Page 10 - Part 2 Collaborating with Advanced Practice Providers - An Overview of State Rules

SVMIC Collaborating with Advanced Practice Providers

Check with the applicable state boards for sample template protocols

and for required formulary documents.

Title Transparency

Healthcare practitioners have certain notification duties and must

ensure that they clearly identify themselves with badges or name tags

appropriately identifying the name, credentials and title. Most states
have laws requiring posting a notice identifying the non-physician

providers in all locations where they may practice, including Alabama,

Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia.

Further, physicians and APPs must maintain their license for inspection

in their primary place of business.
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Regulatory Compliance
Keep in mind, it’s the responsibility of the supervising and/or

collaborating physicians to educate APPs and all staff (particularly if

they are their employees) about compliance issues including the Health

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA), anti-discrimination, appropriate billing and
other potential areas of compliance risk. Establishing policies for these

areas is generally required by the government or for participation in

most health insurer plans. Billing fraud is an area that is usually not

closely monitored by physicians collaborating with APPs, but be aware

there are many cases of healthcare fraud implicating the supervising
physician.

4 Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 311.856(3-5).

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