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Charting CME on Health Disparities Leads to Positive Changes in PA Practice

Analysis of CME completed by PAs called “Outside the Box: Reducing Health Disparities,” has shown that an innovative approach involving charting and treatment can change PA behavior and improve patient interactions around health disparities in five domains.

January 21, 2020

Phyllis Peterson, MPAS, PA-C, Contributes to Clinical Support for Serious Mental Illness

As awareness of the need to support patients with serious mental illness (SMI) has increased, so has AAPA’s participation in initiatives to help address the issue. AAPA is represented on the advisory board of SMI Adviser, by Phyllis R. Peterson, MPAS, PA-C.

January 17, 2020

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

Advocating for Health Equity: PA Focuses Work on HIV and LGBT Health

PA Tonia Poteat has always had a goal: to provide care to people living with HIV. Find out more about Poteat’s path to her current role at UNC Chapel Hill, and how she’s using her work to fight health disparities.

January 17, 2020

The winners of the CHLM Employer of Excellence award

Learn About Best APP Models From These Employers

How do you recruit and retain the best PA talent at your workplace? Among those with excellent hiring potential are PA employers that have advanced practice provider (APP) structures formed to offer management and leadership opportunities for PAs and NPs.

January 16, 2020

CDC Outlines Recommendations for Providing Quality STD Clinical Services

As STD rates climb to unprecedented highs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new report, Recommendations for Providing Quality Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Services, to highlight the services healthcare settings can offer to provide the highest-quality STD care.

January 15, 2020

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Charting CME on Health Disparities Leads to Positive Changes in PA Practice

Phyllis Peterson, MPAS, PA-C, Contributes to Clinical Support for Serious Mental Illness

PAs Advance the Profession at the Federal Level in 2019

Advocating for Health Equity: PA Focuses Work on HIV and LGBT Health

Learn About Best APP Models From These Employers

CDC Outlines Recommendations for Providing Quality STD Clinical Services

Get Involved at the State Level to Impact PA Practice

CDC Recommendations Regarding Outbreak of Pneumonia of Unknown Etiology

Locum Tenens Offers Work/Life Balance and a Fresh Start

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