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 Healthcare systems and PA forums alike were proclaiming that “Amendment 1399.546” had repealed SB 697, now requiring PAs to include the name of their supervising physician in…

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…

CAPA News It has recently come to my attention that under the One Big Beautiful Bill, PAs, among others, are not included under the “professional degree” designation, thereby limiting student loans to $20,500 per year and $100,000 total in loans verses $50,000 per year and $200,000 total under the “professional degree” designation. Whether by mistake…