Close up of provider writing medical data of hospitalized patient while visiting him at intensive care unit. The nurse practitioner will see you now. It’s not the phrase most people are accustomed to ...

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Peak Vista Community Health Centers will pay $1.2 million to four physicians and a nurse practitioner after a decision by the ...

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The task force created to draft recommendations for regulating the relationship between doctors and nurse practitioners brainstormed a few suggestions Thursday in a meeting that made more progress ...

The projected shortage of primary care physicians in the coming years, along with a relatively high turnover rate among physician assistants and nurse practitioners will challenge medical groups as ...

A Virginia state senator has introduced legislation (SB555) aimed at increasing physician oversight in skilled nursing homes, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. A new report from healthcare staffing company AMN Healthcare shows – ...

New doctors and other health professionals have joined Tri-City area clinics this winter. They include a Tri-Cities foot surgeon, a doctor and nurse practitioner at a Richland dermatology clinic, a ...

Elizabeth Hug had a choice: wait months to see a doctor to treat her fibromyalgia or visit a nurse practitioner in the same office immediately. The Joliet resident decided sooner was better than later ...

This article has been updated from the original to reflect comments from the head of Peak Vista Community Health Centers. After a nearly two-year legal fight, four physicians and one nurse ...

To the editor: Here we go again with the calls to allow nurse practitioners to practice without a physician’s direct supervision. Nurse practitioners and doctors do not receive the same training.