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04/25/2011

These charts analyze the difference between nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in terms of their Medicare utilization and denial rates, separated by code type (as defined by code ranges). All data is based on CMS claims data from 2009.  Overall, while medicine codes are the greatest area of utilization for both NPs and PAs, the utilization data clearly shows NPs bill more medicine codes and fewer surgeries, whereas PAs exhibit the opposite trend.

04/25/2011

Q. We have several physicians and two nurse practitioners. Are the nurse practitioners NPI’s are also being tracked like the physicians for e-prescribing? Can they receive a bonus?

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