Ala. community college nursing students are more prepared for the health care industry

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – A new report from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing shows that nursing students from Alabama’s community colleges are more prepared to enter the health care industry after graduation.

The report shows that more than 95% of Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) candidates and 95% of Registered Nurse (RN) candidates from one of the state’s community colleges passed their Next Generation NCLEX. The test measures the student’s preparedness.

The national average for LPN is 75%, RN is 68%.

Anita Naramore is the Associate Dean of Nursing at Jefferson State Community College. She said all the

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Lawmakers grill UHG CEO at hearings following Change Healthcare cyberattack

Senate and House lawmakers May 1 grilled UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty about the continued fallout from the Feb. 22 cyberattacks on Change Healthcare — the most significant and consequential cyberattack on the US health care system in American history.

Members of the Senate Committee on Finance and House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations pressed Witty for answers about what the company is doing to support hospitals and providers still feeling impacts from the attack; whether the company would waive timely filing deadlines for claims; and why a Change Healthcare Citrix portal that was hacked did not

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