A nurse practitioner is investigating regulations for third-party reimbursement. Which information will the nurse practitioner most likely discover?
a. Nurse practitioners are reimbursed when directly supervised by a physician.
b. Nurse practitioners only receive reimbursement when working in rural areas.
c. Nurse practitioners are reimbursed at 85% of the physician rate.
d. Nurse practitioners are unable to be reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid.
C
In 1997, with the passage of the national reconciliation spending bill, NPs can be directly reim-bursed, regardless of geographic setting, at 85% of what a physician would have been paid (if the service is covered under Medicare part B).
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