In response to the trend of more doctors performing procedures outside their specialty, a number of state legislatures are looking to reexamine the rules surrounding what physicians can and can't do, ...

Florida House Bill 449 would allow optometrists to perform eye surgeries, despite their lack of medical degrees and surgical training. Opponents of the bill emphasize the vast difference in education ...

CMS seeks to remove regulatory friction around how clinicians practice and move across state lines as part of its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. The agency explicitly incorporated ...

Persistent workforce shortages continue to define the post-pandemic healthcare landscape. Hospitals, health systems, and long-term care providers report enduring deficits in nursing, primary care, and ...

As it stands, there is no statutory or centrally-backed guidance outlining how physician associates should work in general practice. Given the variety of potentially conflicting views, Eliza Parr ...

California Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 1237 (SB 1237), broadening the certified nurse midwife (CNM) scope of practice, among other changes to the Nursing Practice Act and other Sections of the ...