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Understanding the “Big Beautiful Bill”: What Acute Care Providers Need to Know

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) , passed into law on July 4, 2025, includes major healthcare policy changes affecting all levels of acute care. Implications for acute care providers in rural markets As rural health systems prepare for what’s ahead, clinical leaders are emphasizing the importance of implementation.

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Exploring Career Pathways: From Nurse Aide to Advanced Healthcare Roles

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These positions require a higher level of education, typically a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), and focus on specialized areas of care, such as family practice, mental health, or acute care.

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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

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We can ask ourselves how patients are greeted in our facility, whether it’s an outpatient provider office or an acute care hospital ER. When focusing specifically on the patient experience, there are plenty of things to ponder, especially since many of us should be able to relate to both sides of the equation.

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New Discharge Transfer Gateway to Replace Transfer and Discharge Navigators

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Discharge from Current Facility – Includes 2 subsections: Home or Community Services Deceased Transfer within Current Facility – For all intra-facility transfers Send to Another Facility – Includes 5 subsections, with 4 for IFTs: Leave of Absence Acute Care Facility within Alberta – For IFTs to an in-province acute care facility Acute Care Facility (..)

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Upcoming Webinar: Improving the Quality of Discharge Summaries

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This virtual session will be hosted by AMA-ACTT and presented by Primary Care Alberta, and will feature speakers from the Chief Medical Information Office (CMIO) Prescriber Experience and Medical Informatics Team.

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Top Five Takeaways From Recent Nursing Workforce Research

Emerging RN Leader

The 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report provided an overview of what happened with the nursing and healthcare workforce in acute care settings during […] The post Top Five Takeaways From Recent Nursing Workforce Research appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Reducing Errors in Revenue Cycle Management: Documentation and Coding

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In an ideal world, accurate documentation and precise coding should ensure smooth claims and timely payments, but even small missteps can cause major disruptions. Reducing errors in revenue cycle management, such as documentation and coding errors, can help prevent some of most persistent threats to healthcare revenue integrity.