Lawmakers consider a Bill that would allow nurse practitioners to practice without doctor oversight Share Updated: 9:30 PM CDT May 27, 2021 Share Updated: 9:30 PM CDT May 27, 2021
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Show Transcript CONTROVERSIAL BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO PRACTICE WITHOUT OVERSIGHT FROM A DOCTOR IS BEING DISCUSSED IN BATON ROUGE HOUSE BILL. 495 WAS SCHEDULED TO BE HEARD IN THE FULL SENATE TODAY, BUT IT GOT DELAYED THE BILL WOULD GET RID OF THE CURRENT CPE OR COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE AGREEMENT THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES ASE NUR PRACTITIONER TO HAVE A DOCTOR AVAILABLE BY PHONE AND THEY MUST ALSO PAY THE PHYSICIAN OFEE F FOR THE AGREEMENT NURSE PRACTITIONERS SAY IT’S TIME TO LET THEM PRACTICE INDEPENDENTLY WHILE DOCTORS SAY THE WOULD NOT PROTECT PATIENTS. OTHER STATES THE DISTRICT OF LUMBIACO AND THE VA MEDICAL CENTER HAVE ALL REMOVED THIS CONTRACT. SOME STATES HAVE HAD THIS CONTRACT REMOVED FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. THEPE C IS REALLY A PROTE
Nurse Practitioner s Kathy Baldridge and Mark DeClouet on Bayou to Beltway this Wednesday.
This Wednesday, Kathy Baldridge, current head of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners, and Mark DeClouet, a nurse practitioner who runs a clinic in Alexandria, join Bayou to Beltway to talk about the current care crisis in health care. Should nurse practitioners be allowed to practice more widely in Louisiana? What about the rule that requires them to have a collaborative practice agreement with an M.D? Does that limit health care in hard to serve areas?
These issues and more on Bayou to Beltway, this Wednesday at 12:30 (88.7 fm) and podcast at KRVS.org
Nurse Practitioner's Kathy Baldridge and Mark DeClouet on Bayou to Beltway this Wednesday. This Wednesday, Kathy Baldridge, current head of the Louisiana
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Louisiana s nurse practitioners are pushing to eliminate collaborative practice agreements, which they argue will improve access to health care across the state.
The Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners laid out their argument during a virtual town hall on Thursday. During the event, panelists promoted House Bill 495, a measure moving through the Louisiana State Legislature that would get rid of the agreements.
Under the current law, nurse practitioners in Louisiana are required to have a collaborative practice agreement with a physician, which often involves the nurse practitioner paying a monthly fee to the physician. Without the agreement, a nurse practitioner cannot legally see patients, though the rule has been suspended since March 2020, as part of Gov. John Bel Edwards COVID-19 executive orders.