NC CRNAs

The bill has not passed, yet. It is in finance committee. It is anyone's guess how our practice will change.

JJ what is up.... are in school in raleigh...... dont you have a test to be studying for on Wednesday, you should know those drugs to the T..... What bill are you talking about anyway.....

They are deliberating in the house now about the opt-out status, but NC is not alone.... The AMA attempts this in every state, it will not pass.....

As skipaway stated, it went to finance committee by the error of putting in the bill that there was going to be a $25 license fee for AAs. Since there is money involved, it had to go to finance committee. The chair of the finance committee is sick of this issue and just wanted to pass the budget before they recessed for the year (last week).

Truthfully, the AA issue isn't that big of a deal. There are not that many of them to worry about. The bigger issue is that word "supervision." There are several counties in NC where the CRNA is the ONLY provider. This would force the surgeon to be the "supervisor." Next thing you know, the ASA would lobby the house and say "the surgeon is too busy to supervise, you need an MDA on every case." See where this is going??

Here is a website with more info:
http://www.ncana.com/newlook/subpages/presmsg.html