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Article: New Research Shows That Insurer Contracting Policies Threaten Success of Health Care Reform.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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A study conducted by National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC) has found that nearly half (48%) of all major managed-care organizations in the United States do not credential or contract with nurse practitioners as primary care providers. "Policies like these jeopardize the success of health care reform at a time when we need more qualified and cost-effective primary care providers than ever before," says Tine Hansen-Turton, CEO of NNCC (see also Health Insurance).
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