The role of restrictive scope-of-practice regulations on the delivery of nurse practitioner-delivered home-based primary care.
Zainab Toteh OsakweBian LiuClaire K AnkudaChristine S RitchieBruce LeffKatherine A OrnsteinPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2023)
Restricted state NP scope-of-practice regulations were associated with higher rates of FFS Medicare NP-HBPC care delivery compared with full or reduced scope-of-practice. Understanding underlying mechanisms of how scope-of-practice affects NP-HBPC delivery could help to develop scope-of-practice regulations that improve access to HBPC for the underserved homebound population.