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Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide
Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide, Sixth Edition is a must-have resource for every new or current nurse practitioner (NP) that explains and analyzes the legal issues relevant to nurse practitioners. Completely updated and revised, it includes a new chapter on answering frequently asked questions from NPs. In addition, it provides the latest state-by-state laws, including regulatory developments and prosecutions of nurse practitioners, and new case analyses and lessons learned from those cases.
Legal Guide 6th Edition
Examples regarding trouble over NPs and kickbacks
Stark Law compliance issues and related criminal cases involving nurse practitioners who are employed by hospitals
Nurse practitioners who have encountered issues with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
An attempted work around for the Medicare requirement that a physician order home care resulting in an NP using a physician's name to order home care and then being prosecuted for identity theft
Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide
Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide, Sixth Edition is a must-have resource for every new or current nurse practitioner (NP) that explains and analyzes the legal issues relevant to nurse practitioners. Completely updated and revised, it includes a new chapter on answering frequently asked questions from NPs. In addition, it provides the latest state-by-state laws, including regulatory developments and prosecutions of nurse practitioners, and new case analyses and lessons learned from those cases.
Legal Guide 6th Edition
Examples regarding trouble over NPs and kickbacks
Stark Law compliance issues and related criminal cases involving nurse practitioners who are employed by hospitals
Nurse practitioners who have encountered issues with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
An attempted work around for the Medicare requirement that a physician order home care resulting in an NP using a physician's name to order home care and then being prosecuted for identity theft