Title
Nurse Practitioners in Home Health Care: An Update
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2012
Abstract
Nurse practitioners are playing an increasingly visible role in home care. The Institute of Medicine in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends wider use of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and there has been growing interest in using the role in home care.1 However, the physician remains the provider who must sign home health agency paperwork and orders. The “Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act” would allow nurse practitioners to certify Medicare-sponsored treatment plans.2 This article will discuss the status of the nurse practitioner role in home care, the impact of reimbursement on home care services, how the passage of the new act would change current practice, and a vision for the future role of the nurse practitioner in home health care.
Repository Citation
Neal-Boylan, Leslie; Mager, Diana; and Kazer, Meredith Wallace, "Nurse Practitioners in Home Health Care: An Update" (2012). Nursing and Health Studies Faculty Publications. 40.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/nursing-facultypubs/40
Published Citation
Neal-Boylan, L. Mager, D., & Kazer, M.W. [Wallace] (August 2012).Nurse Practitioners in Home Health Care: An Update . Home Health Care Management & Practice, August 2012; vol. 24, 4: pp. 193-197.
DOI
10.1177/1084822312436682
Peer Reviewed
Comments
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