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May NPPs perform the initial comprehensive visit in SNFs?

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May NPPs perform the initial comprehensive visit in SNFs?

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A7. No. The Social Security Act states at Section 1819(b)(6)(A) “that the medical care of every resident must be provided under the supervision of a physician.” Congress did not extend this benefit to NPPs in an SNF as was done under 1919(b)(6)(A).