Advocacy

From their efforts to authorize PAs to receive direct payment under Medicare to ordering and certifying the need for home health and diabetic shoes under Medicare, PAs advocated to advance the profession in 2019 and have more work ahead in 2020.

Representing a significant victory for PAs and their patients, the final 2020 Physician Fee Schedule rule issued by CMS changes Medicare’s supervision requirements by largely deferring to state law on how PAs practice with members of the healthcare team.

Representing a significant and historic victory for PAs and the patients they serve, the final 2020 Physician Fee Schedule, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), changes Medicare’s supervision requirements for PAs by largely deferring to state law on how PAs practice with physicians and other members of the healthcare team.