Women physicians on scope of practice – Part 2
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 5/9/2022 Sonal Patel MD and Jou Jou Hanna MD discuss the difficult choices that [...]
No shortcuts in medicine: why women physicians are fired up about scope of practice – Part 1
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 4/25/2022 One topic that gets women physicians fired up like no other is a [...]
Is it time for an NP/PA ‘Flexner Report?’ Part 2
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 4/11/2022 Part 2 of our discussion with John Lafferty MD regarding the need for [...]
Is it time for an NP/PA ‘Flexner Report?’ Part 1
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 4/4/2022 Many of our podcasts have focused on concerns about the deterioration of nurse [...]
Equal pay for ‘equal’ work: Inside the NP fight to be paid the same as physicians
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 3/28/2022 One of the strategic goals of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners listed [...]
Former PA and author of ‘Hospital Confidential’ discusses midlevel malpractice risk
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 3/14/2022 As nonphysician practitioners increasingly provide more patient care, experts note a commensurate increase [...]
Is this the end of the full-spectrum Family Physician?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 2/28/2022 As our listeners already know by now, to be licensed to practice medicine, [...]
Who will be reading your next x-ray?
Almost every field of medicine today involves some type of nonphysician practitioner, whose role was originally created to help physicians see patients [...]
Responding to EM:RAP and the use of NPPs in the ER
A few months ago, EM:RAP, a well-known and respected EM CME provider hosted a discussion about nonphysician practitioners in the emergency room. [...]
Exposing mistruths in the AANP’s rebuttal to PPP – Part 2
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|1/3/2022 In part 2 of our discussion, Dr. Alyson Maloy and Dr. Phil Shaffer break down [...]
Is PPP a ‘fringe’ group? Responding to the AANP’s accusations in Medical Economics
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD | 12/20/2021 On September 29, 2021, the journal Medical Economics published an interview with Dr. [...]
Patients at risk when hospitals replace physicians with NPs: Part 2
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD In part 2 of this discussion with plaintiff's attorney Travis Dunn, we analyze the tragic [...]
Patients at risk when hospitals replace physicians with NPs: Part 1
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD In the book Patients at Risk, we discuss the tragic case of Alexus Ochoa, a [...]
What’s driving physicians into early retirement?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|11/8/2021 There are so many challenges in healthcare today, and it’s becoming ever more difficult to [...]
Primary care: So easy anyone can do it?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|10/17/2021 Today, we discuss a topic that is near and dear to my heart as a [...]
Midlevel Malpractice with Attorney Robert Painter
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|10/10/2021 In our book, we outline the tragic case of Alexus Ochoa, a 19-year-old woman who [...]
Truth and Transparency: Reviewing New Jersey’s Health Care Transparency Act
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|10/3/2021 One of the biggest challenges in healthcare today is a lack of transparency when it [...]
Board recertification: A double standard for physicians?
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|9/26/2021 There is an increasing double standard in the practice of medicine and the practice of [...]
Betty’s Story Part 2: A father’s plea for NP accountability after the death of his daughter
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|9/19/2021 Seven-year-old Betty died just 15 hours after she was evaluated by a pediatric nurse practitioner [...]
Betty’s Story Part 1: 7-yr old dies just hours after evaluation by pediatric NP
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|9/12/2021 Many of our critics accuse us of exaggerating the risks that patients face when physicians [...]
Physicians in Politics Part 2: MD-JD explains why doctors must get involved
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|9/5/2021 In part 2 of our discussion about healthcare politics, Dr. Kermit Jones, a California internal [...]
Physicians in politics: MD-JD discusses why doctors must get involved – Part 1
Rebekah Bernard MD and Niran Al-Agba MD|8/29/2021 More than ever, healthcare and politics are intertwined. Decisions made by politicians and have a [...]
The High Cost of Healthcare with Marion Mass: Part 2
In part 2 of this discussion with Dr. Marion Mass, a pediatrician and the co-founder of Practicing Physicians of America, we learn [...]
The High Cost of Health Care with Marion Mass: Part 1
We all know that the health care system in the United States is expensive, with the U.S. spending more than any other [...]
Physician Advocacy Part 2: Lessons from the nursing profession
On our last podcast, advocacy experts Dr. Purvi Parikh and Linda Lambert discussed steps that physicians can take to advocate for their [...]