If the health care system is overhauled, patients and
practitioners are likely to face a primary care bottleneck,
experts say. An estimated 30 million newly insured people will
begin making appointments for check-ups and other routine care
with physicians who are already stretched thin caring for existing
patients.
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December 9, 2009
NPs should be part of the medical homes solution
Encouraging "medical homes" to deliver care outside the emergency room should be a key aspect of healthcare reform, according to researchers, policymakers, and business leaders at a healthcare symposium organized by the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.
November 9, 2009
Two NPs Among Dead at Fort Hood
Two nurse practitioners who specialized in post-traumatic stress disorder were among the 13 people killed when an Army major and psychiatrist opened fire last Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas. Capt. Russell Seager, 51, of Racine, Wis., and Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman, 55, of Havre de Grace, Md., both were preparing for overseas deployments at the time of the shooting.
November 6, 2009
Responsibilities for NPs may Expand
October 2, 2009
Communication Styles of Nurse Practitioners
A study on how nurse practitioners communicate with patients found all of them used information-giving and information-seeking methods, but information giving was slightly favored. Data showed 30.2% adopted a patient-centered communication style, while 69.8% used a provider-centered style.
September 11, 2009
One remedy to the shortage may be in nurse-run clinics
Nurse-managed health centers are one solution to the
growing shortage of family medical practitioners.
September 2, 2009
Study: Medical home model increases quality of care, reduces cost
A study done by the Group Health Cooperative has demonstrated that a new care model coupled with the use of health information technology could serve as a solution to the nation’s primary care physician shortage.
September 2, 2009
The U.S. spends more per child but has higher rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty than other industrialized nations, a survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found. The group's report says the U.S. should shift more spending to children under age 6 to improve health and educational performance.
August 31, 2009
Pennsylvania needs NPs to fill gaps in access to care
The nationwide primary care physician shortage could derail health care reform,
but Pennsylvania plans to call on nurse practitioners and other nonphysician
providers to fill in the gaps, write Gov. Edward Rendell and Tine Hansen-Turton,
CEO of National Nursing Centers Consortium. They say that NPs can perform up to
90% of services provided by primary care physicians, so opening more retail
clinics and health centers where they can practice would increase access to
affordable care.
August 3, 2009
If a Health-Care Bill Passes, Nurse Practitioners Could Be Key
Read more:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1914222,00.html#ixzz0Z6PO6pOY
February 1, 2006
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The National Provider Identifier (NPI)
Final Rule requires health care providers who are organizations and who
are covered entities under HIPAA to determine if they have "subparts"
that should be assigned NPIs. The NPI Final Rule provides guidance to
those health care providers in making those determinations.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has communicated to the Provider Enrollment staff at the carriers and fiscal intermediaries the Medicare program's expectations concerning the determination of subparts for NPI assignment purposes. CMS has posted a document describing the subpart concept and its relationship to the way in which Medicare enrolls its organization providers at? http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalProvIdentStand/06_implementation.asp#TopOfPage. This document will be helpful to providers in understanding the issue of subparts and how subpart determination could be done in a way that helps to promote smoother and more efficient Medicare claims processing during the implementation of the NPI in the Medicare program. The health care industry in general has expressed an interest in being informed of this type of information. CMS is making this information available on the CMS website so that it is easily available to interested parties. With best regards ~ Valerie Valerie A. Hart, Director
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Lague, G. Do nurse practitioners pose a threat to family physicians? CFP-MFC: Official Publication of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. 2008 December; 54(12): 1668–1670. Read it here