Medical Economics September 27, 2024
American Medical Association president responds to AAPA letters calling for dialogue on AMA’s ‘scope creep’ campaign against expanding practice for other clinicians.
Patients prefer physicians to lead health care and the American Medical Association wants it to stay that way, the AMA’s leader said.
AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, responded to recent letters from the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) asking for the physicians’ group to stop its campaign against legislative efforts to expand scope of practice for physician associates (PAs) and other clinicians. AMA calls it “scope creep,” but AAPA’s leadership claims those efforts against it are hurting health care. Instead, the two should meet to find common ground, according to AAPA.
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