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State medical societies are preparing for an active and wide-ranging policy agenda this year, with scope of practice, Medicaid policy, workforce shortages and health technology oversight emerging as ...

Big swaths of the country, especially in rural and low-income areas, are increasingly experiencing a severe shortage of primary care doctors. As more physicians retire and medical students choose to ...

In “Is There a Doctor in the House?,” investigative reporter Karin Price Mueller examined New Jersey’s growing fight over APN (advanced practice nurse) autonomy and physician‑collaboration rules. That ...

Doctors’ biggest priority in state legislatures this year is defeating scope of practice expansions, as nurses, pharmacists and other non-physician practitioners continue to lobby for more authority ...