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APPs in Otolaryngology Can Help Fill Gaps in Patient Care

by Lara C. Pullen, PhD • November 9, 2017

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The bottom line, said Gilbert, is that, “You as a group of physicians need to choose: What are your priorities?” It may be that hiring an APP is one of them.

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Dr. Pullen is a freelance medical writer based in Illinois.

Take-Home Points

  • APPs can become certified in a specialty area.
  • As demand for physicians exceeds supply, APPs can help fill the gap.
  • APPs can prescribe, perform routine procedures, and, with training, perform more advanced procedures.

What can Apps do?

  • See new patients.
  • Recheck patients.
  • Order appropriate workups.
  • Perform procedures.
  • Run clinics.
  • Perform preoperative history and physicals.
  • Perform postoperative visits.
  • Take a first call.
  • Serve as a first assist in surgical procedures.
  • Participate in MACRA–Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) or Advanced Alternative Payment Models (AAPM).

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Filed Under: Features, Home Slider Tagged With: AAO-HNS annual meeting, AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting, advanced-practice providers, apps, patient care, physician assistants, physician shortageIssue: November 2017

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