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April President’s Message
For this final President’s message, I will attempt to taper down the word count and make this letter of gratitude uncharacteristically short. Ish. This past year has been significant for adaptive and proactive change (for the full report, please register for the...
Weekly Legislative Update No.12
April 2, 2026 No. 12 THE BATTLEGROUNDS ARE SET Candidate filing closed on Tuesday. Now all the legislator-candidates know the political lay of the land. We’ll see if it makes anyone change their tune. We are in that weird period when it seems like both...
Weekly Legislative Update: No 11
March 26, 2026 No. 11 BACK AT IT Forget easing into the pool from the steps. The House and Senate returned from spring break cannonballing straight into last half of session. Both chambers continued to give initial approval to bills during floor debate. They...
Weekly Legislative Update: No 10
March 12, 2026 No. 10 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT COLLABORATION We started out the week dealing with a real humdinger of a bill that would undermine and weaken team-based care for patients. House Bill 2749 would allow hospitals to use a “master” CPA that would apply...
Weekly Legislative Update: No 9
March 6, 2026 No. 9 BIG MOVEMENT ON PAD Physician Advocacy Day 2026 was one to remember. We could not have picked a better day for it. A couple of our core issues had committee hearings. It was awesome to have committee rooms packed with white coats as...