title: Nurse practitioners to provide primary care in HMO project.
abstract: Oxford Health Plans is courting controversy--and hoping to reduce demand--with a pilot program that allows members to choose nurse practitioners as primary care providers. The HMO pays the NPs directly--at the same rates as it pays physicians.
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D017046:Cost Savings; D019468:Disease Management; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D009519:New York City; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D000078329:Workforce