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Question

A nurse practitioner is working in a family physician's office in a state that prohibits independent practice. According to the collaboration agreement with the physician, the nurse practitioner's primary role is to follow-up with patients, review labs, order any additional testing or interventions, and manage patient calls. A 67-year-old woman following up at her physicians' office for her recently diagnosed hypertension. The family nurse practitioner sees the patient to reevaluate her blood pressure since she started taking a new angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor that was prescribed by the physician. The patient's blood pressure is 120/80 mm Hg, and no new interventions are implemented. How would the physician's office bill the patient's insurance company or Medicare? Incident-to billing Nurse practitioner bills independently Physician bills independently Shared visits.