Nurse Practitioner (NP) Services and Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Services
Under the instruction on NP services, CMS is adding the National Board
on Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses (NBCHPN) to the list of recognized national certifying
bodies for NPs at the advanced practice level. Also, under the CNS instruction, CMS is adding this entire
list of recognized national certifying bodies for CNSs at the advanced practice level that is currently listed
under the NP instruction only.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: August 17, 2007
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