AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Nurse practitioner-owned clinics across Georgia could be forced to close after a state board ruled last month that they can no longer pay supervising physicians.
In Georgia, nurse practitioners need a supervising physician to provide care to a patient. For years, practitioner-owned clinics have paid doctors for that service. But Georgia’s Composite Medical Board ruled last month those clinics can no longer pay those doctors at all.
Without a doctor, there is no clinic.
Mental health clinic faces uncertain future
Global Mentality Incorporated, an Augusta mental health clinic, serves between 200 and 250 patients. The clinic was built to address a shortage of mental health providers…