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.
Nurse practitioners are authorized to receive reimbursement for serving as attending physicians in hospice and home health care. While this does not yet allow nurse practitioners to order/authorize hospice care or home health care, nurse practitioners are authorized to re-certify patient eligibility for hospice care.