The Role of Nurse Practitioners in Health Care Reform

Conclusion The United States is in the midst of a significant shortage4 in the provision of primary care, jeopardizing millions of Americans’ access to the most basic health care.22 Greater use of Nurse Practitioners could allay a significant portion of this shortage. While funding for grants and demonstration projects provided in the ACA makes a start toward greater use of NPs, risks to funding and disparate scope of practice regulations throughout the country provide significant barriers to their use. ___ The Institute of Medicine [report]. “Assessing progress on the Institute of Medicine report ‘The future of nursing,’ Washington, D.C.: 2015. Available at: http://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/AssessingFON_releaseslides/Nursing-Report-in-brief.pdf. Health and Human Services [press release]. “10 million people expected to have Marketplace coverage at end of 2016.” October 15, 2015. Available at: http://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/10/15/10-million-people-expected-have-marketplace-coverage-end-2016.html. Hofer AN, Abraham JM, Moscovice I. “Expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and –Affordable Care Act and primary care utilization.” The Milbank Quarterly. 2011; 89(1): 69–89. 4. Health Resources and Services Administration. “Projecting the supply and demand for primary care practitioners through 2020.” 2013. Available at: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/supplydemand/usworkforce/primarycare/. Green LV, Savin...
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