As you know, MAPA filed legislation this session, H.3205 and S.1085, An Act enabling physician assistants to authorize psychiatric and substance abuse holds, which would allow PAs to sign for Section 12 and Section 35 holds. These bills were granted an extended deadline until May 4th, but were ultimately sent to a study by the

Boston Globe March 2, 2018 In citing undersupply of doctors, don’t overlook physician assistants Dr. Jeffrey S. Flier’s Feb. 26 op-ed ”How can we remedy the shortage of health providers?” appropriately highlights the need for increased access to health care providers in the Commonwealth. However, while pointing to a growing shortage of accessible providers, he

Contact: Berit Mansour, 571-319-4394, bmansour@aapa.org ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Feb. 9, 2018) – This morning, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law two improvements to Medicare that represent significant victories for PAs and the patients they serve. The first improvement will allow PAs to manage and provide hospice care to terminally-ill Medicare patients; another will allow PAs to supervise

Thank you to everyone who took the time to contact Senator Cindy Friedman and Representative Denise Garlick to encourage them to report our bill, S.1085/H.3205, An Act enabling physician assistants to authorize psychiatric and substance abuse holds out favorably from the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse – which they co-chair. The good

We Need Your Help! We urgently need PAs to contact the Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse; e-mail or call in and encourage them to report H. 3205/S.1085 out favorably. The legislation which MAPA filed this legislative session, H.3205 and S.1085, An Act enabling physician assistants to authorize psychiatric and substance abuse holds, which would