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Sound Physicians and Memorial Health reverse course on midlevel-led patient care policy

Well well well...it turns that following a massive social media uproar on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and elsewhere, Sound Physicians and Memorial Health University Medical Center leadership have decided to backtrack and publicly announce that they have decided not to implement a new patient care policy in which midlevel, non-physician

Sound Physicians pushes midlevel-led patient care at Memorial Health University Medical Center - Savannah, GA

Sound Physicians pushes midlevel-led patient care at Memorial Health University Medical Center - Savannah, GA

How can you maintain excellent care by putting non-physician midlevel providers in charge of patients?

Does the AAPA really think physicians are this dumb?

If the AAPA truly respected its physician colleagues, it wouldn't be calling PAs "physician associates" and assuming all physicians want to associate with them.

Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 20 Years, Ordered to Pay More Than $52 Million in Restitution

Nurse Practitioner Sentenced to 20 Years, Ordered to Pay More Than $52 Million in RestitutionA Waxahachie nurse practitioner was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $52 million in restitution for his role in a health care fraud conspiracy, announced Acting U.S.

Physician Assistants are now "Physician Associates"

Physician Assistants are now "Physician Associates"

And physicians shall now be referred to as Supreme Physician Commanders.

CVS nurse practitioner allegedly refuses to provide medical care to police officer

CVS nurse allegedly tells officer she “hates cops” and that he needs to leave because he was carrying a firearmA nurse practitioner at a CVS location in New Jersey allegedly told a police officer visiting the MinuteClinic that she essentially hated police officers.Law Enforcement TodayGregory Hoyt Recently, a story

CRNA John McDonough wants "clear and unambiguous" titles, but calls himself a "nurse anesthesiologist"

You're either a nurse, or you're an anesthesiologist. Not both.

"Dr." Sylvienash Moma, DNP's sketchy COVID-19 vaccines

Say Nada to DNP Moma's vaccines.

MidlevelWTF responds to AAPA's response to AAEM/RSA's Open Letter

An Open Letter to the Specialty of Emergency Medicine | AAEM Resident and Student AssociationThe American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resident and Student Association (AAEM/RSA) is a non-profit professional association for emergency medicine residents and medical students.AAEM/RSA - AAEM Resident and Student Association Yesterday, the AAPA (technically AAPA

Paulette Padilla, NP: Florida midlevel moonlights as scammer and drug dealer

Paulette Padilla, NP: Florida midlevel moonlights as scammer and drug dealer

Padilla was charged with organized scheme to defraud and drug trafficking.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: "Advanced Practice Nurses" to begin coming to Code Blues and supervise residents

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital: "Advanced Practice Nurses" to begin coming to Code Blues and supervise residents

Welcome to RWJ University Hospital, where nurse midlevels decide how physicians practice medicine.

Nurse Practitioner

The NPs' dirty laundry, round 2: Reaction to diploma mills

In reference to Round 1 for PMHNPs After the Match: Boosting Profits Drives NP Diploma Mills : Emergency Medicine NewsAn abstract is unavailable.LWW An article entitled "Boosting Profits Drives NP Diploma Mills" published in the February 2021 issue of Emergency Medicine News has been making quite a few waves, among

"Dr." Gerald "Jay" Baltz, PMHNP and the tragedy of Stevie Ryan's death

Medicine 101: Don't sleep with your patients.

Watertown Regional Medical Center moving to a "100% CRNA model"

Watertown Regional Medical Center moving to a "100% CRNA model"

We sure wouldn't want to be a patient undergoing surgery at this hospital.

Remembering the unmatched: A look at the 2021 NRMP Residency Match

On March 19, 2021, the NRMP released the results of the 2021 NRMP Residency Match, the process by which senior/fourth-year medical students learn where they will be going for their residency training following a months-long application and interview season. Love it or hate it, the Match is intended to

Betty's Law - Texas

No more children need to die needlessly at the hands of incompetent nurse practitioners.

Anti-physician propaganda from Texas

Based on multiple reports circulating on social media, it seems that the nurse practitioner lobby in Texas is actively attempting to discredit physicians and the group Physicians for Patient Protection (PPP) as part of their effort their to push for full practice authority via House Bill 2029 and Senate Bill

Finding NP student preceptors is becoming a big business

Once again, the free market provides.

Words matter: Victory for anesthesiologists in New Hampshire

ASA Applauds New Hampshire Supreme Court’s Decision to Ban Nurses’ Use of Physician Term, AnesthesiologistThe American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) today applauds the New Hampshire Supreme Court for upholding the New Hampshire Medical Board’s decision that health care professionals using the term “anesthesiologist” must be licensed physicians and

Vote NO on Michigan HB 4359

Vote NO on Michigan's House Bill 4359 that allows CRNAs to practice independently without physician supervision.

Utah PA and AAPA exploit death of physician to push for independent practice

How can an organization demonstrating this kind of opportunistic behavior claim to stand for team-based, patient-centered healthcare?

Nurse practitioner fails to diagnose sepsis, patient dies

University student, 19, died from sepsisToby Hudson was unable to speak to a doctor in Weymouth due to a faulty phone system and eventually gave up and decided to try again the next day.Mail OnlineFaith Ridler Here's a tragic and fatal case of midlevel incompetence and malpractice from across

The VA Nurse Practitioner "Residency"

Welcome to the VA's perverted idea of what residency is.

We're sending midlevels to outer space now?

29-Year-Old St. Jude PA, Cancer Survivor Chosen for First All-Civilian Space Trip Aboard SpaceXHayley Arceneaux of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis is headed to space — here’s how you can get a chance to join herPEOPLE.comJason Duaine Hahn I'm really happy for this woman and all

Indiana Senate Bill No. 366

https://custom.statenet.com/public/resources.cgi?id=ID:bill:IN2021000S366&ciq=ncsl&client_md=d097407f1d2895552dabe22fda844dee&mode=current_text [https://custom.statenet.com/public/resources.cgi?id=ID:bill:IN2021000S366&ciq=ncsl&client_md=d097407f1d2895552dabe22fda844dee&mode=current_text] What a disgusting attempt at a power grab by physician assistants in