Prompt Threats, Dobbs Says 'I have received some threatening phone calls and want to clarify any confusion there may be with some conspiracy theories going around,' Dobbs wrote on Twitter.
  Associated Press, August 25, 2021
• Nurse Anesthetist Association Name Change Provokes Criticism The American Society of Anesthesiologists says the new name is misleading to patients.
  Medscape Medical News, August 20, 2021
• Florida Kids Head Back to School Amid COVID-19 Surge There was "an enormous increase" in COVID-19 cases among children in July and August at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Chief Medical Officer Ronald Ford, MD, said.
  Associated Press, August 11, 2021
• Physician 'Predator' Sentenced for Opioid-Related Patient Death Operator of Tennessee pain clinic faces at least 20 years in prison for illegal drug distribution; family doctor admits guilt in $6 million fraud scheme; and more.
  Medscape Medical News, August 10, 2021
• Delaware Docs Doubt Expanded APRN Scope Will Aid Patient Access The American Association of Nurse Practitioners praised state legislators for expanding healthcare access, but Delaware's medical society doubts it will reach the patients most in need.
  Medscape Medical News, August 09, 2021
• Achieving a 'New Sexual-Health Paradigm' Means Expanding STI Care Rising STI rates in the context of an increasingly squeezed workforce and a declining infrastructure call for expanding STI care across a wide range of healthcare settings and professionals.
  Medscape Medical News, August 06, 2021
• US Nurses' COVID-19 Grief Pours Out Online As the US grapples with rising infections amid a surge of the Delta variant, exhausted and desperate health care workers are turning to social media to describe the grim reality they face.
  Reuters Health Information, August 06, 2021
• 'Groundbreaking' Law Erases Some Barriers to Medical Aid to Dying New Mexico's law eases some of the barriers to accessing this option: it cuts the waiting period to 48 hours and allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants to participate.
  Medscape Medical News, July 16, 2021
• Medicare Proposes Direct Payments to PAs, Telehealth Expansion The draft physician fee schedule for 2022 also proposes changes for E/M services and seeks to tie performance payments for a diabetes prevention program to achievement of goals such as weight loss.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2021
• ASCO 2021 The 'Iceberg' of Sexual Harassment: What's Below the Surface Sexual harassment in medicine is like an iceberg, with only the most obvious behavior ― unwanted sexual advances and sexual coercion ― visible at the tip, but many other factors are hidden below the surface.
  Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2021
• Can a Subscription Model Fix Primary Care in the US? Medical subscriptions, a $199 million CEO payday and the race to fix primary care in the U.S. One Medical is betting big that a subscription model can fix primary care.
  Kaiser Health News, June 11, 2021
• AHS 2021 Telemedicine Visits for Headache Yield High Patient Satisfaction Patients overwhelmingly found telemedicine care for headache a satisfactory and beneficial experience during the pandemic, according to a study from the American Headache Society's 2021 annual meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, June 09, 2021
• NPs and PAs Performing Colonoscopies: Why Not? Even though gastroenterologists oppose the practice, nurse practitioners were trained to perform colonoscopies through programs set up at several major US hospitals. Yet, most have now been discontinued. Why?
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2021
• Study: Little Impact of Private Equity on Dermatology Practices The results provide mixed support for both proponents and opponents of private equity acquisitions, according to the authors.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2021