To Reach the Future, NPs Must Eliminate Obsolete Acute Care Rules

[...]discussions with congressional offices are also addressing statutory and regulatory barriers including outdated definitions that limit some services in Medicare and Medicaid to "physicians" even though the services are recognized as part of NP practice. NPs and other APRNs provide safe, quality care in hospitals, critical access hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, skilled nursing facilities, Centers of Excellence, and other health care facilities, all of which are associated with federally mandated supervision requirements that are not necessary.