Valerie Tabano-Fernandez, APN

Nurse Practitioner

A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.

• AmeriHealth New Jersey [AmeriHealth Ins Company of New Jersey]

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna HealthCare of New Jersey, Inc.]

• Clover Health

• EmblemHealth

• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey [Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.]

• MagnaCare [Brighton Health Plan Solutions]

• Medicare

• Oscar Insurance Corporation of New Jersey

• QualCare

• UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company

• WellCare [WellCare Health Plans, Inc.]