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SVMIC Collaborating with Advanced Practice Providers

quality of care provided by the physician assistant and outline the

specific parameters for review of countersignatures in the application.
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Mississippi

Each APRN must participate in a formal quality assurance/quality

improvement (QA/QI) program to be maintained on site. The QA/QI
program must be sufficient to provide a valid evaluation of the practice

and be a valid basis for change, if any. The QA/QI plan should be

specific to the APRN’s areas of practice.

There must be a monthly chart review of at least 10% of charts. The

supervising physician must note the medical and family histories taken,
results of any and all examinations and tests, all diagnoses, orders given,

medications prescribed and treatments rendered. The supervising

physician must place his or her signature or initials at the base of the

clinic note.
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Tennessee

Collaborating physicians must review at least 20% of charts monitored

or written by the APP every 30 days. Further, collaborating physicians
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must review particular medical charts in specific situations.

Collaborating physicians must review the historical, physical and

therapeutic data within ten days and certify in the chart within 30 days

that they reviewed the chart in the following situations:

1. A review of the chart by the physician is medically indicated;

2. The patient requests that the physician review the chart;

3. The prescriptions written falls outside the written protocols;

15 Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 311.856(10).
16 Miss. Code Ann. §73-26-5 (1.7)
17 Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-02-.18(8).

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