NPs rap payment models recommended by AMA

The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates this week adopted recommendations for creating payment structures for physician-led team care delivery models with physicians determining who gets paid and how much. However, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) calls the AMA's link of reimbursements to physician-led teams “anti-competitive.” The AMA's continual link of reimbursements to physician-led teams and outdated licensure approaches “is not only anticompetitive, it limits patient choice and access to care,” the AANP stated.

The AMA's House of Delegates also passed a report that more specifically defines team-based roles and terms including “physician-led,” “supervision,” and “collaboration.”

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Source: HealthLeaders