The physician lobby surveyed 64 medical societies and found that most of them were worried about nurses, physician assistants ...

CMS seeks to remove regulatory friction around how clinicians practice and move across state lines as part of its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. The agency explicitly incorporated ...

Does expanding a hygienist's scope of practice translate to improved oral healthcare at the state level? Researchers from New York believe it does, according to the results of a survey published this ...

A perfect storm is building in healthcare: retiring doctors, growing provider shortages, and the population shift toward longer life (and more chronic conditions). These concerns have driven some ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Study author Amanda K.H. Weidner, MPH, of the department of family medicine at the University of Washington, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The state of Louisiana recently expanded the scope of practice for optometrists to include performing limited ...

As many states expand the role of advanced-practice registered nurses and nurse practitioners, there's plenty of reasons to welcome this latest shift in the healthcare landscape, according to ...

Scope of practice and how much authority advanced practice nurses (APNs) should have are under debate again thanks to proposed legislation in several states. A bill in the New Jersey legislature ...

California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1237 (SB 1237), broadening the certified nurse midwife (CNM) scope of practice, among other changes to the Nursing Practice Act and other Sections of the ...

Scope of practice for advance-practice nurses has been a toxic issue in recent legislative sessions. Nursing organizations have sought independent prescribing and practice authority; the powerful ...

During her first pregnancy, Heather Hermans looked forward to giving birth at home under the care of a midwife. But when the big day arrived, in the midst of labor, Hermans began experiencing ...