MERIDIAN, Miss.—Mississippi State University-Meridian’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies program seated its sixth cohort ...

To get part of $50 billion for a federal health program, Illinois promised to join nurse licensure and physician assistant ...

AMA opposes West Virginia bill that would expand APRN and physician assistant scope of practice, and more in the latest State ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing to allow PAs more freedom to practice without a doctor’s supervision, worsening the danger that ...

Franklin Pierce University’s Graduate Center in Lebanon has moved to a new location in the growing business hub, Centerra ...

In most of the United States, P.A.s are still legally required to work with oversight from a doctor. But just how closely a P.A. works with a physician depends heavily on the medical specialty, state ...

How increased responsibilities and a push to be called “physician associates” are raising tensions with doctors.

The first group of students in Oakland University’s physician assistant master’s degree program recently started classes. OU held an open house on Tuesday at the Health Sciences school to celebrate ...

As the demand for healthcare outpaces the supply of doctors in rural areas nationwide, physician assistants are increasingly the ones filling the gap. For the communities that depend on physician ...

New AMA survey finds that when nurse practitioners and physician assistants switch up, they often do so without formal training in the specialty. More than one-third of both nurse practitioners (NPs) ...

The University of Missouri-Kansas City announced that the School of Medicine is expanding its Master of Medical Science Physician Assistant program. According to a news release from UMKC, the ...

Mass General Brigham’s Care Connect program, which uses artificial intelligence paired with remote physicians who deliver 24/7 online primary care for urgent needs, is growing and will hire more ...