decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2012 Issue 8 (August)
Ease NPPs into your practice for optimum work environment, efficiency
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Article Overview
This article explains how physician practices can approach adding nurse practitioners and physician assistants in a deliberate way. It focuses on broad operational and compliance considerations such as state law review, credential verification, physician alignment, delegation of responsibilities, supervision arrangements, and gradual integration into daily workflow. The piece is useful for practice administrators, physicians, and coding/billing professionals who want to understand the management and billing environment surrounding NPP expansion.
Why This Topic Matters
Bringing non-physician practitioners into a practice can affect workflow, staffing, provider relationships, and billing compliance. Readers who manage operations or reimbursement need to understand the general planning issues and oversight considerations before onboarding new practitioners.
Article Sections
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Introduction
Introduces the business and workflow reasons practices may consider adding non-physician practitioners, along with the need for careful planning before hiring.
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The right and wrong way to add an NPP
Compares contrasting approaches to bringing non-physician practitioners into a practice and highlights broad operational differences between them.
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Scenario 1
Describes a practice situation involving differing physician attitudes toward adding a practitioner and the resulting management challenges.
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Scenario 2
Describes a more structured integration approach used by a cardiology practice, including hiring, supervision, and gradual workflow integration.
What You Will Learn
- How practices think about adding non-physician practitioners to support access and workflow
- Why state laws and credentials matter in the onboarding process
- How physician buy-in and task delegation affect practice implementation
- How gradual integration can be used when introducing new practitioners into a team
Who Should Read This
- Physicians
- Practice administrators
- Medical group managers
- Billing and coding professionals
- Healthcare consultants
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