Feb 25 2008
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There is an interesting conversation going on a popular NP list about health care. We all know providers that will not see patients with particular insurances, and those that will see everyone. Continue Reading »
Nov 11 2007
I received this question from an Nurse Practitioner in New York. Continue Reading »
Tags: New York State, NP practice issues, nurse practitionerNov 04 2007
From what I’ve read previously, Nurse Practitioner practice in Florida has some unique challenges. And apparently this is true for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners as well. This question comes from an NP in Florida who wishes to open her own psych practice. Continue Reading »
Oct 23 2007
I received a question from a woman who is an FNP and CNM in Oregon. She is no longer practicing as a CNM, but is opening an office as an FNP. However, she has run into a snag.
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Oct 23 2007
I received a call this evening from a fellow NP who is a practice owner here in WA. Her clinic is a combination of urgent care and primary care. She recently hired a couple of NP’s and has been working at getting them credentialed with insurance companies. Two of those applications have taken a new, and very backwards turn.
Tags: first choice health network, insurance, NP practice issues, premera blue crossOct 13 2007
Nurse Practitioners in practice often ask for templates they can use for things such as practice agreements, sample contracts, and protocols. Continue Reading »
Sep 15 2007
Last evening, I had dinner with two other the Nurse Practitioner business owners. One of them has been in her practice for seven years and the other for less than six months. As for myself, I’ve owned my own practice for little over a year now. The focus of all of our practices its primary care. Continue Reading »
Aug 28 2007
“Keeping in touch with one another is the key to advancing our profession.” Says Jim Jolly designer of nurpractitionerforum.com. He started the website in August of this year as a way of communicating with NPs from all around the world.
Jim, a Nurse Practitioner in Central California, felt isolated when it came to NP issues. “Sure you can read everything you want in magazines and on the internet,” Jim said “but if you want a straight answer to questions like salary, education, or practice issues it sure is nice to be able to just ask others in the field.”
Included on the website is a page dedicated to NPs in the news. News articles from non-clinical magazines and newspapers from around the world that help NPs understand what the general public is being told about us and our practice. The articles are updated about every two or three days as they come available.
The forum and the NP news is free to anyone wanting to stay in touch with the goings on in the NP profession. Please visit
www.nursepractitionerforum.com for more information or to participate.
Aug 12 2007
I received a question from a new FNP. One of the current activities is that she has become a distributor for a company that promotes health and nutritional supplements to the public. Her question has to do with her clients or herself notifying their health care providers that they are taking supplements. Continue Reading »
Aug 03 2007
Micro-Practices is a term I believe was originally coined by Gordon Moore M.D. approximately 5 years ago. His article was originally published in Family Practice Management in 2002. (Going Solo, Making the Leap; Going Solo, One Doc, One Room, One Year Later; Answers to Questions about Idealized Solo Practice). Continue Reading »
