The new healthcare reform is significant to primary healthcare providers in terms of available services, reimbursements, and changes in practice. This healthcare model places nurse practitioners at the forefront of primary care with many potential new changes to practice. A review of literature has identified a few main themes including the lack of legislation allowing Nurse Practitioners to be paid the same rate as physicians, lack of uniform scope of practice laws across the United States, the growing lack of primary care providers, lack of knowledge regarding the knowledge base of the Nurse Practitioners, and a disparity between the Affordable Care Act and Medicare and Medicaid laws in regards to reimbursement for services provided. The goal of this project is to identify whether NP's view the ACA as beneficial in terms of reimbursement, and to identify the potential advantages in terms of reimbursement while practicing under the healthcare reform.
