APRN groups support Medicare executive order

AONL is among the 11 signatories on a letter to Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar applauding President Trump’s recent executive order on Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors. The signing organizations, representing a consortium of advanced practiced nursing specialties, offered support in helping the HHS implement the provisions. “We appreciate that the Administration is committed to removing burdensome regulatory barriers to care, including taking steps to allow qualified providers to practice at the top of their profession,” the letters notes. “The evidence shows that removing barriers to APRN practice will help maintain patient safety, lower health care costs and improve patient access to care.”