DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2011 Issue 6 (June)

NPP Benchmark: NP vs. PA utilization by place of service, 2005-2009

Both nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) bill the majority of their Medicare services in the office setting, though NPs split the rest of their utilization between nursing facilities and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). PAs split the rest of their utilization on the emergency room, and inpatient hospital. Neither spend much time in ambulatory surgical centers or end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities.

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