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AAPA Advocacy Team Prepares for Potential Shifts in Healthcare Policy Following 2024 Election

With the 2024 election behind us, AAPA is gearing up for potential shifts in political leadership that could reshape healthcare policy. AAPA’s Advocacy team is preparing to navigate these changes and strengthen the PA profession's role in the evolving landscape.

November 8, 2024

Bipartisan, bicameral study committee report speaks to the need to remove supervision requirements for PAs

A new bipartisan, bicameral study committee report in New Hampshire finds that modernizing practice laws and removing supervision requirements to ensure PAs can practice to the fullest extent of their training, education, and experience is a win for patients and will improve access to high-quality healthcare.

November 5, 2024

Montana Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Injunction on Restrictive Abortion Laws

The Montana Supreme Court has affirmed a previous judgment released by a lower court, granting a preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of laws that would have prohibited Medicaid reimbursement for abortions performed by anyone other than a physician.

October 15, 2024

PA Licensure Compact Commission Holds First Official Meeting

The PA Licensure Compact Commission held its first official meeting, advancing the pathway for PAs to practice across state lines. Delegates voted on bylaws, elected an executive committee, and discussed critical elements for the compact's operational framework.

September 30, 2024

Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act Passes Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

The Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act (S. 131) has cleared the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, with language authorizing PAs to certify injuries and oversee care for federal workers covered by the federal workers’ compensation program.

September 26, 2024

AAPA Continues Pushing Back, Shares PA Views on AMA Attacks

AAPA sent a second letter to the American Medical Association (AMA) today, after the AMA did not respond to the request for a meeting included in AAPA’s July 30th letter.

September 3, 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

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

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