Wiki ARNP Mental Health Billing

[MCogdill]

Good afternoon

Can anyone help with this question:

Pediatric ARNP has a fellowship in Mental Health and is testing to become board certified. Can she bill for therapy and RX with an MD supervising?

Thank you

 

[ckeeney]

It depends in part on your state ARNP scope of practice rules as well as payer rules. In the state where the entity I bill for is located we have a number of ARNP's with a Mental Health certification on staff. They are credentialed under their own NPI and we bill their services as rendering. There is periodic oversight by a supervising physician per state/payer regulations.