Political Action Committee
The GAPA-P.A.C. (Georgia Association of Physician Assistant Political Action Committee) is an entity that fights for and protects the rights of PA’s in the state of Georgia. This year there are four new members that were elected to the P.A.C. and are excited and motivated to begin pushing forward the modernization of PA practice in Georgia. The GAPA-P.A.C. is composed of four new Trustees. Henry Heard will be serving as Chairman, Bunny Doster as Treasurer, Omar Ortega as Secretary, and Damon Denzin as Trustee at Large. The GAPA-P.A.C. has taken on the task of modernizing PA practice in Georgia for reasons that follow below.
About the GAPA P.A.C.
Optimum Team Practice
Evolving Perspectives in Healthcare
In May 2017 AAPA (American Association of Physician Assistants) adopted a new policy known as Optimal Team Practice. This new policy empowers state organizations to pursue the following goals:
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Emphasize PA’s commitment to team practice with physicians with degree of collaboration to be determined at the practice level.
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Replace obsolete supervisory agreement laws with practice-level decision-making about collaboration.
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Eliminate legal requirements for PA’s to have a specific relationship with a physician in order to practice.
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Create separate majority-PA boards to regulate PA’s, or give that authority to healing arts or medical boards that have as members both PA’s and physicians who practice with PA’s.
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Authorize PA’s to be directly reimbursed by all public and private insurers.
The reason the AAPA adopted this new policy is because of the changing healthcare market across the US.
Information from AAPA:
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