sandys1 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I need to find out if there is a law that states a PA can only see patients in a medical office after they are established by a Doctor? Also, is there a time frame that a PA can see a patient before a Doctor has to see them in a follow up visit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyJ Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 What did your state PA association and/or state rules & regs say? AAPA has a nice section covering summary rules & regs for each state. Something like that should be listed there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyVetDude Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 52 minutes ago, sandys1 said: I need to find out if there is a law that states a PA can only see patients in a medical office after they are established by a Doctor? Also, is there a time frame that a PA can see a patient before a Doctor has to see them in a follow up visit? this already is ALLOWED in many states. State dependent. Next step would be allow PA's to establish their own. Np's can already do that and does it and hire us PA's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkertdm Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 58 minutes ago, sandys1 said: I need to find out if there is a law that states a PA can only see patients in a medical office after they are established by a Doctor? Also, is there a time frame that a PA can see a patient before a Doctor has to see them in a follow up visit? Google (your state) physician assistant laws. Easy. You will find a boat load of information about specific laws, especially if you are wondering about the legality of seeing a pa vs an MD. I would also Google similar laws regarding np's. If you want to see an MD, ask for this when you make your appointment. This also demonstrates the need for a verified section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 It is highly unlikely, though not impossible, that no such rule exists. Our entire system followed such a guideline and it cost them millions all because 1 physician in administration said it was the law and nobody double checked. I did. It didn't. Rule doesn't exist anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkertdm Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 In one state (I forget which) md's would see for the first visit, or need to see every three or something like that. Those rules tend to change with the seasons and may be facility specific. Personally, in the four states I've worked, there were no specific rules, but sometimes patients thought there was an MD waiting in a back room in case they snapped their fingers and wanted an md. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Is this a reference to “incident to” billing? Otherwise, it doesn’t sound remotely familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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