title: Understanding the reimbursement process.
abstract: Nurse practitioners must be fiscally responsible to obtain reimbursement for services provided. A thorough knowledge of the reimbursement process is required to accomplish this goal. This article explores the reimbursement process, generation of revenue, and personal productivity determination for nurse practitioners. Parameters for billing using the resource-based relative value scale, the Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines, the International Classification of Disease, and the Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology code book are explained.
authors.affiliation: MidState Medical Center, Meriden, Conn., USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rapsilber
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D004194:Disease / Q000145:classification; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D005245:Fee Schedules / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000191:economics; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States