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Optimal Team Practice Updates: On the Path to Full Practice Authority

May 1, 2020April 3, 2022 The PA Doctor 0 Comments full practice authority, optimal team practice

A state-by-state breakdown of advances in Optimal Team Practice laws since January 2019.

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Full Practice Authority and Responsibility

April 30, 2020May 27, 2020 The PA Doctor 0 Comments full practice authority, optimal team practice

Optimal Team Practice (OTP) is the current battle cry for PAs focused on the future of the profession. But before

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Optimal Team Practice: What it is and what it isn’t.

March 21, 2020June 21, 2020 The PA Doctor 0 Comments aapa, full practice authority, optimal team practice, otp

Over the last several years, states around the country have been updating practice laws and passing various elements of Optimal

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Pros and Cons of Optimal Team Practice

March 18, 2020June 21, 2020 The PA Doctor 0 Comments aapa, full practice authority, independent practice, optimal team practice, otp, your pa can

Optimal Team Practice, or OTP, is the term given to a 2017 policy supported by the American Academy of PAs that calls for, among other things, the removal of the state-level requirement for a physician to go on record as the supervisor of a PA.

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