Is this the end of the full-spectrum Family Physician?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | [...]
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | [...]
In The New Republic, Niran Al-Agba, co-author of Patients at Risk, covers how thousands of urgent care clinics have popped up over the last decade. How safe are they?
Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill in the House of Delegates that would shorten the prerequisites for nurse practitioners. A PPP expert physician is interviewed by Virginia 7 News.
In part 2 of our discussion, Dr. Alyson Maloy and [...]
Instead of strengthening protections for patients, the Virginia General Assembly is expanding autonomous practice for nurse practitioners (NPs).
Two harmful bills are advancing again in 2022 that would remove physician oversight for the state’s APRNs and eliminate requirements for PAs to have a formal relationship with a physician.
Legislation has allowed non-physician practitioners (NPPs) to independently diagnose patients, without physician supervision. HOWEVER, consumer protection laws have not kept up with this trend.