Collaborating With NPs and PAs: Best Practices for Comanagement of Patient Care

The increasing shortage of physicians combined with an increasing aging population requiring care has led to comanagement as a viable patient care model. Comanagement is defined as a physician and either a physician’s assistant (PA) or a nurse practitioner (NP) working together as a team to manage a patient’s care. In the post-acute and long-term care setting, comanagement can lead to increased quality of care and increased positive patient outcomes.