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I recently moved from Texas to Oregon. I transferred my CNS license & prescriptive authority to Oregon. In Texas I was working in an office setting providing direct patient care. The job that I would like to do in Oregon would be the same. In the clinic I am looking at however they bill directly under the mid-levels tax ID & a number of insurance agencies are telling them that they will not credential a CNS. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks!

Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Hmm...I'm in Illinois but in IL my services are billed under my NPI.

Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.

I think there is an active CNS group in OR. They might be helpful.

I am a CNS (psych) and do locum tenens. I have an OR license. One of the facilities I was presented to (a state facility) is not allowed to hire CNS.

I recently moved from Texas to Oregon. I transferred my CNS license & prescriptive authority to Oregon. In Texas I was working in an office setting providing direct patient care. The job that I would like to do in Oregon would be the same. In the clinic I am looking at however they bill directly under the mid-levels tax ID & a number of insurance agencies are telling them that they will not credential a CNS. Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks!

This is pretty normal. Its really a two step question. First do they credential NP/PA/CNS? If the answer is no then the second question is how do you submit billing for a CNS? The usual answer is under the collaborating physicians NPI. There are only a few providers that credential non physicians. For Medicare it should be under your NPI.

Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

As a general rule, commercial indemnity insurers (or private health insurance companies) have a list of empaneled providers (typically only physicians) that insured members choose within their health care network. We're all familiar with that as individuals with our own health insurance coverage. However, these companies also make up their own rules in terms of reimbursement of services provided by independently licensed non-physician providers such as NP's and CNS's. There are 4 scenarios that happen depending on the particular company:

1. Payment at the same rate as physicians without a requirement for admission to a provider panel.

2. Payment at a reduced rate.

3. Payment under the physician's name.

4. Denial of payment.

What surprised me by the OP's post is that the location is Oregon, an independent practice state, where last year HB2902 was signed into law. This law (also called the Payment Parity Bill Law) mandates all insurance companies to reimburse NP's and PA's the same rate as physicians. This is the first ever law of its kind in the nation. Having said this, I am drawn to the conclusion that CNS's (though similar in role to NP's per the Oregon BON) are not really treated the same as NP's in Oregon. I think your best bet is to seek assistance with answers from Oregon's CNS association.

Source: HB 2902 :: Oregon Legislature Bill Tracker - Your Government - The Oregonian

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