The office director of a medical practice has recommended that the advanced practice nurses bill for service under the name of one of the group's physicians. What is the probable rationale for this suggestion?
1. Patients are more likely to pay physician bills than nurse bills.
2. Typically physicians are reimbursed at a higher rate than ANPs.
3. Having a smaller number of names under which billing is submitted is more efficient.
4. Nurses are not permitted to bill government payers.
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Rationale: There is no information to support this statement.
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