Partner in Private Practice Blue Ridge Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Fishersville, Virginia
Integrating advanced practice providers (APPs) into the OMS specialty is increasingly feasible in both university and private settings. APPs – including nurse practitioners and physician assistants – are trained as autonomous providers in both medical and surgical practices. The session outlines how OMSs can add an APP to improve access to care and provide more time in the schedule for surgeons to operate. Team members will learn the intricacies of financial planning, advertising, hiring and onboarding an APP. Scope of practice, patient care flow, billing and coding, malpractice and scheduling will be discussed in depth. Specialty-specific training protocols will be reviewed as well as a timeline for scope-of-practice expansion and the strategies for mitigating the challenges of adding a non-OMS provider.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should be able to:
Describe APP training and scope of practice as it relates to the OMS specialty.
Recognize opportunities for an APP within a surgical practice.
Formulate an APP-integration plan for an OMS practice that includes operational infrastructure and cultural alignment to promote APP autonomy.
