FTC Backs VA ’Full Practice Authority’ for APRNs
Nurse Leader Insider, July 28, 2016
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Nurse Leader Insider!
Federal Trade Commission staff have issued written support for a Department of Veterans Affairs proposal that would grant advanced practice registered nurses a wider degree of authority and autonomy.
Staff of the FTC's Office of Policy Planning and its Bureaus of Competition and Economics responded to the VA's request for public comments and wrote that removing the remaining state law-based supervision restrictions for APRNs working within the Veterans Health Administration system could benefit VA patients nationwide "by improving access to care, containing costs, and expanding innovation in healthcare delivery," FTC said.
"To the extent that the VA's actions would spur additional competition among healthcare providers and generate additional data in support of safe APRN practice, we believe those benefits could spill over into the private healthcare market as well," FTC staff wrote.
When the VA released the proposal in May, it said that full practice authority would expand the pool of qualified healthcare professionals authorized to provide primary healthcare and other related health care services to the full extent of their education, training, and certification to Veterans without the clinical supervision of a physician.
The American Medical Association responded in May that " this proposal will significantly undermine the delivery of care within the VA" and urged the VA to maintain its physician-led model of care.
Under the new policy, APRNs would be able to evaluate VA patients, order diagnostic tests for them, and manage their treatments without physician involvement or approval as long as they do so within the limits of their professional education and training.
To continue reading, check out the article in Health Leaders Media.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Nurse Leader Insider!
Related Products
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- CMS seeks comment on quality measures
- Practice the six rights of medication administration
- Don't forget the three checks in medication administration
- Note similarities and differences between HCPCS, CPT® codes
- Nursing responsibilities for managing pain
- CMS creates web portal for questions about 1135 waivers, PHE
- Q&A: Primary, principal, and secondary diagnoses
- ICD-10-CM coma, stroke codes require more specific documentation
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- The consequences of an incomplete medical record
- E-mailed
-
- Coronavirus vaccination: 4 best practices for communicating with patients
- Q&A: Pressure ulcer POA code confusion resolved
- Neurological checks for head injuries
- Keyes Q&A: Generator lighting, fire dampers, eyewash stations, ISLM fire drills
- Including 46600 in E/M leveling systems
- How to get reimbursed for restorative nursing
- Fetal non-stress tests represent important part of maternal and fetal health
- Coding, billing, and documentation tips for teaching physicians, interns, residents, and students
- Coding tip: Know how to correctly code each procedure an otolaryngologist can perform on turbinates
- Coding Clinic reiterates guidelines for provider documentation
- Searched