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America’s First Family Nurse Practitioner, Martha Schwebach, Dies at 86
The nursing world recently lost an Icon with the passing of Martha Schwebach, recognized as the first family nurse practitioner…
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$15B From Nurse Practitioner Home Visits Prompts Humana Medicare (MA) Reform Push
WSJ reports that Humana, the second-largest Medicare Advantage (MA) insurer, is publicly supporting significant reforms to billing practices that have generated…
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Nurse Practitioner Guilty in $54M Medicaid Fraud Exploiting Native Americans
Rita Anagho, a 52-year-old former nurse practitioner from San Tan Valley, Arizona, recently pleaded guilty to orchestrating one of the…
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Nurse Practitioner Faked Exams, Ordered Equipment Patients Didn’t Need
$2M Medicare Fraud: Fake Braces, No Patients, Just Lies Shanone Chatman-Ashley, a 45-year-old nurse practitioner from Opelousas, Louisiana, was convicted by…
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Manslaughter Case Against Nurse Practitioner Dropped, But Felony Charges Remain
Image Source: Alaska’s News Source Kris Kile, a nurse practitioner from Anchorage, Alaska, recently had a manslaughter charge dismissed in connection…
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Dr. Loretta Ford, the Nurse Who Co-Created the Nurse Practitioner Role, Dies at 104
The nursing community and healthcare industry are mourning the loss of Dr. Loretta C. Ford, a visionary leader who revolutionized…
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Nurse Practitioner Billed Insurance $62M In Fake B-12 Shots Scheme, Gets 5 Years Prison
A former nurse practitioner from Butte, Montana, Tristan Ashley Svejkovsky, 41, has been sentenced to five years in prison for a…
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Fired Nurse Practitioner Sues Former Employer For Pregnancy Discrimination
Sarah Grace Pageler, a 29-year-old nurse practitioner from Wamego, has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, Prairie Winds Family Care…
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Nurse Practitioner License Revoked for Selling Weight Loss Drugs Online Illegally
Andrea Meisinger, a Nurse Practitioner from Weeping Water, Nebraska, has had her license revoked for at least two years by…
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Top Online Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Programs
Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (PNPs) are advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who care for patients throughout childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood.…
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