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Understanding Billing and Reimbursement for PAs is Important

Understanding Billing and Reimbursement for PAs is Important

The Importance for PAs to Know Billing and Reimbursement

A very important topic that gets little coverage in PA school is billing and reimbursement policy. I think we spent maybe two days in PA school talking about it and at the time it didn’t make any sense to me. There is a lot to learn in PA school and there is just not enough time to cover everything in depth. There are professionals who…

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Physician Assistant Scope of Practice Laws by State

Thanks to Barton Associates (the locum tenens experts) and AAPA, an interactive guide to physician assistant practice laws was created detailing the ins and outs of each state. It offers a very good overview of the laws restricting or enhancing the profession by state and region (northwest, midwest, southeast, etc.). It highlights Six Key Elements, decided by AAPA. They are 6 elements that should be part of every state PA practice act. To learn more about each element, review AAPA's State Law Issues Brief.

"Licensure" as the regulatory term

Full prescriptive authority

Scope of practice determined at the practice level

Adaptable supervision requirements

Chart co-signature requirements determined at the practice

Number of PAs a physician may supervise determined at the practice level

For AAPA members, you can also view this interactive guide in tabular format or map format provided by AAPA.