As the healthcare landscape evolves, nurse practitioners (NPs) must stay ahead of healthcare policy changes that impact patient care and their professional practice. From combating misinformation to ensuring access to preventive services and reforming prior authorization processes, here are...
The OBBBA is here, and with it the most dramatic reduction to Medicaid in history. This article explores how defunding key programs could impact NPs’ ability to deliver care, especially in underserved communities…
In 2025, the landscape of reproductive healthcare is more complex than ever. With rapid policy change at both the federal and state levels and widening state-level disparities around family planning, nurse practitioners and patients alike are navigating new and evolving barriers to care.
The expansion of telehealth implementation, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought unprecedented opportunities to enhance accessibility to healthcare. However, maximizing these benefits requires NPs to be well-versed in telehealth policies and equipped to address technological and regulatory challenges.
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The FDA has limited COVID vaccine access to high-risk groups. Learn how these changes affect patient eligibility, insurance coverage, and NP communication.
Nurse practitioners (NPs) are critical for success in the healthcare landscape. From filling gaps in physician shortages to providing holistic wellness, NPs are leading the charge in providing accessible preventative care to patients nationwide. NPs have also been found...
In his 2024 campaign, now-president Donald Trump repeatedly promised to make IVF “free for every American family who wants it,” recognizing fertility treatment as a core pro-family policy priority. That pledge emerged in the wake of growing political attention...
With state regulations limiting NP autonomy so that they must collaborate with a physician, some NPs are left with no option but to follow through. However, a collaborative practice can still be effective when both parties are dedicated to...
As NPs push for autonomy, they aren’t just challenging the scope of practice limitations and required physician oversight. They are also having to maneuver receiving lesser reimbursement rates than their physician colleagues despite providing equivalent care. Medicare states it...
Throughout the ongoing physician shortage, NPs have been on the front lines filling in the gaps to provide patient care, especially in rural areas. Yet, some groups are still actively working to restrict full NP autonomy, stating, “...patients deserve...
