News Central Archives

AAPA Volunteers Give Back By Serving as Professional Liaisons

AAPA has a long history of collaboration with other professional societies including the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American College of Emergency Physicians, and National Hispanic Medical Association. Generous and talented PAs volunteer to serve as liaisons.

October 16, 2019

Eleanor Graber standing in front of her project at NIDA's annual conference

Every User Has a Story: PA Aims to Humanize Patients with SUD

On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. Eleanor Graber, PA-C, received the PA Foundation’s NIDA Mentored Outreach Award for her project, “Every User Has a Story,” which aims to humanize people with SUD and showcase real-life success stories.

October 15, 2019

British Government Begins National Regulation of Profession; Recognizes Physician Associates

United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care announced in July that its General Medical Council would be “regulating” – overseeing the licensing of – physician associates, meaning that the British government officially recognized the PA profession.

October 15, 2019

California Gains Fifth Key Element, Increases Practice Parity

California legislation repeals state law requirements for chart review or counter signature for PAs. The bill achieves parity with other healthcare professions in the state and was the California Academy of PAs’ legislative priority this year.

October 11, 2019

President’s Medicare Executive Order Calls for Lifting Regulatory Burdens

Last week, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) aimed at protecting and improving Medicare. The EO included a few pro-PA reforms that would improve patient access and choice.

October 10, 2019

Breaking Down Walls to the PA Profession in Europe and the Mideast

For the first-ever Euro Physician Assistant Symposium, 76 PAs, physicians, medical administrators, and legal representatives came together in Berlin, Germany to break down barriers, extend PAs’ reach to the most rural populations, foster international relations between PAs all over the world, and more.

October 10, 2019

PA students Rachael Bach and Jon Studinger

PA Program Works to Alleviate Provider Shortages in Rural Michigan

Northern Michigan needs healthcare providers, and Grand Valley State University decided to set up a satellite campus in Traverse City to address these shortages. The program focuses on rural healthcare and recruits northern Michigan natives.

October 9, 2019

CDC, FDA, State and Local Health Departments Investigate Vaping Products

The CDC, FDA, and state and local health departments are investigating a multistate outbreak of lung injury associated with the use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products. They encourage clinicians to report possible cases to local or state health departments.

October 9, 2019

PA Donates Kidney to 2-Year-Old Boy With Rare Disorder

PA Susie LeRoy gave one of her kidneys to Kaleb Perry, a young boy with prune belly syndrome. Read about why she felt compelled to help, how she came to terms with her fears, and the relationship she has developed with Kaleb’s family.

October 8, 2019

News Central

Topics