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Youth Mental Health Project Moves to Next Phase, Participating PAs and Pilot Sites Revealed

As part of the project, four PAs have been selected for the first phase to help lead a mental health training with a school district in their areas.

August 5, 2024

CMS 2025 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: What PAs Need to Know

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency that oversees the Medicare program, released the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. The rule updates numerous Medicare coverage and payment policies that impact PAs, physicians, and other health professionals.

August 2, 2024

Your Guide to 5 Tough Questions on Milk and Other Dairy Foods

Are patients coming to you with questions about how real dairy impacts health? Interest in dairy and health in general is increasing, and misinformation on milk and other dairy foods remains widespread. As dairy has an important role in a healthy eating plan across all phases of life, from pregnancy through adulthood, it is critical to set the record straight.

August 1, 2024

AAPA Calls on AMA to Put a Stop to Campaign Against PAs

The AAPA has sent a letter to the American Medical Association (AMA), confronting its unjust and harmful attacks on PAs and other healthcare providers and calling on the AMA to cease its divisive "scope creep" campaign.

July 31, 2024

How the AAPA Salary Report Helped This PA in Her Job Search

The AAPA Digital Salary Report includes both national- and state-level PA compensation data collected annually from thousands of PAs. Catherine Santizo, MPAP, PA-C, shares her experience using the Salary Report and how it impacted her career.

July 31, 2024

PA Licensure Compact Update: Ohio Becomes Thirteenth State to Enter PA Compact

Ohio has officially adopted the PA Licensure Compact model legislation, S.B. 28, bringing the total of states in the PA Licensure Compact to thirteen.

July 24, 2024

New Hampshire PAs Achieve Optimal Team Practice (OTP)

Today, Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire signed HB 1222 into law. The legislation eliminates the requirement that PAs have collaboration agreements with physicians, except for PAs who have completed fewer than 8,000 hours of clinical practice and work in a healthcare setting that does not employ a physician.

July 24, 2024

Military PAs Celebrate Accomplishments, Share Lessons in Leadership, and Build Community at AAPA 2024

AAPA provides an unparalleled opportunity for military PAs in all stages of their careers to get inspired, think bigger, deepen relationships, and develop professionally. This year, at AAPA 2024, early-career military PAs looked forward to CME topics, a trip to the NASA Space Center, and a Texas barbecue. What they received was much more: inspiration, mentorship, social therapy, and a sense of community.

July 15, 2024

Opening Doors, One Classroom at a Time

During AAPA 2024, two Project Access sessions took place at local Houston schools to introduce students from minority and underserved communities to the PA profession and encourage them to explore becoming a PA. Learn how you can host an event in your community!

July 11, 2024