I just got an email for this bill:
Bill Information - Senate Bill 895; Regular Session 2017-2018
TAKE ACTION ON PA BILLS
PAMED also urges you to email or call your State Senator NOW and urge them to oppose SB 895 and SB 896, legislation that would erode the supervisory role of the physician with physician assistants (PAs).
TAKE ACTION NOW
The proposed legislation removes the requirement for physicians to review 100% of PA records within the first six to twelve months a PA is licensed or starts a new specialty. It also removes requirements that the State Board must approve any deviation of 100% record review after the first six to twelve months.
While PAs have expressed concern about timely agreement approval, oftentimes the causes of delay are due to the submission of an incomplete or inappropriate application that risks patient safety.
Without this review, there would be no effective regulatory mechanism to determine appropriateness of the relationship or level of supervision between a physician and a PA.
The current physician-physician assistant supervisory relationship helps to ensure patient safety."
What is the role of the physician in primary care or family medicine these days and in the future? Everyone in med school pushes for team based approach and learning what other team members do but I keep hearing these updates of more independence among these Healthcare team members.
Bill Information - Senate Bill 895; Regular Session 2017-2018
TAKE ACTION ON PA BILLS
PAMED also urges you to email or call your State Senator NOW and urge them to oppose SB 895 and SB 896, legislation that would erode the supervisory role of the physician with physician assistants (PAs).
TAKE ACTION NOW
The proposed legislation removes the requirement for physicians to review 100% of PA records within the first six to twelve months a PA is licensed or starts a new specialty. It also removes requirements that the State Board must approve any deviation of 100% record review after the first six to twelve months.
While PAs have expressed concern about timely agreement approval, oftentimes the causes of delay are due to the submission of an incomplete or inappropriate application that risks patient safety.
Without this review, there would be no effective regulatory mechanism to determine appropriateness of the relationship or level of supervision between a physician and a PA.
The current physician-physician assistant supervisory relationship helps to ensure patient safety."
What is the role of the physician in primary care or family medicine these days and in the future? Everyone in med school pushes for team based approach and learning what other team members do but I keep hearing these updates of more independence among these Healthcare team members.
