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SAVE THE DATE
Annual Pharmacology CME
April 24, 2010
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IMPORTANT LEGISLATIVE NEWS
H. 948 - 3rd Party Reimbursement
We wanted to alert you that H. 948, MAPA's legislation that would place a guarantee under law that PAs are recognized as providers and that the services of PA be reimbursable, it was passed out of the the Joint Committee on Financial Services favorably in Novemeber. It now resides in the Healthcare Financial Committee.
MAPA has placed H. 948 amongst its highest legislative priorities. It is important that PAs are recognized as providers especially in face of new healthcare refrom both locally and nationally. Many aspects of reform legislation is based on the number of patients a "provider" will be allowed or given. This bill would prevent individual or group accident and health insurance policies and health service contracts from refusing to reimburse a physician or hospital at the full rate for necessary medical or surgical services provided by a PA practicing with physician upervision, if the policy or contract would have paid for the same services when provided by a physician. MAPA asks for your continued support of this very important legislation.
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H2178 - Ionization Radiation
A critical piece of legislation sponsored by MAPA was in front of the Public Health Committee in July of 2009. This bill, H 2178, would allow PAs who have completed a course in radiation safety to perform procedures that use ionizing radiation, including fluoroscopy, as delegated by a supervising physician.
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