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Hmm medline - no and from wikipedia about the organization: The association is generally recognized as politically conservative or ultra-conservative, and its publication advocates a range of scientifically discredited hypotheses, including the belie...

We have a different system. Within each division there is a lead APP. The lead APP and the medical director are responsible for performance evaluations. The lead APP is responsible for the schedule. Hiring is a joint decision. Moving up the chain eac...

I do a little bit more than coding. What I do know is that billablles are largely irrelevant. You can bill whatever you want. What you really want to know is collections. Lets say you bill $500 for a mid level follow up visit. If you submit it to Med...

Not sure where you get the numbers, but you are way off the mark. Here are the payments for outpatient visits: Code Description wRVU No fac PE Fac PE MalTotal 99203 Office OP New Lvl 3 1.42 1.47 0.60....

Emory hasn't allowed FNPs in the ICU for several years. They may still hire a few for speciality groups but that's being discouraged. They do have primary care positions.

You can charge whatever you want. Medicare determines what they pay. Here are the Medicare reimbursement rates for the codes you quoted: CPTwRVUsMedicare reimbursement 993041.64 $59.04 993052.35 $84.60 993063.06 $110.16 993070.76 $27.36 993081.16...

I believe you are thinking of the University of North Dakota PA program. This was a MEDEX program primarily for RNs. They have changed the structure and now have two arms one which takes clinically licensed or certified providers with three or more y...

You probably need to figure out where you are going to live first. Atlanta traffic is no joke. If you want to do trauma there are two choices for level 1 Grady and Atlanta Medical Center. Grady also has the burn unit and is a nationally recognized t...

There are a number of issues here. A number of people have mentioned incident to with varying interpretations. The first thing you need to figure out is what type of clinic you work in. The two types from a Medicare standpoint are freestanding clinic...

The exact situation depends on how the clinic is structured but most likely this represents fraud at least of Medicare/caid. There are two situations where the attending can bill for work done by an APP. If the clinic is a hospital based clinic the...

You are probably correct. I know that nose policies exist only because I looked at them when changing policies. If you are working without insurance then that is a different problem.

First of all as noted above there are two types of insurance. Occurance covers anything that happens while the policy is in effect even after the policy lapses. A claims made policy covers things that happen when the policy is in effect but doesn't c...

Large organizations frequently do not contract. In our organization nobody has contracts including the physicians. The biggest reason is that it would be a nightmare to follow all these contracts. Generally the benefits are the same for everyone. The...

I don't really know for FNPs. I only work on the inpatient side. Its pretty easy to make six figures with differentials. Also beware that for some hospitals the pay looks good but you work seven on seven off with no PTO.

One of the many problems with jobs in ATL is getting through HR. You really need to know someone to walk it through or get lucky. I can't really comment on practice environments generally but you get a lot of autonomy if you get the right place. As ...

They have a new large scope that works better. We have been using this for about 2 years and they work great. When we got the scope, they threw in the screen for free (not sure if they still do this). The best part its a patient charge item so it wor...

A couple of issues. If you are relying on the case you cited it would only work if they are treating you as a hourly employee. Essentially there are two classes and two types of employee. Hourly and salaried as well as exempt and non exempt. So you c...

It just comes down to how schools figure credits. For didactic 1 hour x 16-18 weeks = 1 credit. For clinical 3-6 hours x 16-18 weeks = 1 hours. UC Davis is on the lesser end of PA programs in California but still around 1600 didactic and 1800 clinica...

I'll make two points. Either you don't have a complete view of the PA program rotations or they are violating ARC-PA standards. Each student must have supervised clinical rotations in: a) family medicine, b) internal medicine, c) general surgery, d) ...

You don't really give enough information for guidance. You say you work in peds. Are you an FNP or PNP. Which certification you have will help determine what you can do. Are you tied to the area (ie family etc). If you can leave the area options inc...

I'll just point out another reason that going part time as a new grad is a bad idea. New grads need time to master their new environment. That time is prolonged when you are part time. Due to lack of continuity and repetition mastery may never be ach...

Georgia salaried. Night shift is a $30k differential.

I guess I don't understand why you expect a boost to your income if you aren't covering your salary. They are paying your salary, procedures are part of your job therefore you are being paid for doing procedures. In reality you don't get a lot from p...

Just out of curiosity how much do you think these reimburse? Its unlikely that the hospital makes money off you if you are at a tertiary hospital. One the other hand if you don't cover your salary should you owe them money? The advantage of salary is...

You should clarify the pay structure. Procedures cannot be supervised by physicians so they have to be billed under your NPI. Thats how I would read the statement. I bill for all my procedures as well as E/M and critical care. I don't get money for t...