Is there a difference between the supervising and collaborating physicians?

Yes, there is a huge difference. The supervising physician has got to be where you can pull them in and grab ahold of them. This would be whoever is in the clinic that day.

The collaborating physician would be the physician who set up the initial care plan. But maybe he/she is over at the hospital doing surgery or rounding on patients or not in the office that day. So the collaborating physician cannot necessarily be the same one who is supervising for that particular day. So they can be different. They don’t essentially need to be the same physician.