HealthLeaders Media September 15, 2022
The bill doesn’t provide full practice authority, but it does recognize the role APRNs have in the U.S. healthcare system.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– The legislation applies to APRNs, including nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists.
– About 40% of Medicare beneficiaries receive care from APRNs.
– The legislation does not provide full practice authority (FPA) in all 50 states because individual states govern those guidelines.
Newly introduced bipartisan legislation to improve healthcare access for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries would expand authority for advanced practice RNs (APRNs) to treat those patients.
The legislation does not provide full practice authority (FPA) in all 50 states—individual states govern those guidelines—but it does reduce a number of federal barriers that impede...
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