Advance for NPs & PAs (circulation: N/A) was relaunched in September 2010 and merged together two former publications, Advance for Nurse Practitioners and Advance for Physician Assistants.Written for nurse practitioners and physician assistants and provides readers with up-to-the-minute clinical articles, practice and professional news, health coverage and industry profiles.Also includes information that nurse practitioners and physician assistants need to excel in their profession, covering issues in all specialties. Features customized columns addressing the wide range of issues that clinicians are faced with on a daily basis.
ADVANCE for NPs and PAs reports on the news, views, legislation, people and technological advancements for the nurse practitioner.
Includes coverage of relevant practice issues, clinical trends and new guidelines in the field.
2015
June 2015 – New Incentives for Your Medicare Population click here to read article
January 2015 – Provider Stress & How to Handle it click here to read article
2014
October 2014 – Health Reform – Workforce Issues click here to read article
September 2014 – Hospital Services Provided by Physician Assistants (PAs) – click here to read article
February 2014 – PA/NP Workforce: Using Locums to Meet Your Practice Demand click here to read article
2013
September – Featured Article on Cover: Managing Referrals in an Accountable Care System click here to read article
May – Feature Article on Cover: Will the Market Supply Meet Your Practice Demand? click here to read article
April – PA Prescriber Credentialing in NC: click here to read article
January – Physician Assistant Workforce – Changing Gender Demographics: click here to read article
2012
December – PA workforce volume and Patient Demand: click here to read article
November – Health Reform Insight: click here to read article
September – Redesigned Primary Care and Readmissions: click here to read article
August – Staging Your Practice for Success – Incorporating PAs and NPs into Teams: click here to read article
June – Transitioning from Volume to Value: click here to read article
Billing & Coding for Providers Webinar
Click Here to purchase the webinar from NCMSDifferent sites of service, Medicare’s “incident-to” guidelines and the proposed Medicaid changes add to the complexity of non-physician practitioner billing. Join us as we discuss how to protect your practice from the scrutiny of external auditors. We will also provide an update on NC Medicaid’s proposed changes related to physician assistants and nurse practitioners .
Webinar Speakers:
Amy Dunatov, MPH, FACMPE, CCS-P
Amy Dunatov has extensive experience in medical practice management, including both private practice and hospital-owned multi-specialty group settings. She has comprehensive knowledge of billing and E&M coding, physician compensation plan design, and financial and operational benchmarking, especially as it relates to physician compensation and productivity.Amy Dunatov received her BS in Business Administration from Gardner-Webb University and a MPH from University of North Carolina School of Public Health. She has achieved fellowship status in the American College of Medical Practice Executives and the educational branch of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). She attained the certified coding specialist designation from American Health Information Management Association in 1992.
Lisa Shock, PA-C
Lisa Shock is a Duke University Physician Assistant graduate and has greater than 10 years clinical experience in a variety of healthcare settings. In addition to previously owning and running a rural primary care clinic, she is the current president and CEO of Lisa Shock in Healthcare, a company she created in response to the many questions she has received over the years about Physician Assistant utilization.Lisa is a past president of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants. She also contributed to the Physician Assistant profession by serving on the PA Advisory Council of the North Carolina Medical Board as well as the Quality Improvement and Health Information Technology Committee of the North Carolina Medical Society, and she remains a state PA expert in reimbursement and legislative issues. She enjoys part time clinical primary care practice and enjoys teaching geriatric medicine and long-term care as a Duke PA Program faculty member.
Below are several articles or interviews with Lisa Shock, Owner of Utilization Solutions in Healthcare featured in CompHealth.
How can billing be maximized in the hospital setting? The concept of incident to billing is an outpatient only application. While Physician Assistants (PAs) may not bill “incident to” in a hospital, they may bill under the physician they are working with, and collect 100% reimbursement if the shared billing criteria are met.
“The Art of Attraction-Find and KEEP a Great NP/PA” by Lisa Shock
Published in healthEcareers
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The Art of Attraction – Find and KEEP a Great PA/NP
Health E Careers
August 6, 2012
By Lisa P. Shock, MHS, PA-C Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are skilled medical professionals who play an integral part in health care delivery. Especially in primary care, PAs and NPs attract and manage a significant following of patients, often in rural communities. Recruitment is challenging in more underserved areas; however, retention is often more important as practices and patients invest in an individual with the hope that they will stay and practice for a considerable amount of time. In my experience in rural North Carolina, it took me more than a year in my first job to attract some patients to our practice. They were afraid to “like me too much” for fear I would leave town and move onto another opportunity.
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Lisa Shock was interviewed by Lynne Jetter from Mississippi Medical News in April, 2012.
“Attracting and keeping a great PA/NP is an art form”
Lisa Shock’s interview on Wednesday September 28, 2011 on PhysiciansMoneyDigest.com
Lisa will be talking about the benefits of using PA’s to help staff a medical practice, and how to get the most from PA’s on staff.
“Things Doctors Should Know About Hiring a Physician Assistant” On HealthNewsDigest.com
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Master of Health Science and Physician Assistant Certificate in Physician Assistant Program
Interview with Lisa Shock
Physician Assistant at Hillsborough Medical Group and President/CEO of Utilization Solutions in Healthcare
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Aug 15, 2012 … For additional insight into team care, check out Shock’s tweets @PAutilization or contact her at lisa@pushpa.biz
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Article from PA Professional “Finding Dr. Right-What PAs Should Look for in a Physician Partner”
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Lisa Shock was a guest blogger for MICA in their January 2012 Newsletter.
“EMR Implementation – 3 Ways to Ease the Pain”