Once your organization establishes the overall framework of its general policy on who will be allowed to provide allied health care and on the general allied health professional (AHP) credentialing requirements, specific policies may be developed for particular allied health disciplines. Since a...
PAs (physician assistants/physician associates) in Alaska had the highest median income in 2021 at $140,000, while PAs in Alabama had the lowest median income at $95,000. Overall, PAs across the country saw an increase in their 2021 earnings compared to 2020 ($115,000 vs $110,000 respectively...
Organizations must enlist and authorize advanced practice professionals (APP) for practice according to all applicable requirements, their available resources, and their medical staff’s comfort level. Once an organization has decided to move forward with development of an APP authorization...
Start by finding a couple of physician champions and APPs who are regarded highly amongst their peer group and appear to be leaders, says Carol S. Cairns, CPMSM, CPCS. Begin to have this discussion with them—would they be interested in having such a structure? You might reach out to other...
The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners & Medical Licensure Commission will now allow physicians to hold collaborative/supervisory practice agreements with up to nine advanced practice professionals (APP). Previously, physicians were limited to four full time equivalents (FTE) of these...
With 26,735 nurse practitioners (NP), Florida ranks as the state with the highest number of actively licensed NPs. California and Texas round out the top three, with 23,752 and 20,307, respectively. Those threee states are also the most populated ones in the U.S.