Utilization of medicare's chronic care management services by primary care providers

Primary care is transforming into team-based care delivery models increasingly dependent on nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) (Barnes  et al., 2018; Dai et al., 2019). The NP and PA workforce experienced rapid growth in recent years, exceeding that of physicians (Auerbach et al., 2020; Auerbach et al., 2018). About 70% of family physicians report working with NPs and/or PAs (Dai et al., 2019). Between 2012 and 2016, in-person office visits to NPs and PAs increased by 129%, while visits to physicians decreased by 18% nationally (Frost& Hargraves,  2018).

Source: Nursing Outlook - December 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Ann Annis, Hyokyoung G. Hong Source Type: research