Tom Farley, RN, MS, ACNP Hildy Schell, RN, MS, CCNS San Francisco, CA 2010
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1 Advanced Health Care Practitioners in Critical Care Tom Farley, RN, MS, ACNP Hildy Schell, RN, MS, CCNS San Francisco, CA 2010
2 Critical Care Leadership Team Unit or Division Medical Director Patient Care Manager APN: CNS & NP Respiratory Therapist Pharmacist Nutritionist Social Worker Physical Therapist
3 Advanced Practice Nurses Nurse Practitioner (NP) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) NCSBN & AACN Entry level recommendation -2015
4 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) MS, MN, DNP, PhD -Critical Care/Trauma Specialty Training CNS certified by State Board of Registered Nursing Role Components Expert direct care Clinical leadership / Change Agent Consultation Education Research Spheres of influence: Patient/Family Nurses/Team System
5 CNS Impact Direct Care - Continuity & Consultation Clinical leadership Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration EBP Performance Improvement Quality/Safety
6 EBP, Quality & Safety VAP & CRBSI Prevention Glycemic Management Hypothermia Post-Cardiac Arrest EGDT Sepsis (Scv02, APC) Pressure Ulcer Prevention CRRT Program Pain & Sedation Assessment Delirium Screening Team Communication
7 Infection Prevention Performance Plan & Implementation Hand Hygiene Insertion Screen for need Maintenance Adult CRBSI/1000 catheter days FY08 rate = 4.88 FY09 rate = 2.1 FYTD March = 1.6 (~7,000 catheter days)
8 VAP Prevention Incidence: 9-25% ICU pts, 2 nd most common hospitalacquired infection in U.S. Increases ICU LOS by up to 22 days and Hospital LOS by 25 days Attributable mortality: as high as 27% $40,000 to $57,000 per patient with VAP VAP Prevention Bundle: Prevent aspiration & colonization & routine assessment for readiness for extubation UCSF Adult VAP rates FY06 rate = 8.3 VAP/1000 ventilator days FY09 rate = 2.6 FYTD March = 1.9 Projected savings = $920,000 (FY09)
9 What is the fiscal impact of CNS work on organizations? 1. Cost avoidance 2. Cost savings 3. Revenue generation Supply/equipment introduction & evaluation, procedures for use/indications Clinical leadership: clinical programs, SOC, quality/safety improvement Moore (2003)
10 CNS Reimbursement 1997 Balanced Budget Act Direct reimbursement for CNS services beyond specified rural areas opened up (Medicare Part B) Requirements RN license & authorized to perform CNS services in accordance with state law Master s degree from accredited nursing school Certified CNS by ANCC or state licensure as APRN Billing CPT: current procedural terminology (AMA) E&M code = evaluation & management code ICD-9: international classifications of diseases
11 Nurse Practitioners in Critical Care
12 Nurse Practitioners RN with Masters Degree CA mandates use of standardized procedures National certification exam required Eligible for DEA prescribing NPI for medicare/private billing
13 NP Species Acute Care: inpatients Adult: primary care Family: primary care Almost all at UCSF and SFGH are acute care, few are adult or family Focus of education and national certification, does not influence billing
14 Experience at UCSF and SFGH UCSF Critical Care Medicine 15 NPs SFGH Trauma/General Surgery 12 NPs Employed by hospital not by MD group Medicare part A not part B No independent billing performed Appropriate conduits for collaboration essential
15 NPs in Critical Care or Trauma Henry Ford Hospital Detroit Cleveland Clinic California Pacific Medical Center Hospital at the University Pennsylvania UC Davis Columbia University Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
16 NP responsibilities Patient care Consultative and RRT/code blue Teaching Quality standards and improvement Overnight shifts at UCSF critical care First call at UCSF and SFGH
17 NP Procedures Central venous catheter insertion PICC insertion Arterial catheter insertion Chest tube insertion Lumbar puncture Suture and drain removal Airway intubation RN First Assist for OR role
18 UCSF Critical Care ICU Attending MD ICU Fellow MD Resident MD Nurse Practitioner
19 SFGH Surgery Surgical Attending Surgical PGY4/5 Surgical Intern Nurse Practitioner
20 Billing in Critical Care Reference CMS transmittal # ads/r1548cp.pdf Services may be provided by qualified NPPs and reported for payment Provider must be immediately available to the patient No shared visits allowed
21 Billing in Critical Care Only one provider per day can bill for CPT 99291critical care eval and mgt 30-74min Follow-up after first hour of services billable by MD or NPP using CPT each additional 30min of critical care beyond 74min
22 Billing in Critical Care Medicare reimbursement for DRG based on acuity and average cost of labor Cost Report is description and tabulation of labor costs CMS uses cost report data to create a wage index to scale DRG payment Part A=hospital services inc nursing, Part B=physician services
23 Billing in Critical Care Recent case in 2008 OIG challenged hospital including NP wages in cost report OIG claimed NPs providing part B services, backed by SSA/Medicare regs Hospital countered that NPs did not bill and provided mostly hospital services Compromise reached
24 Billing Lessons Is scope of work part A or part B or both, what is the approx distribution? Part B includes history taking, exams, medical decision making, medical procedures, counseling on diagnosis/prognosis/treatment plan NPs should bill for part B services when performed
25 Keys to Success Team approach Collaboration Evidence-based practice Performance improvement process Patient centered care
26 Questions?
27 References AACN Scope of Practice & Standards of professional performance for the acute & critical care CNS. (2002). Buppert, C. (2005). Capturing reimbursement for advanced practice nurse services in acute and critical care: Legal and business consideration. AACN Clinical Issues, 16: Frakes, M.A. & Evans, T. (2006). An overview of Medicare reimbursement regulations for advanced practice nurses. Nursing Economics, 24: Geary, S. & Cale, DD. (2009). Daily rapid rounds: Decreasing length of stay and improving professional practice. Journal of Nursing Administration, 39: Lewandowski, W. & Adamle, K. (2009). Substantive areas of clinical nurse specialist practice. Clin Nurs Spec, 23: Molina, S. (2004). ABC Codes: A new opportunity to capture CNS contributions to US Healthcare. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 18: Moore, PS. (2003). Billing & Coding 101 for CNSs. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 17:
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