New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 54 - PHYSICIAN SERVICES
Subchapter 2 - PHYSICIAN SERVICES-GENERAL
Section 10:54-2.3 - Physician personal direction of an Advanced Practice Nurse specializing in anesthesia
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:54-2.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Anesthesia services provided by an Advanced Practice Nurse specializing in anesthesia (APN/Anesthesia), according to the conditions for practice in N.J.A.C. 13:37-13.1 and 13.2, shall be eligible for reimbursement provided:
1. The APN/Anesthesia is employed by a physician who is a specialist in anesthesia;
2. The physician specialist is an approved provider in the New Jersey Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare program; and
3. The physician specialist submits the claim for services rendered under his or her Medicaid/NJ FamilyCare Provider Billing Number.
(b) The APN/Anesthesia's services shall be performed under the personal direction of the employer anesthesiologist throughout the period of anesthesia. (See 10:54-2.2 for rules related to personal direction.) When personally directing an APN/Anesthesia, the anesthetist shall:
1. Be free from other professional duties;
2. Be in the operating suite, within visual and/or auditory range throughout the period of personal direction; and
3. Not be involved in the care of more than two cases under anesthesia at the same time.
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