AmandaW
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Are APN's required to have a Dr signature on their notes in an inpatient setting? I've read guidelines and still a little confused.
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Pam Warren
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It depends on a few things...
1. Are they allowed to practice independently in the state? Here in NH, APRNs can practice independently without a supervising provider. So you wouldn't need a co-signature.
2. How are they credentialled with the payers? If they have their own billing numbers, then they don't need a supervising provider/co-signature.
3. What about your organization's policy? Our hospital (even with the above criteria) requires an MD co-signature on all APRN notes. It has nothing to do with billing or the nurse practice act...it's simply an internal policy which supercedes the regulatory guidance above. So yes, a co-signature is required in our hospital.
Hope this helps, but you'll have to investigate because it varies by state and by hosptial.
1. Are they allowed to practice independently in the state? Here in NH, APRNs can practice independently without a supervising provider. So you wouldn't need a co-signature.
2. How are they credentialled with the payers? If they have their own billing numbers, then they don't need a supervising provider/co-signature.
3. What about your organization's policy? Our hospital (even with the above criteria) requires an MD co-signature on all APRN notes. It has nothing to do with billing or the nurse practice act...it's simply an internal policy which supercedes the regulatory guidance above. So yes, a co-signature is required in our hospital.
Hope this helps, but you'll have to investigate because it varies by state and by hosptial.
AmandaW
Guru
Thank you Pam. Can you recommend a good credible website that show's which states allows for it?
Pam Warren
True Blue
Amanda, I think you'll have to search the Board of Nursing by state. Not sure if there's a national site, since each state has their own rules.