Question

To fully leverage the capacity of the health workforce and align care processes to emerging financial incentives, scope-of-practice regulations for which health care profession may need to be reconsidered

Answer 1

The scope of practice regulations for Nurse Practitioners (NP) should be reconsidered.

Across the states, there is substantial variation in the scope of practice permitted to NP’s. Some states allow NP’s to provide care independently without the need for physician collaboration or supervision, while other states do not allow NP’s to do so. Thus there is a great need to align the regulations set for NP’s.