[NPInfo] Insurance Companies and NPs

[prispunnyfnp at metrocast.net]

Great idea!  It's amazing how we have to keep refighting the same battles
forever.  Suing them would be a great hinderance to this garbage happening
in the future.

Priscilla

Original Message:
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From: Meg enigma462003 at yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:28:19 -0700 (PDT)
To: npinfo at nurse.net
Subject: [NPInfo] Insurance Companies and NPs


I would have to say...if a class action suit were to develop over these
issues it would have to come from one state where it can be shown that: it
impairs the ability to earn money, is not in accordance with the State laws
for the NP,  it keeps NPs/PAs invisible to not only the public but to
insurers...a whole list of issues surround this (not an easy case to
develop)....there are good cases (not NP) surrounding restraint of trade
issues...whether this would be setting a precedent...I do not know...maybe
some of the NP/Attorneys on this listserv could answer this one? and
whether AANP/ACNP would tackle such a case? I don't have the answer to that
either...what I do know is that this is an issue...which impacts our
ability to earn money...and as others have said all along...this will
always be about money and economics....not matter what the language...or
buzz words...."safety", "patients need a doctor because of their
training"...all those scare
 tactics the AMA uses to defend their turf.... Meg (Portland Oregon) 
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