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California PA Law

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Krissy1251

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California has a new law stating PA's can see new patients. I am seeing conflicting information regarding insurance's following this rule. Does anyone have any information regarding this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
While I'm not familiar with CA laws, I would want to ensure you are not confusing scope of practice laws with incident-to guidelines.
Scope of practice = what and how the clinician may perform services from a legal perspective
Incident-to = how it may be billed
In NY, PA's have always been allowed by scope of practice to see new patients. Those visits however, may not be billed incident-to the physician and must be billed under the PA. Most insurances have incident-to rules, not scope of practice.
 
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