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Advocacy Central

AAPA works to advance the profession and promote quality, accessibility and cost-effectiveness in patient-centered healthcare. Our advocacy engagement includes initiatives related to the federal, state and grassroots levels.

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Constituent Organizations
Federal Advocacy
Grassroots Advocacy
Reimbursement
State Advocacy
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PA Licensure Compact
A compact will streamline the process for obtaining authorization to practice in more than one state.
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Optimal Team Practice
Provide quality care without burdensome administrative constraints.
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PA PAC
PA PAC provides a means for PAs to participate in the political process on a national level.

Resources

Issue Briefs

AAPA issue briefs cover a wide range of topics that are important to PAs and PA practice.

Advocacy Action Center

Communicate with legislators on PA priority issues.

Advocacy Action Center

Advocacy Contacts

Contact AAPA staff in the Advocacy and Government Relations department.

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PA State Practice Map

Overview of the PA practice environment across the country.

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Store Books

Purchase the definitive guides to PA state laws and reimbursement.

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Advocacy News

Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act Passes House E&W Committee

The Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act (H.R. 618) has cleared the House Committee on Education & the Workforce, with language authorizing PAs to provide treatment and oversee care for federal workers injured on the job.  

June 14, 2024

Inspired by the Outdoors? Check Out Wilderness Medicine

David Braun, PA-C, and Angela Widler, PA-C, share a lifelong enjoyment of the outdoors. They co-founded the PAs in Wilderness Medicine special interest group to raise awareness of the specialty and the many wilderness medicine opportunities available to PAs and PA students.

June 5, 2024

PA Licensure Compact Update: Minnesota and Tennessee Become the 11th and 12th States to Pass PA Licensure Compact

Minnesota and Tennessee became the 11th and 12th states to adopt the PA Licensure Compact model legislation following signatures from both states’ governors.

May 28, 2024

PA Licensure Compact Update: Colorado Becomes Tenth State to Enter PA Compact, Tennessee and Minnesota Aren’t Far Behind

Colorado has officially adopted the PA Licensure Compact model legislation, S.B. 24-018, bringing the total of states in the PA Licensure Compact to 10. 

May 20, 2024

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