Form 0920-0234 NAMCS Ambulatory Care Provider Interview (ACPI) Advanced

Attachment E:

NAMCS Ambulatory Care Provider Interview (ACPI)

Advanced Practice Provider and their Proxies

Form Approved:

OMB No. 0920-0234

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Exp. Date xx/xx/20XX

1. We have your primary specialty as: {FILL SAMPLED SPECIALTY}. Is this correct?

• Yes (Skip to question 2)

• No (Go to question 1a)

1a. What is your specialty?

PA Specialties	PHYSICIAN Specialties
Addiction Medicine (Skip to question 2) . . Other (Go to question 1b) . . Vascular Surgery (Skip to question 2)	Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (Skip to question 2) . . Other Specialty (Go to question 1b) . . Vascular Surgery (Skip to question 2)

1b. Please specify Other Specialty ________________________

2. This survey asks about outpatient care, that is, care for patients receiving health services without admission to a hospital or other facility. Do you directly provide any outpatient care?

• Yes (Skip to question 4)

• No

Help text [paper & Web]  

Outpatient care is typically provided to individuals we consider ambulatory patients. Ambulatory patients are patients who are not being seen as inpatients in a hospital, nursing home or other institution. Patients who leave the institution and go to a doctor's office for care are considered to be ambulatory patients. 

3. Why are you not currently providing any direct outpatient care?

• Engaged in research, teaching, and/or administration

• Once provided direct outpatient care but now retired

• Once provided direct outpatient care but temporarily not practicing (duration 3+ months)

• Now not licensed/Never licensed

• Something else (please specify): _____________________________

(Skip to question 36)

4. Do you see ambulatory patients in any of the following settings? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

Setting Name

A) Private solo or group practice

If you see patients in any of these settings (A-J), Go to question 5

B) Freestanding clinic or Urgent Care Center

(e.g., Concentra Urgent Care, Patient First, NextCare Urgent Care, FastMed Urgent Care)

C) Health Center (e.g., Federally Qualified Health Center [FQHC], federally funded clinics or “look-alike” clinics)

D) Mental health center

E) Government clinic that is not federally funded (e.g., state, county, city, maternal and child health, etc.)

F) Family planning clinic (including Planned Parenthood)

G) Integrated Delivery System, Health maintenance organization, health system or other prepaid practice (e.g., Kaiser Permanente)

H) Faculty practice plan (i.e., an organized group of physicians and other health care professionals that treats patients referred to an academic medical center)

I) Retail health clinic (e.g., CVS MinuteClinic, Walgreen’s Healthcare Clinics, Kroger’s Little Clinic)

J) Hospital outpatient department

K) Hospital emergency department

If you select
only K, L, M, N, O or P Skip to question 36

L) Ambulatory surgery center/surgicenter

M) Industrial outpatient facility

N) Federal government clinics (e.g., Veterans Affairs, military only clinics)

O) Institutional facility

P) None of the above

5. At which outpatient setting (A-J) in the previous question do you see the most patients in a typical week? WRITE THE LETTER LOCATED NEXT TO THE SELECTION MADE.

_____________________________

For the rest of the survey, we will refer to this as “your reporting location.”

6. What is the street address, city, state, and ZIP Code of your reporting location? What is the e-mail address of the provider to whom this survey was mailed?

Street: ______________________	City: ________________
State: ___________________________	ZIP Code: _______________
E-mail Address: _______________________

7. During a typical week, approximately how many patient visits do you personally receive at [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6]? Your best single-number estimate is fine. By patient visit, we mean a billable encounter. Include only your visits; unless visits are to another provider supervised by you.

__________________________________________________________________________

Help text [paper & Web]

A typical or normal week is defined by a week that does not include a holiday, vacation, conference, time off, or any other type of non-normal absence.

8. In this survey, “other providers” mean any individuals administering any type of direct medical, mental, or behavioral health care. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], do you work in a solo medical facility, or do you work with other providers in a partnership, group practice, or in some other way (nonsolo)?

• Solo (Skip to question 10)

• Nonsolo

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], how many other providers are employed? Do not include interns, residents, fellows, or yourself in the count. Other providers mean any individuals administering any type of direct medical, mental, or behavioral health care.

__________________________________________________

9. Is [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6] a multi- or single-specialty practice?

• Multi

• Single

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], are you a full- or part-owner, employee, independent contractor, or a volunteer?

• Full-owner (skip to question 13)

• Part-owner

• Employee

• Contractor

• Volunteer

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], who owns the practice?

• Physician/Physician group

• Advanced practice provider/Advanced practice provider group (i.e., advanced practice provider refers to nurse practitioners, PAs (physician assistants/physician associates), or certified nurse midwives)

• Combination of physicians and advanced practice providers

• Insurance company, health plan, or HMO

• Health center

• Academic medical center or teaching hospital

• Other hospital

• Other health care corporation

• Other (please specify): _______________________________________

Workforce, Revenue, & Compensation Questions

The following questions pertain to [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6].

9. Which of the following types of payment does [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6] accept? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Private insurance

• Medicare

• Medicaid

• CHIP

• Workers’ compensation

• Self-pay

• No charge

• Other (e.g., car insurance, someone other than patient pays)

• Don’t know

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], are you, personally, currently accepting new patients?

• Yes

• No

• Don’t know

Electronic Health Records and Telemedicine

The following questions pertain to [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6].

9. Does [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6] use an EHR system? Do not include billing record systems.

• Yes

• No (Skip to question 17)

• Don’t know (Skip to question 17)

Does [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6] use an EHR to…?		Yes	No	Don’t know
Record social determinants of health (e.g., employment, education, race/ethnicity, language and literacy skills)?
Record behavioral determinants of health (e.g., tobacco use, physical activity, alcohol use, drug use, diet)?
Order prescriptions?
Send prescriptions electronically to the pharmacy?

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], what type(s) of telemedicine do you personally use for patient visits? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Videoconference software with audio (e.g., Zoom, Webex, FaceTime)

• Audio without video conference software

• Telemedicine platform NOT integrated with EHR (e.g., Doxy.me)

• Telemedicine platform integrated with EHR (e.g., update clinical documentation during telemedicine visit)

• Other tool(s) (please specify): _____________________

• I don’t use telemedicine for patient visits (Skip to question 20)

Help text

If you selected Option 2 or Option 3 for Question 18 (indicating that you “don’t have an EHR system” or “don’t know if you have an EHR system”) and selected Option 3 and/or Option 4 for Question 20, your current response indicates the presence of an EHR system. Please check your responses to these questions.

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6] in a typical week, how many of your own visits use telemedicine?

• None

• Some

• Most

• All

9. Compared to in-person patient visits, please rate your personal overall satisfaction with using telemedicine for patient visits at [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6].

• Very satisfied

• Somewhat satisfied

• Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

• Somewhat dissatisfied

• Very dissatisfied

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], what, if any, issues affect your own use of telemedicine? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Limited Internet access and/or speed issues

• Telemedicine platform not easy to use_

• Telemedicine isn’t appropriate for my specialty/type of patients

• Limitations in patients’ access to technology (e.g., smartphone, computer, tablet, Internet)

• Patients’ difficulty using technology/telemedicine platform

• Improved reimbursement and relaxation of rules related to use of telemedicine visits

• Other (please specify): _______________________________________

• None of the above

Health Equity and Language Barriers

The following questions pertain to [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6].

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], do you personally see patients during the evening or on weekends?

• Yes

• No

• Don’t know

9. Does [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6] set time aside for same day appointments?

• Yes

• No

• Don’t know

9. On average, about how long does it take to get an appointment with you for a routine medical exam at [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6]? By “routine medical exam,” we mean any medical care considered “routine” for your specialty.

• Within 1 week

• 1-2 weeks

• 3-4 weeks

• 1-2 months

• 3 or more months

• Do not provide routine medical exams

• Don't know

9. Are you comfortable providing care to a patient in another language? Please include American Sign Language (ASL).

• Yes

• No

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], how many of your own patients have limited English proficiency?

• None (Skip to question 28)

• Some

• Most

• All

• Don’t know

When you use interpreters at [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], how often do you personally use each type?	Often	Sometimes	Rarely	Never	Don’t know
Staff/contractor trained as a medical interpreter
Bilingual Staff (not formally trained as an interpreter)
Patient’s relative or friend
Language translation service (iPad/phone-based)

9. What types of materials at [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], in at least one other language other than English, are available to your own patients? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Wellness/Illness related education

• Patient rights/Informed consent documents

• Advanced directives

• Payment

• Care plan

• Other (please specify): ___________________

• No translated materials are available to my patients

• Don’t know

9. What information does [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6] record on patients’ culture and language characteristics? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Nationality/Nativity

• Primary language

• Sexual orientation

• Gender identity

• Race/Ethnicity

• Religion

• Income

• Education

• Other (please specify): ________________________________

• We do not collect information related to patient characteristics.

PA Only: Autonomy Questions

The following questions pertain to [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6].

9. How long have you practiced in your current specialty?

• 0-1 years

• 2-4 years

• 5-9 years

• 10-20 years

• 21 or more years

9. How many years have you worked clinically as a PA?

• 0-1 years

• 2-4 years

• 5-9 years

• 10-20 years

• 21 or more years

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], are there supervision/collaboration guidelines describing the types of decisions you can make or activities you can perform without direct physician involvement in your own patients’ care?

• Yes

• No

• Don’t know

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], do you have your own panel of patients?

• Yes, entirely

• Yes, but I also see patients from the practice

• No

• Don’t know

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], how are claims submitted most of the time?

• My NPI

• A physician’s NPI

• Sometimes my own NPI and sometimes a physician’s NPI

• I don’t bill for my medical services

• Don’t know

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], which of the following tasks do you personally perform on a regular and ongoing basis? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Admissions (i.e., conduct admission history and physical, write admission orders)

• Develop treatment plans

• Perform minor surgical procedures

• Perform non-surgical procedures

• Order referrals and consults

• Order and interpret diagnostic testing and therapeutic modalities

• Perform new patient encounters

• Perform post-op patient encounters

• Perform post-op global visits

• Perform pre-op history and physicals (H&Ps)

• See consults

• Prescribe non-schedule medications

• Prescribe schedule (II-V) medications

• Order durable medical equipment (DME)

• See urgent visits

• Other (please specify): _______________________

• None of the above

9. At [“your reporting location” OR fill with address from Q6], are there any major activities that you are personally qualified to perform but must refer out to another provider to perform? Please specify___________________________________________________________

   Provider Demographics

10. Are you of Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish origin? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• No, not of Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish origin

• Yes, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano/a

• Yes, Puerto Rican

• Yes, Cuban

• Yes, Another Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish origin

9. What is your race? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• American Indian or Alaska Native

• Asian

• Black or African American

• Hispanic or Latino

• Middle Eastern or North African

• Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

• White

9. Are you... SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Male

• Female

• Transgender, non-binary, or another gender

9. Who completed this survey? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• The provider to whom the survey was addressed

• Office staff

• Other