Too Few Nurse Practitioners Work In Primary Care In Oregon, Study ShowsLynne TerryThu, 07/30/2020 - 10:22
Just one-quarter of Oregon’s nurse practitioner workforce is actually providing primary care services, according to an analysis by the Oregon Center for Nursing.
Amid a shortage of primary care physicians across nearly all of Oregon, nurse practitioners can play a vital role in filling service gaps by providing the day-to-day health care services a family doctor may offer.
Spurned by Cascade, independent nurse practitioners want to help solve the primary care backlog in Klamath County. Sky Lakes Medical Center contends that it has added the necessary providers to care for the 50 percent more enrollees who joined last year. This article is the first in a two-part series on healthcare in Klamath County.
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Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners Get Reprieve from Federal Government Christen McCurdyWed, 10/16/2013 - 22:49
Advocates, working together with their political allies, stopped the federal government from implementing a new rule that could have inhibited the elderly from getting access to wheelchairs, nebulizers, walkers and other medical equipment.
Advocates, working together with their political allies, stopped the federal government from implementing a new rule that could have inhibited the elderly from getting access to wheelchairs, nebulizers, walkers and other medical equipment.
Nurse Practitioners Gain Right to Dispense Prescription DrugsChristen McCurdyTue, 06/04/2013 - 09:44
June 4, 2013 — Patients who see a nurse practitioner for their primary care needs may not have to visit a pharmacy to get their prescriptions filled under legislation that passed the House unanimously on Monday.
June 4, 2013 — Patients who see a nurse practitioner for their primary care needs may not have to visit a pharmacy to get their prescriptions filled under legislation that passed the House unanimously on Monday.
Oregon Medical Association Backs ONA’s Pay Equity Bill for Nurse PractitionersChristen McCurdyWed, 05/29/2013 - 17:26
May 29, 2013 — The Senate Health Committee has passed a nurse practitioner pay parity bill that has found consensus between the Oregon Medical Association and the Oregon Nurses Association, bringing to a resolution one of the most divisive issues in the state medical community this legislative session.
Nurse Practitioners and Chiropractors Want More Workers’ Comp PatientsChristen McCurdyThu, 05/02/2013 - 13:14
Senate Bill 533 awaits only a House vote to become law, expanding the length of time that a nurse practitioner can see an injured worker and giving workers access to their preferred chiropractor.
May 2, 2013 -- People who suffer an injury on the job will get better access to a nurse practitioner or their favored chiropractor under a Senate bill that should become law.
Editor's Note: Rep. Lively represents Springfield. His district was incorrectly identified in an earlier version.
March 20, 2013 — The Oregon House voted 39-20 to require private insurers to pay independent nurse practitioners and physician assistants at the same rate they would pay doctors for the same services.
Mar 20, 2013
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Put Forth Pay Equity BillChristen McCurdyWed, 03/06/2013 - 08:03
HB 2902 is designed to counter cuts made to primary care providers who are not doctors and has resounding support, but similar bills have failed in the past
March 6, 2013 — A few years ago, private insurers cut the rates that they pay to nurse practitioners and physician assistants by as much as 25 percent and began paying them less than doctors for the same basic services.
The bill was pushed by Portland clinic chain ZoomCare, which drew criticism on the Senate floor from Sen. Alan Bates
February 8, 2013 -- The Senate passed Senate Bill 8 by a unanimous vote yesterday, sending to the House a measure that would expand nurse practitioners’ power to dispense medication to urban areas.
Senate Committee Votes to Give Urban Nurse Practitioners Dispensing PowersChristen McCurdyWed, 02/06/2013 - 11:20
Pushed by Portland clinic chain ZoomCare, Senate Bill 8 has the support of the Oregon Nurses’ Association but is opposed by the pharmacists’ association
Editor's Note: SB 8 only expands urban nurse practitioners' right to dispense medication. They already had the power to prescribe. This article has been changed from a previous version.
