Alaska Medicare Clinic accepts patients with a Medicare card or patients who are nearly old enough to participate in the Medicare program. The Medicare clinic depends on its medical assistants and registered nurses to deliver most of the care.
Registered nurses are qualified to complete patient histories, physical exams, determine symptoms and help devise a care plan. Meanwhile, final decisions are left to the only physician at the Medicare clinic. The RNs high level of expertise allows the physician time to see as many as 45 patients each day. The system, although it is an untested model, allows both the physician and nurses to “operate at the top level of their professions,” according to the report.
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