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Nurse practitioner services: content and relative work value.

E M Sullivan-Marx¹, M B Happ, K J Bradley

¹University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, USA.

Nursing Outlook

|January 3, 2001

Summary

The resource-based relative value scale accurately valued nurse practitioner office visits. Nurse practitioners provide extra services like patient education and social factor assessment, needing better reimbursement systems.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare Economics
Nursing Practice
Health Services Research

Background:

The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) is crucial for Medicare reimbursement.
Understanding RBRVS application to non-physician providers like nurse practitioners is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the applicability of RBRVS for nurse practitioner services.
To assess the consistency of RBRVS-estimated work values for nurse practitioner office visits with the Medicare Fee Schedule.

Main Methods:

Pilot study utilizing content analysis of nurse practitioner services.
Estimation of relative work values for nurse practitioner office visits.

Main Results:

Estimated relative work values for nurse practitioner office visits aligned with the Medicare Fee Schedule.
Content analysis identified additional services provided by nurse practitioners, including comprehensive evaluation, patient education, and social factor consideration.

Conclusions:

RBRVS can be used to estimate work values for nurse practitioner services.
Nurse practitioners offer valuable services beyond traditional fee schedules.
Further research is required to develop systems for identifying and reimbursing nurse practitioner services effectively.