NURSE PRACTITIONERS [NPs]
By Health Capital Consultants, LLC
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Advisory Opinion Allows Nurse Practitioner Support in Hospitals
On December 19, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published Advisory Opinion (AO) No. 22-20, analyzing the utilization of nurse practitioners (NPs) in lieu of attending physicians within medical units. The OIG concluded that the arrangement utilizing NPs in certain medical units, subject to several safeguards, presented a low risk for fraud or abuse.
CITE: https://www.r2library.com/Resource/Title/0826102549
As noted by legal experts, this AO deviates from OIG’s typical approach to limiting arrangements involving potential remuneration from a hospital to its referring physicians. (Read more…)
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