Michaela Sternstein News Today

During the COVID pandemic, the scope of practice of physician assistants (PAs) expanded; PAs want those expansions to be permanent, but some physicians feel differently.

Scope of practice expansion has been a hot-button issue within medical communities and state legislatures for more than thirty years. The debate is centered on what services advanced practice providers...

Scope of practice expansion, a hot-button issue in medical communities and state legislatures: what services advanced practice providers APPs who hold Master’s Degrees: Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Dental Hygienists, etc. should or should not be able to furnish in their professional practices.

Scope of practice expansion has been a hot-button issue within medical communities and state legislatures for more than thirty years. The debate is centered on what services advanced...