
American Academy of Physician Assistants Senate Bill Update: AAPA is working hard on an amendment strategy to include in the Senate's health care reform bill the provision to allow PAs to provide hispice case to Medicare patients. Stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks; in the mean time, continue urging Seantors to reinsert the hospice provision in health... care reform. Take action at http://bit.ly/5aGOJp
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The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is the only national organization that represents Physician Assistants (PAs) in all specialties and all employment settings. Its membership also includes Physician Assistant students and supporters of the profession.
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American Academy of Physician Assistants AAPA wants to wish everyone a happy & safe Thanksgiving holiday! We're thankful for being able to represent such an amazing profession of caring individuals. As a PA, what are you most thankful for?

TheNational Consensus Projectrecently released second edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, whichdescribes the core precepts and structures of clinical palliative care programs...

American Academy of Physician Assistants Miss last weeks Advocacy Connection? Includes a recap of PA Provisions in the Senate Bill. Find it at http://bit.ly/8tsNRk
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The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is the only national organization that represents Physician Assistants (PAs) in all specialties and all employment settings. Its membership also includes Physician Assistant students and supporters of the profession.

The AAPA Nominating Committee has endorsed its slate of candidates for the 2010 General Election of the AAPA Board of Directors. Four positions are open – president elect, treasurer, and two director at large positions. ...

Since 1996, the Emory University Physician Assistant Program's South Georgia Farmworker Health Project has taken groups of medical professionals and students to Decatur and Echols counties to provide free outpatient care to medically underserved migrant farm workers and their families...

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Condolence letters for the family of PA Michael G. Cahill, the PA killed at Fort Hood, may be sent to the following address:
Attn: Kerry Cahill, 2105 West Gillis, Cameron, TX 76520.

American Academy of Physician Assistants The Senate released its bill late Wednesday, and it lacks an important provision for PAs. We’re going to need your help to get it reinserted! Watch for a call to action from AAPA early next week.

American Academy of Physician Assistants Recommendations from the Governance Work Group accepted for further action by Board of Directors: http://bit.ly/19fh8T (Please Note: These are not final resolutions)
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The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is the only national organization that represents Physician Assistants (PAs) in all specialties and all employment settings. Its membership also includes Physician Assistant students and supporters of the profession.

American Academy of Physician Assistants NEW - AAPA Video: Interview with PA Russ Dorr - Under the Dome by Stephen King http://bit.ly/F8PSF
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PA Russ Dorr, long-time friend and medical adviser to author Stephen King, talks about the PA character in King's latest release Under the Dome, a thriller about a small Maine town that suddenly becomes sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. ...

Janette ATTENTION PAs: Fort Hood victim Lt. Col. Juanita Warman was a NP. She was NOT a PA. Please pass this information along to your colleagues. In the rush to report, the media made mistakes, which have gone viral. Using an assortment of membership, certification and licensure databases, AAPA has confirmed that Warman was not a PA.

The National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) today announced thatPA SusanEdgman-Levitan will lead the panel of experts charged withrevisingthe committee's landmark Physician Practice Connections - Patient-Centered Medical Home (PPC-PCMH) evaluation of medical practices...

Russ Dorr has been a PA for 38 years, and friends with author Stephen King for nearly as long. The two first met in 1974 when King became a patient at Dorr's clinic in Maine. At the time King had just one book under his belt, the novel Carrie...

American Academy of Physician Assistants From the AMA: Kids' BMI data may be added to vaccine tracking http://bit.ly/3dpXr
amednews: Kids' BMI data may be added to vaccine tracking :: Nov. 17, 2009 ... American Medical News
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Ten states would participate in pilot projects to assess the effectiveness of also collecting data on children's body mass index.

American Academy of Physician Assistants Medicare releases 2010 payment rules... #AAPA Reimbursement Watch Update: http://bit.ly/ovkN6
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