Becker's Healthcare May 6, 2024
From lawsuits to an ongoing push for title changes, here are five major updates on the role of physician assistants from the last two years:
1. Gov. Tina Kotek signed legislation making Oregon the first state in the country to officially change the title of “physician assistant” to “physician associate.”
2. Physician assistant base pay jumped 5.8% from 2022 to 2023, with PAs who work in a hospital setting earning a median compensation of more than $130,000.
3. Fifty-one percent of clinicians prefer the recently revised professional title “physician associate” compared to 49 percent who prefer the original title of “physician assistant,” according to 2023 research. The American Academy of Physician Assistants even changed its name to the...
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