The House passed a bill 55-50 that, if signed into law, will allow nurses who meet uniform licensing requirements to work in person or through telemedicine in more than 30 states. State Rep. Mary Whiteford, a Casco Township Republican, sponsored House Bill 4042. The legislation seeks to allow Michigan to enter the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), which would enable nurses to practice in the 34 states currently in the compact without having to gain a license in each state.
Nurses at Ellis Hospital are sharing their safety concerns in the wake of a patient-involved stabbing and assault that left four people injured last week. Nurses and representatives from New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said we could very well see more violent situations unfold if nothing is done.
Amid a standoff between the University of Wisconsin hospital system and nurses who work there over union representation, the pro-union nurses are expanding their campaign to a broader base of community organizations.
A hospital less than an hour south of Sacramento could be without registered nurses for a short time. The RNs at French Camp’s San Joaquin General Hospital announced Monday that they are planning a two-day strike March 5-7 because they could not reach agreements on safe staffing for patients or on hiring and retention of experienced RNs.
A family physician and his practice located in Knoxville, Tennessee, agreed to pay $285,000 to resolve allegations of improper billing to government healthcare programs in violation of the False Claims Act. Dr. Chang-Wen Chen and his practice, Chang-Wen Chen, M.D., P.C., allegedly submitted billings at inflated rates to Medicare, TennCare and TRICARE from 2013 through 2019.
At a time when the Antelope Valley Hospital is asking voters to pass a measure to help retrofit the hospital to meet state earthquake standards, it was surprising to see the story on A1 of Sunday’s Antelope Valley Press.