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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 No Comments

1/1/21 Key Provisions Detailed in Health Care Legislation

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

January 1, 2021 No Comments

1/1/2021 Gov. Charlie Baker signs into law a health care bill that will increase access to telehealth visits and COVID-19 treatment

Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation that will benefit thousands of people in Massachusetts with access to affordable care, telehealth and COVID-19 testing in addition to

January 1, 2021 No Comments

4/9/20 Find MH/SA Services in Massachusetts – New Search Service

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 10, 2020 No Comments

4/8/20 Baker Files Bill for Liability Protections In COVID-19 Emergency

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

April 10, 2020 No Comments

3/21/19 CBD Lit Review

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 our

March 21, 2019 No Comments

3/21/19 Peer Review Group Starting in Dedham

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 to

March 21, 2019 1 Comment

3/6/19 DMH Testimony

3/13/19 DMH Commissioner Joan Mikula’s testimony from Monday’s Joint Committee on Ways and Means hearing in Needham. DMH FY20 Testimony March 11 2019

March 13, 2019 No Comments

3/6/19 UBH Policies Discriminate

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, had

March 6, 2019 No Comments

3/5/19 Conversion Therapy Hearings

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

March 5, 2019 No Comments

Mental Health Coalition Meeting

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.

February 15, 2019 No Comments

MCNP Offers Discount to MAAPPN Members

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

February 11, 2019 No Comments

Will DeLeo Share His Legislative Vision?

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.

February 11, 2019 No Comments

Legislative News

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.

February 2, 2019 No Comments

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