The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries adopted billing rules that it says will eliminate differential payment for advanced registered nurse practitioners.
Under rules that take effect Nov. 15, advanced registered nurse practitioners will be paid the full fee schedule amount for procedures preceded by the service code “N.”
“The anticipated effect is a maintenance or increase in the number of ARNPs who could treat injured workers,” the department said in a rule-making order.
Rules in place since 2001 set the reimbursement rate at 90% of fe...
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