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About Ignatios Draklellis

Ignatios Draklellis is an intern with the Niskanen Center's Captured Economy project, and a graduate student of economics at The George Washington University. He tweets @Nate_Drake01

Diagnostic Imaging Examinations Interpreted by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants: A National and State-Level Medicare Claims Analysis

Nonphysician providers (NPPs) increasingly perform imaging-guided procedures, but their roles interpreting imaging have received little attention. We characterize diagnostic imaging services rendered by NPPs (i.e., nurse practitioners and physician assistants) [...]