Lessons Learned From Advanced Practice Nursing Payment

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-126

  Sullivan Marx, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced nursing practice; Medicare; payment for nursing services

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICARE; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; FORECASTING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICARE PART B; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLITICS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 47649116523     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154408318098     Document Type: Article

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