Lexology August 25, 2022
In new article just published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology, a research team follows up on its earlier review of Medicare data from 2017 to 2019 where they measured the extent of utilization of non-physician practitioners (NPPs) – specifically nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) – employed by US radiology practices. (Our write up of the earlier report can be read here.)
In their new report, the authors further mine Medicare data, this time to review the type of professional services performed for Medicare beneficiaries that resulted in remittances for Medicare payment submitted by claims-submitting nurse practitioners and physician assistants employed by radiologists.
The results show significant growth in services performed by radiologist-employed NPPs. Overall,...
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