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CAPA Announces 2026 Student Scholarship Recipients

By CAPA | March 6, 2026

CAPA News CAPA proudly congratulates the recipients of the 2026 CAPA and CAPA Foundation Scholarship Awards! This achievement reflects the dedication, passion, and hard work of each awardee. CAPA looks forward to seeing the incredible impact these future Physician Associates will have in healthcare. Click here to view the recipient interviews. 2026 Community Service Scholarship…

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CAPA Clarifies California Code of Regulations 1399.546

By CAPA | February 26, 2026

CAPA News CAPA Clarifies California Code of Regulations 1399.546 Recently, CAPA was made aware that healthcare administrators and some PAs were announcing “changes to PA practice” that would add administrative burden to PAs’ already busy patient loads. Healthcare systems and PA forums alike were proclaiming that “Amendment 1399.546” had repealed SB 697, now requiring PAs…

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Update on the Department of Education’s Designation of PAs in the OBBB

By CAPA | February 6, 2026

CAPA News Through a proposed rule from the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), the US Department of Education narrowed the definition of “professional degree” for the purposes of determining federal student loan amounts and “driving down graduate program costs and student loan debt.” This reclassification, expected to take effect July 1, 2026, excludes many graduate…

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