PA PROFESSION ARTICLES ACROSS THE NATION

PA Profession Ranks in New York Times Top Ten List
(April 2011 edition of New York Times)
-Physician Assistant is #7

Family Physicians and Physician Assistants Join Forces in Joint Statement on Team-Based Approach to Health Care
(featured February 2011 on ModernPhysician.com)

Local Medical Society Allows PAs as Full Members, Elects One to Board
(featured February 2011 on Clinician1.com)
-Quote from Physician Leader/ Past President of Marion-Polk County Medical Society:
"We're not a doctors' society- we're a medical society. Since PAs and Physicians both practice medicine, we have common interests and should work together toward those ends."

PA Profession ranks #2 on Top 50 List of Best Jobs in America
(November 2010 edition of CNN Money Magazine)

Why More Doctors Should Use NPs and PAs... and Why They Don't
(featured July 9, 2009 on Medscape.com)

PAs and NPs: How They Boost Practice Earnings
(featured June 11, 2007 on ModernMedicine.com)

RECENT LANDMARK PA PROFESSION NEWS IN FLORIDA

PA Week Proclamation Issued in Florida-PDF
(Issued by Governor Charlie Crist October 2008)

The Story of the 2009 Cosignature Legislature (Members Only)
-On June 16, 2009, Governor Crist signed SB 720 (HB 249) into law, which removed statutory requirements for physician cosignatures on PA charts. Read the story of how this legislation came about, as well as the many congratulatory emails received by the FAPA leadership during that great year.

FAPA Legislation Deleting Mandatory 3 Month Prescribing Wait
-In 2010, Governor Crist signed SB 1456 (HB 573) into law, deleting the mandatory 3 month prescribing privilege wait for new graduates. This document was used to successfully explain the importance of this legislation to physicians and legislators.