PAs in the News

Advocacy

AAPA urges AMA to modernize health care laws for all health care providers

In efforts to promote modernizing health care laws, the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) sent a letter to the American Medical Association (AMA) to cease the campaign that disparages the contributions of other health care providers.

Gov. signs local rep’s physician assistant bill into law

On July 24 at the Littleton Community House, Gov. Chris Sununu joined state Rep. David Rochefort, R-Littleton, to sign into law House Bill 1222, relative to the scope of practice for physician assistants.

An interstate effort to address health-care shortages

A dozen states have joined a compact to give physician assistants a universal license. It’s not a complete solution for the shortage of primary-care doctors, but it should help.