Care of residents of nursing homes. Self-referral by health care providers, under the Stark Acts. Confidentiality of information about patients. Discrimination in hiring. Facility access for disabled people.
Federal law affects NPs by what it says.
By what it does not say. Much of the reimbursement for office practice comes from Medicare, federal statutes regulations. Medical practices in having NP providers. Medicaid, written in 1965 before there were NPs. Uses word physician as if there were no other health care provider.