FTC and NPs

[zenman]

On March 7, the Federal Trade Commission staff issued a policy paper, Policy Perspectives: Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses. It's a good read.

[allennp]

Good article I agree here is the link,.

http://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/policy-perspectives-competition-regulation-advanced-practice-nurses/140307aprnpolicypaper.pdf#page1

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[futureeastcoastNP]

Yes, speaks about NP independence from a market standpoint: that not allowing NP independence is essentially allowing physicians to have a "monopoly" of sorts on healthcare and does not encourage competition.

[zmansc, ASN, RN]

I agree, and hopefully it will help persuade more legislatures to continue to remove unnecessary restrictions. It appears that the tide is pushing in our favor, and we are at a time when we should be able to push for removal of these restrictions fairly successfully.