Before Congress left for the campaign trail, Representative John Olver (D-MA), re-introduced the Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act (H. R. 6373). This ANA-endorsed legislation would remove barriers that keep advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) from participating fully in state Medicaid Programs.

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ANA recently submitted comments urging CMS, Congress, and the Administration to allow APRNs – and all healthcare providers – to qualify for a portion of the billions of dollars in incentives for adopting health information technology/electronic health records systems under the federal Medicare/Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program.

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