[NPInfo] What a NP can do

[doc]

Shelby: A friend of mine in Texas..an FNP, fought BC/BS in Texas until they 
finally added her as a provider.  So one must be tenacious!  Pat M
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From: "Shelby Havens" <shelbyhavens at hotmail.com>
To: <suernfnp at iwon.com>; <npinfo at nurse.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:20 PM
Subject: RE: [NPInfo] What a NP can do




Actually, he would have a very valid point in Florida. The largest health 
insurance company down here is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, and they 
do not contract with nurse practitioners. Everything gets billed "incidental 
to" the physician's work. A nurse practitioner cannot earn money for a 
physician's practice under this arrangement.

Best Regards,

Shelby Havens, ARNP

  > To: npinfo at nurse.net> From: suernfnp at iwon.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 
19:13:03 -0500> Subject: [NPInfo] What a NP can do> > > Alfredo, I agree 
with you that most docs still do not understand what a NP can bring to their 
practice. I left my hospital position today and took a full time job with my 
retail clinic. One of the docs I work with at the hospital asked why I was 
leaving and I said "because you didn't offer me a job" joking a little with 
him. He answered seriously, "I can't afford to pay you!" I told him he 
needed to reframe the idea and think how much money I could EARN for his 
practice. But he still doesn't get it. > > Sue D in MI> > > > > 
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