Association between physician practice Medicaid acceptance and employing nurse practitioners and physician assistants: A longitudinal analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to care is often a challenge for Medicaid beneficiaries due to low practice participation. As demand increases, practices will likely look for ways to see Medicaid patients while keeping costs low. Employing nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) is one low-cost and effective means to achieve this. However, there are no longitudinal studies examining the relationship between practice Medicaid acceptance and NP/PA employment.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the association of practice Medicaid acceptance with NP/PA employment over time.

Methods

Using SK&A data (2009-2015), we constructed a panel of 102,453 unique physician practices to assess for changes in Medicaid acceptance after newly employing NPs and PAs. We em

SUBMITTER: Barnes H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8110602 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Mar 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature