Medicaid Claims Data Comparisons for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Primary Care Physicians in New Mexico

Evaluating prescribing competencies and standards used in nurse independent prescribers’ prescribing consultations

“…Research in this area has largely focused on categorising ANPs' prescribing patterns (e.g. Fontana et al, 2000;Gutierrez and Sciacca, 2000;Pulcini and Vampola, 2002), comparisons of ANPs' and physicians' prescription types (Birkholz and Viens, 1999;Fisher, 2002;Cipher et al, 2006;Running et al, 2006) or comparisons of ANPs' and CNSs' prescribing (Glod and Manchester, 2000). All of these studies used large-scale surveys of prescribing consultation records.…”

Prescriptive patterns of nurse practitioners and physicians

“…In Colorado, NPs prescribe most commonly for respiratory disorders followed by prescriptions for diagnoses concerning women’s health, mental health, and visual/auditory, musculoskeletal, dermatologic, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and genitourinary problems (Gutierrez & Sciacca, 2000). In New Mexico, the impact of physician supervision versus independent practice on NPs was reviewed using a comparison of Medicaid claims submitted by NPs, physician assistants, and physicians (Birkholz & Viens, 1999). Three of the top four prescriptions written were identical for both supervised and independent NPs.…”

Administrative claims data analysis of nurse practitioner prescribing for older adults

“…2006, Scudder 2006, Bradley & Nolan 2007, Latter et al. 2007a, 2007b) Researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States of America have examined several aspects of prescribing, including patterns, barriers and facilitators, safety, education requirements, impact, and patient perspectives and satisfaction (Birkholz & Viens 1999, Shum et al. 2000, Latter & Courtenay 2004, Bradley & Nolan 2007, Bradley et al.…”

“…The methods and patient populations in existing studies evaluating the practice of nurses with prescriptive authority are diverse (Shum et al 2000, Latter & Courtenay 2004, While & Biggs 2004, Bradley et al 2005, Hooker & Cipher 2005, Ladd 2005, Cipher et al 2006, Scudder 2006, Latter et al 2007a, 2007b Researchers from the United Kingdom and the United States of America have examined several aspects of prescribing, including patterns, barriers and facilitators, safety, education requirements, impact, and patient perspectives and satisfaction (Birkholz & Viens 1999, Shum et al 2000, Latter & Courtenay 2004, Courtenay & Carey 2007, Latter et al 2007c. Given the complexities and costs associated with prescribing, trends should be monitored for quality improvement and providing continuing professional development opportunities for identified areas.…”