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ANA Brings Nurses’ Voices to Health Equity Priorities

WEBANA’s comments centered on the importance of engaging with nurses to identify approaches to measure and address health care disparities and barriers. The …

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ANA’s Summary of $1.5 trillion Omnibus Includes Several Nursing

WEBBelow is ANA’s legislative breakdown of the nursing provisions included in the $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that will fund the Federal government through …

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Capitol Beat – From the American Nurses Association

WEBDuring the first quarter of 2024, the American Nurses Association’s Policy & Government Affairs Department collaborated with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on several legislative …

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The End of the Public Health Emergency and What this Means for …

WEBThe COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) that was declared in March 2020 is set to end on May 11, 2023, as the President has announced there will be no …

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APRNs Can Provide Quality and Access to Care and Congress …

WEBWith the recent introduction of H.R. 8812, the Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act, there is a solution that Congress can consider to ensure the strides …

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Looking Forward: ANA’s 2022 Legislative and Regulatory Priorities

WEBThe FAAN Act passed the House of Representatives as part of the Build Back Better legislation but stalled in the Senate in December. Negotiations on revival of the …

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New Mexico Nurses Association Focuses On Climate and Health

WEBThe aim of this group is to bring together passionate, New Mexico nurse leaders to advocate for building resilience against changes in our climate that directly …

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ANA Advocacy – Transforming Nursing’s Voice on the National …

WEBLast week, I represented the American Nurses Association (ANA) before the United States Senate Finance Committee to reiterate the urgent need to provide nurses …

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The National Provider Identifier – Help Us Show the Value of Nursing

WEBThe National Provider Identifier (NPI) campaign is integral to pushing these systems to truly value nursing care. ANA is encouraging all nurses to obtain an NPI to …

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Why Medicaid is More Important Than Ever – Capitol Beat

WEBMedicaid and CHIP are particularly important to some of the nation’s most vulnerable children – 76 percent of children living in poverty, 48 percent of children with …

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Executive Order for Medicare Accelerates APRN Reforms and CMS …

WEBLast week’s Capitol Beat offered a 10,000-foot review of the Administration’s Executive Order on Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors. This …

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Filling the Gaps – Nurses Are Key to Access in Rural America

WEBHonors to rural nurses! November 21 is National Rural Health Day, a reminder of the unique challenges that people are facing — and nurses are meeting — …

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Protect Your Practice: Healthcare Bill will have Profound Impact on

WEBTo many nurses around the country, the talk about healthcare reform in the nation’s capital is just that: a whole lot of talk. But if the current healthcare bill being …

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ANA Makes Nurses’ Voices Heard on Equity and Efficiency

WEBRecently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) entitled Make Your Voice Heard: Promoting Efficiency and …

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Workplace Violence Bill Introduced with ANA Endorsement

WEBOn February 22, 2021, Representative Joe Courtney of Connecticut introduced a bill, with bipartisan support, that would do just that. H.R. 1195, the …

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June 2020 – Capitol Beat

WEBJune has traditionally been celebrated in the United States as LGBTQ+ Pride month. This annual celebration commemorates the Stonewall riots, which began at the …

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CMS Recognizes RNs’ Role Beyond the Bedside – Capitol Beat

WEBCMS Recognizes RNs’ Role Beyond the Bedside. On September 30, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the Omnibus Burden …

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March 2022 – Capitol Beat

WEBANA staff attended the 2022 Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference last week where reimagining health and the health care …

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2022 Congressional Spending Bill Included Several ANA …

WEBAs 2022 was winding down, Congress finalized negotiations on an end of year package to keep the government open. This bill would fund government agencies …

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Congress Passes and the President Signs into Law Third COVID-19 …

WEBToday, the U.S. Congress passed and the President signed into law, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. It includes more than $2 …

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