[Irishkatie]

I am a patient of Dr. Trans because they employee PAs and NPs. The PAs have their own provider number and bill under that number at 85% of the physicians allowable Medicare fee. Most commercial insurances follow that same rule. Thank you all for the positive comments on PAs. We are well trained but only as good as the doctor we work with. I was in oncology and worked with wonderful physicians. I knew my limits and never placed a patient in harms way. I developed wonderful relationships with the patients that would return year after year for their well patient check-ups which allowed my supervising physicians to see the sicker or newly diagnosed patients. It is a model that has worked well for over 40 years now and very much needed as we all live longer and have more chronic but treatable diseases.