Match with a Collaborating Physician in 7 Days

Zivian Health offers a range of services that benefit the work of nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Compliance Is Our Cornerstone: Regulations can vary drastically from state-to-state and are constantly changing. Zivian’s chief focus is keeping you compliant. We create you a custom collaboration agreement that meets all state requirements, find you a reliable collaborating physician, and provide a platform that helps you manage your collaboration. 

Software: A dedicated platform for compliant collaborations. HIPAA-compliant chat and chart review, document storage, automated regulations tracking, a database of state regulations, and an exportable audit trail makes managing your collaboration safe and easy.

Legal Expertise: The Zivian team handles the drafting of your collaborative agreements. These documents encapsulate the requisite state compliance details and the appropriate protocols, so that you can focus on preparing for practice.

Experienced Advisors: Our experienced physicians are available to offer support, mentorship, and guidance with any clinical questions that you may have. Your collaborating physician will also be able to help you answer questions about specific patients or scenarios when necessary via the review of charts or ad hoc communication.

After you apply and provide all required information and documents, Zivian Health shares your collaboration offer with our nationwide network of doctors.

In most cases, we find matches for NPs and PAs in 7 days. However, if you practice in a state with more stringent regulations, it might take additional time to find a suitable collaborator who aligns with your state’s geographic and meeting requirements.

We provide regular updates for all providers throughout the matching process, and will work with you if we anticipate any issues with finding you an excellent physician collaborator.

Collaboration pricing is based on state regulatory factors that impact your potential physician matches. These factors include:

• Whether the physician must be in the same state or practice location 

• Ongoing compliance requirements such as chart reviews and quality assurance meetings, 

• Limits on the number of NPs or PAs a physician can collaborate with

• Whether or not your collaborator must be a specialist physician

No, we do not require an initiation fee beyond the agreed upon fee in the service agreement. If additional services or collaborations are needed beyond what was initially discussed, additional fees may be included. However, prior to billing, all fees are captured in the service agreement.

Yes, if your collaboration starts mid-month, you will be charged a prorated amount in your first invoice.

Yes. We require that you have an introductory meeting with your collaborating physician match before your collaboration begins.

After a potential collaboration is identified, you will receive an email requesting you to schedule time with your collaborating physician match. This is a great time for you to ask questions about the collaboration, understand their role and determine if the partnership will benefit you and your needs.

After you meet, both you and your physician will have the option to accept the collaboration and sign the proposed collaborative agreement, which will also be shared with you for signature.

Yes. If you plan on prescribing controlled substances, we will match you with a physician that is open to supervising your controlled substance prescriptions. In Texas, physicians would prescribe Schedule II controlled substances on your behalf.

Yes. If you feel that your assigned collaborating physician is not a suitable match, either after the initial meeting or after you have signed a collaboration agreement, we are happy to help you find another collaborator.

If you have any concerns at any point, please let us know so that we can try to remedy the situation.

Usually, monthly meetings between advanced practice providers and their collaborating physicians are virtual. However, some APPs and physicians prefer to meet in person.

This depends on state regulations.

In many states, nurse practitioners and physicians are not required to have matching specialties in order to collaborate. In some states, such as Georgia, NPs are required to have physician collaborators with comparable specialties. Currently, all physician assistants are required to practice under the supervision of a physician.

Our role is to help make sure you are matched with a physician that meets all the regulatory requirements so you don’t have to worry. All of these variables are taken into consideration during the matching process.

No, Zivian Health covers physician malpractice insurance. We just request that you add your collaborating physician to your medical malpractice policy as a non-patient facing member.

You and your physician should set expectations of acceptable response times and availability. Typically, physicians will respond within 24 hours depending on your specialty and the nature of the question or issue.

Charts can be shared via Zivian Health’s platform. Our platform allows advanced practice providers to upload and share charts with their collaborating physicians.

You may reach out to support@zivianhealth.com at any time to request updates to your agreement or to request additional collaborations.

Please send us a message about the state needed and the number of practice locations that you will need coverage for.

The Zivian Health platform has a payment portal for quick and easy transactions. Once your profile is created, you can choose your payment method and set up automatic payments if desired.

Zivian Health will email you a monthly invoice for your records.

Yes, you can terminate your agreement at any time as long as you provide a 30-day notice.