Medicare Scope of Practice Request for Information – PA/APRN Coalition Letter
Letter to Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
PAs Advance the Profession at the Federal Level in 2019
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.
January 17, 2020
AAPA/Home Health Coalition Sign-on Letter
January 10, 2020 letter to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Medicare Makes Major PA-Positive Changes for 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.
December 23, 2019
Medicare Will Largely Defer to State Law Requirements on How PAs Work With Physicians
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.
November 4, 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