1/3/21 FAQ re: Full Practice Authority
How long will it take for the Full Practice Authority (FPA) provisions in the healthcare bill to take effect? Full Practice Authority for MA NPs
January 3, 2021
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How long will it take for the Full Practice Authority (FPA) provisions in the healthcare bill to take effect? Full Practice Authority for MA NPs
The key provisions of the new law include:
Requiring coverage of telehealth services including behavioral health care Expanding Scope of Practice for Advanced Practice Nurses
Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation that will benefit thousands of people in Massachusetts with access to affordable care, telehealth and COVID-19 testing
Apr 09, 2020 Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH) released a new website that provides a search service for all known mental health and substance
April 8, 2019
Please see the following bill submitted by the Baker Administration that seeks to protect providers practicing across state-lines in the COVID-19 Pandemic
3/21/19
Many of our patients are now using CBD products to ease insomnia or anxiety. As clinicians, we are being asked how to help
3/21/19
Maria Gianan, Psych NP and MAAPPN member, announces the start of a Peer Review Group to start on Thursday, March 28th from 8
3/13/19
DMH Commissioner Joan Mikula’s testimony from Monday’s Joint Committee on Ways and Means hearing in Needham.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/health/unitedhealth-mental-health-parity.html
3/6/19 In a scathing decision released Tuesday, a federal judge in Northern California ruled that a unit of UnitedHealth Group, the giant health insurer,
CONVERSION THERAPY BAN SPARKS DEBATE
Longtime supporters of legislation that would make Massachusetts the sixteenth state to ban sexual orientation conversion therapy for minors are
Hi All,
Thanks for the feedback from coalition members who wanted additions to the agenda. Pasted below and attached is our agenda for Monday 9/17.
2/11/19 The Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (MCNP) has invited the members of the Massachusetts Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses (MAAPPN) to join them
2/11/19 House Speaker Robert DeLeo is expected to “provide an update of the legislative progress and priorities” in a speech at Salem State University.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES BILL FACT SHEETFIND YOUR LEGISLATORSOCIAL MEDIA SUPPORTFeb, 2, 2019: Thank you to all of you who contacted your state representatives in support of MAAPPN’s bills for CNS independent practice (eliminating requirement for supervision after 2 years of practice) and CNS signature authority (meaning CNSs could sign any Massachusetts form that requires physician signature. NPs got Massachusetts signature authority in the 2016 legislative session.). The CNS independent practice house bill has 9 Cosponsors and the CNS signature authority bill has 10 Cosponsors.
2/2/19 Update on the Website! Many thanks to John Overall for helping MAAPPN re-launch a new and improved website. John has been a popular podcaster
The new Massachusetts legislative session has begun! MAAPPN’s bill for CNS independent practice,
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