Allowing autonomy for advanced practice practitioners continues to be contested state by state. At the beginning of this year, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants ...
CMS seeks to remove regulatory friction around how clinicians practice and move across state lines as part of its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. The agency explicitly incorporated ...
Several states are expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice to allow them to prescribe amid a shortage of primary care physicians and other healthcare workers. As state legislative sessions wrap up ...
Maryland's main physician group is working to modify a new state law that expands the scope of practice for audiologists. "Occasionally, these things happen," Gene Ransom III, president of MedChi, the ...
In late June, the Ontario Government announced that it is consulting with the College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on expanding the scope of practice for nurse practitioners. The ...
The authors compare advanced practice providers’ education, training, scope of practice, and quality of care with that of physicians. A framework is essential to promote team-based primary care. Nurse ...
Two hospitals in California in recent months have been cited by state inspectors for allowing certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to practice beyond their scope, leading to one hospital ...
Family medicine practice is a cornerstone of primary care, offering continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated services to individuals and families within the community. This specialty uniquely ...