I have to wonder if the term “provider” is being used as a way to show a doctor that he or she is on the same level as a nurse’s aid.
I have to wonder if the term “provider” is being used as a way to show a doctor that he or she is on the same level as a nurse’s aid.
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No, it is because insurance pays people who provide and direct care and doctors, frankly are a smaller and smaller piece of the caregiving circle. It would be awkward to say doctor/NP/PA/Counselor/Chiropractor/Physical Therapist/dentist/socialworker... A nurse’s aid is not a provider but instead is a caregiver, in the vernacular.