This article is a section of a longer paper on Direct Primary Care (DPC) that was introduced in an earlier piece -- Health Plan Rorschach Test: Direct Primary Care. The following excerpt from that ...

Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) represent a growing share of the health care workforce, but much of the care they provide cannot be observed in claims data because of indirect ...

Enhance, support, and maintain the emotional health, development and well-being of the University of North Georgia students; Inform, advise and support, in its areas of expertise, those involved with ...

This month, state Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, plans to introduce legislation that would expand the scope of practice for mid-level health care providers ...

This document defines the Scope of Practice for the primary specialty of Medical Genetics. It serves as a revision of a 2008 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) Policy Statement ...

Scope-of-practice regulations, including prescribing limits and supervision requirements, may influence the propensity of providers to form care teams. Therefore, policy makers need to understand the ...

A panel discussion examined the changes in the health care landscape occurring due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly around pharmacists’ scope of practice, and which ...

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 ...

America is getting old. In 1960 36% of America’s population was under 18 while only 9% was 65 or older. By 2010 only 24% of the population was under 18 while 13% was 65 or older. Over this 50-year ...

A letter published on May 4 misrepresented and inaccurately described the consequences of House Bill 495. This bill would give nurse practitioners and certified nurse midwives full practice authority ...