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"No Such Thing as Too Many PAs"
November 24, 2009 9:52 AM by Heather Simons
AAPA president Stephen Hanson has published an opinion piece, " 'Make more of them' isn't the only solution to America's physician shortage ," in The Bakersfield Californian endorsing PAs as an integral part of the solution to a growing physician shortage. Read More...
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News Article Praises PAs
October 6, 2009 12:01 PM by Heather Simons
An article in today's Times Leader , a newspaper serving northeast Pennsylvania, focuses entirely on physician assistants. In honor of PA Week , which starts today, "The PA is in" tells the story of Justine Samanas, a PA at Mercy Special Care Hospital Read More...
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New Health Care Reform Bill Recognizes PAs
September 18, 2009 9:22 AM by Heather Simons
In a move that gets the ball rolling for health care reform, Montana Sen. Max Baucus has released America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. While the bill is not yet complete, it contains several provisions in favor of physician assistants: The bill treats Read More...
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AAPA President Writes to USA Today
August 21, 2009 11:10 AM by Heather Simons
In response to an article in USA Today , "Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull," AAPA president Stephen Hanson wrote a letter to the editor explaining what every PA knows and most of the public--and Congress--have yet to understand: PAs Read More...
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Interview with AAPA's President Elect Gets Big Response
July 27, 2009 10:23 AM by Heather Simons
An interview with Patrick Killeen, president elect of AAPA, has drawn nearly 100 comments and counting on the Daily Kos Web site. Killeen was interviewed by his supervising physician on topics ranging from the AAPA's position on health care reform to Read More...
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Title VII Funding Testimony
April 1, 2008 3:03 PM by Terri Schaefer
AAPA has submitted testimony to Congress urging an increase in federal funding for Title VII grants in fiscal year 2009. On behalf of the more than 68,000 clinically practicing physician assistants in the United States, the American Academy of Physician Read More...
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PA Public Awareness
February 1, 2008 3:21 PM by Stephen Cornell
Incoming AAPA executive vice president Bill Leinweber (he starts at the academy on Feb. 25) seems open to the possibility of a PA public awareness campaign. This excerpt is from the Jan. 30 issue of AAPA News . Leinweber sees increasing public awareness Read More...
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PA: No Longer a White-Hot Profession?
January 29, 2008 4:04 PM by Stephen Cornell
Physician assistant fell out of the top 10 in the newest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) job growth projection report, according to the Jan. 30 issue of AAPA News (not available online yet). The PA profession dropped from No. 4 last year to No. 30 in Read More...
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Charlene Morris, Distinguished Fellow
January 14, 2008 9:50 AM by Stephen Cornell
North Carolina PA and ADVANCE editorial advisory board member Charlene Morris is a brand new Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. (Alexandria, VA) – Charlene McClure Morris from Stonewall, NC has been recognized as a Distinguished Read More...
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New PA Salary Information by State
January 8, 2008 10:54 AM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA recently released new information on PA salaries from the 2007 PA census. Here are the 10 states with the highest mean total annual income from primary employer for full-time clinically practicing PAs. State - MTI 1. Nevada - $102,522 2. Mississippi Read More...
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