Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: CBSA Type: Metro: CBSA Division: 15804: CBSA Division Name: Camden, NJ: CBSA Population: 5,965,343: CBSA Division Population: 1,250,679: MSA: 6162: MSA Name: Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD CMSA: PMSA: 6160: PMSA Name: Philadelphia, PA-NJ PMSA: City State Key: V11378: Preferred Last Line Key: V11378
HR2267 Ordering Home Health Care. Good News: U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Greg Walden (R-OR) introduced The Home Health Planning Improvement Act (HR 2267) that will authorize nurse practitioners to order home health care services.
My nurse practice act in Georgia is vague with regard to supervision/collaboration issues. There is no state where the law requires physicians to sign every one of a nurse practitioner's (NP's) charts. In Tennessee, a physician must sign 20% of an NP's charts every 30 days. In Arkansas, there is a requirement for physician cosignature of NP orders. Practice protocols or facility requirements must specify when NP's orders must be cosigned.