In Brief: On the AHLA podcast, ECG senior manager Kathryn Taylor discusses the compensation and regulatory questions that accompany the increasing deployment of APPs.
With the US healthcare system facing a growing shortage of primary care physicians, advanced practice providers (APPs) have become integral members of care teams. Nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), certified nurse midwives, and others are helping expand access to care, bring down costs, and improve patient satisfaction.
But with the growing deployment of APPs comes questions about how they should be compensated and what regulatory risks they may pose for the physicians and organizations they support.
On the American Health Law Association (AHLA) Speaking of Law podcast, ECG senior manager Kathryn Taylor talks with Holley Lutz, Partner at Dentons law firm in Washington, DC, and Bruce Toppin, Chief Legal Officer for North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo, Mississippi, about several topics regarding the growing role of APPs, including:
- Factors driving the increasing demand for APPs.
- Relationship between independent physicians and hospital-employed APPs.
- Implications of split share regulatory changes on the physician-APP relationship going forward.
Published June 28, 2023