ASGE Annual GI Advanced Practice Provider Course (On-Demand) - Onboarding (Day One)

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In this document, Sarah Enslin, a PA-C and APP Manager at the University of Rochester Medical Center, discusses the role of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) in GI clinical practice and outlines strategies for optimizing their role. The document highlights the projected growth in demand for APPs, driven by factors such as the aging population, physician shortage, and new therapies. The author emphasizes the importance of onboarding new APPs into GI practice effectively, including topics such as EMR training, mentorship, and competency evaluations. The document also mentions the availability of GI/Hepatology fellowship programs for APPs to receive specialty education and training.<br /><br />The goals of optimizing the role of APPs in GI practice include providing efficient, high-quality patient care, building a collaborative practice, optimizing reimbursement, and promoting professional development and improved retention. The document mentions ancillary procedures that APPs can perform, such as large volume paracentesis and endoscopic procedures. It also discusses different compensation structures for APPs, including salary, salary plus bonus, and productivity-based models.<br /><br />Several challenges in optimizing the role of GI APPs are identified, including misunderstandings or lack of awareness of their scope of practice, lack of specialization training, and difficulty in quantifying total reimbursement and work effort. Patient knowledge of the APP role is also highlighted as a challenge. Strategies for optimizing the role of APPs involve contributions from the institution and health system, the division or practice, and collaborating physicians.<br /><br />The document concludes with practice pearls, highlighting the importance of effective onboarding programs, accounting for non-RVU generating work in APP compensation models, and utilizing APPs to their full scope of practice for improved efficiency and job satisfaction. Two polling questions are included at the end, relating to the benefits of optimizing the role of APPs and opportunities for professional development.

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Sarah Enslin, PA-C

Keywords

Advanced Practice Providers

GI clinical practice

onboarding new APPs

EMR training

competency evaluations

GI/Hepatology fellowship programs

ancillary procedures

compensation structures

challenges in optimizing role

practice pearls