Optometrists had some of the lowest rates of malpractice payouts of all health professions, including after states allowed ...

In recent years, debates over scopes of practice and titles have intensified among associations representing physicians, advanced practice providers and other healthcare professionals. For three ...

Allowing autonomy for advanced practice practitioners continues to be contested state by state. At the beginning of this year, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants ...

"Many state lawmakers understood the benefits of temporarily relaxing these restrictions as COVID-19 strained the healthcare system," writes Sally Pipes. "Freeing up physician assistants and nurse ...

The staggering costs and time commitment to medical education push aspiring physicians to pursue more lucrative specialization rather than practice primary care. Increasing physician specialization is ...

Scope of practice — who can practice what kind of medicine, in what settings and under what type of physician supervision, if any — is an issue that has preoccupied state legislatures and the courts ...

Federal and state policy changes in 2026 are altering the nursing landscape, affecting education financing, AI integration, and scope-of-practice rules. These developments include federal student loan ...

Swift relaxation of scope-of-practice policies was necessary to build health care workforce capacity during the pandemic. To avoid detrimental effects on health care professionals, decisions on ...

Enhance, support, and maintain the emotional health, development and well-being of the University of North Georgia students; Inform, advise and support, in its areas of expertise, those involved with ...