Durable Medical Equipment Ruling: Impact on Nurse Practitioner Role

Jean Marie Osborne

doi:10.1016/j.nurpra.2014.02.009

Durable Medical Equipment Ruling: Impact on Nurse Practitioner Role

Jean Marie Osborne

Nursing

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Abstract

In an effort to generate billions of dollars in federal savings, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , also known as the Affordable Care Act, signed into law provisions that will fight against monetary waste, fraud, and abuse perpetrated against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services yearly. According to Section 6407 of the Affordable Care Act, nurse practitioners will not be allowed to order certain durable medical equipment for Medicare and Medicaid patients without written physician consent and a face-to-face encounter with their patient at least 6 months before providing the written order, likely causing NPs logistical and scope of practice problems.

Original language	American English
Journal	The Journal for Nurse Practitioners
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2014.02.009
State	Published - May 1 2014

Keywords

Affordable Care ActCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Servicesdurable medical equipmentface-to-face encountershealth policynurse practitioner

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

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10.1016/j.nurpra.2014.02.009

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