Please join us in urging the Department of Education to revise the negotiated proposal rule capping PA student loans! If finalized, this rule would put PA education financially out of reach for many qualified students, worsen healthcare workforce shortages, and reduce...

Interested in attending? Please email fapa@fapaonline.org for more information. Next week, the Florida Academy of PAs (FAPA) will host its annual Legislative Advocacy Days at the Florida State Capitol, and we want to see you there!Tuesday, January 20Wednesday,...

Legislation has been introduced in Maine to modernize PA practice and remove barriers to care. If passed, LD 2088 would eliminate the requirement that PAs serving as the principal clinical provider in a medical practice must have a practice agreement with a physician...

All PAs are urged to ask Members of Congress to support HR 6718, the Professional Student Degree Act, introduced by Rep. Michael Lawler (R-NY) in December. This legislation ensures physician associates/assistants (PAs) and several other professions are included in the...

All PAs are urged to ask Members of Congress to support and advance S. 3296/H.R. 3170, the Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act. This bipartisan legislation was unanimously approved by the House Education and the Workforce Committee by a...

The Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act, S.1805/H.R. 1616, has been re-introduced in Congress by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and by Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Nanette Barragan (D-CA).   The legislation will authorize PAs to certify...

All PAs, especially those in rural communities, are encouraged to ask their legislators to support the Modernizing Rural Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Utilization Act, H.R. 5199.  This bipartisan legislation removes outdated federal regulations that...

The Pennsylvania Society of Physician Associates (PSPA) urges all Pennsylvania PAs to support the PA Licensure Compact!PA Compact legislation (HB 1961) has passed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and is now moving to the Senate! To keep this progress going, please...

Legislation has been introduced in New York which will remove outdated administrative barriers and modernize PA practice! If passed, A.7988/S.7981 would remove supervision requirements for PAs employed by health systems/hospitals and PAs who...

Massachusetts' legislative session is in full swing, and the Massachusetts Association of PAs (MAPA) is supporting three key pieces of legislation! We need your help - please email your state senator and representative asking them to support these bills. What...

SCAPA is championing a critical bill (S.44/H.3579) that will expand patient access to care by modernizing PA practice. Please email your legislator and ask that they support this key piece of legislation!How does S.44/H.3579 improve care for...