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Tag: scope of practice laws

shows a North Carolina senate tally board with the names of legislators and green dots next to most of them
Posted inMedicaid

Will NC Medicaid expansion ride tailwinds or lean into new headwinds?

by Rose Hoban June 3, 2022June 2, 2022

By Rose Hoban The winds sure have shifted.  They blew one way on Jan. 30 in 2013 when leading members of the North Carolina Senate filed Senate Bill 4, which rejected the Medicaid expansion offered in the Affordable Care Act, along with other provisions in President Barack Obama’s marquee legislation.  It took close to a […]

Advanced practice nurse in a gown and personal protective equipment checks the ears of a little girl wearing a mask
Posted inHealthcare Workers

Should advanced practice nurses in NC have more independence from physicians?

by Rose Hoban April 12, 2022April 12, 2022
photo shows an empty rocking chair and bassinet, representing the mothers in NC looking for baby formula
Posted inGender health

Limited options for mothers giving birth in Western North Carolina

by Carolina Public Press July 31, 2021July 29, 2021
Masked male dentist and masked female hygienist drill inside a patients mouth
Posted inOral Health

With a backlog of routine cleaning appointments, should NC dentists be able to oversee more hygienists?

by Anne Blythe June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

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