A hospital can get paid for an algorithm. Not for nurses.
A 60-second read for every nurse who's tired of being called a hero — and handed a pizza.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comYou're the most trusted profession in America.
And when the hospital generates revenue, you don't exist.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comYou do the caring. The money doesn't include you.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comFor 100 years, your care has been filed under “room & board.”
The same line as the linens, the food tray, and the housekeeping.
Not counted as care. Counted as overhead.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comYou're not overhead.
You're the reason the patient makes it home.
commissionfornursereimbursement.coma year — booked as a cost to cut, never as care to fund.
commissionfornursereimbursement.com0 things the hospital can charge for.
of them are a nurse.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comYou waited a century. An algorithm is about to skip the line.
It reads a scan. No nurse. No doctor. And the hospital gets paid for it.
commissionfornursereimbursement.com“Paying for nursing is too complicated.”
That was the excuse for 100 years. They solved it for software in one.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comAn algorithm can flag a rhythm. It can't hold a frightened patient's hand.
It can't catch the thing that isn't in the chart yet. You can. You do.
The algorithm gets paid. You get called an expense.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comPlease stop calling us heroes.
Heroes don't get safe staffing. Heroes don't get their student loans paid.
“Hero” is the word they use instead of fixing any of it. Put us in the budget, not on a poster.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comYou can't deposit a pizza party.
A thank-you email is not a paycheck. A plaque is not a raise.
Recognition that actually counts has a dollar sign on it.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comThe AMA decides with — or without — a nurse in the room. Let's be in the room.
commissionfornursereimbursement.comTurn the anger into a paper trail.
- 1Comment at regulations.govSearch CMS-1848-P. Tell them nurses should be paid for their work — not bundled into the room rate.
- 2Back the Commission for Nurse ReimbursementThe people actually fighting for this. Follow, share, support.
- 3Put a nurse on your hospital's AI committeeThey're deciding how to spend on AI. Make sure a nurse is in that room too.
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Screenshot this. Send it to a nurse who deserves better than a pizza.
If a hospital can get paid for an algorithm, it can get paid for a nurse. Pass it on before Aug 10.
Sources & fine print ⌄
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