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Post  Question for Audioconference held 12-10-09
Author: rosea
Date: Dec 11, 2009 9:54 am
I was not able to ask Bill Mejia this question yesterday and hope he can answer today.
Bill, your presentation indicated that your team initially had a nurse practitioner but the follow up slide showed your "Current Paradigm" with no nurse practitioner. How is that working out?

Rose Allen
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Re: Question for Audioconference held 12-10-09 (by wdmejia on 12/11/2009)
Hi Rose,

We now have two FTE physicians working through the program. The previous NP funding now goes towards the 2nd MD. This is working out well as each is able to work independently, writing orders especially. As the social worker, I end up with a lot of the coordination work that the NP was previously doing. We actually have 3 md's sharing the 2 FTE's and they rotate weekly.

Thanks for the question,

Bill Mejia

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