When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many states gave new authority to nurses, physician assistants and pharmacists, often dropping or loosening requirements for physician supervision during the emergency. The
Atlanta Journal Constitution examined the struggle to make those changes permanent. “You can’t be OK saying in the midst of a crisis, ‘Because you’re highly skilled in your profession, we’re going to remove the barriers of care, but now that we’re out of the crisis, we’re going to put the barriers back in place because now you’re dangerous,’” said
Jennifer M. Orozco, MMS. The story was shared in Cox newspapers across the United States.
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