CAPA News

CAPA Announces 2026 PA Hunro Family Scholarship Award Recipient CAPA proudly congratulates the recipient of the 2026 PA Hunro Family Scholarship. This award recognizes future Physician Associates who bring meaningful healthcare experience, a commitment to improving public health, and diverse cultural perspectives that strengthen culturally sensitive and competent care. CAPA looks forward to seeing how…

Remembering Rev. Wendell S. Wharton, Jr., PA, DFAAPA CAPA mourns the passing of Rev. Wendell S. Wharton, Jr., PA, DFAAPA, a longtime leader, educator, advocate, and pioneer in the PA profession, who passed away on August 18, 2026. Wharton began his career as a PA in 1978 after graduating from the PA program at Charles…

2026-2027 CAPA Leadership Election Results CAPA is pleased to announce the results of the 2026-2027 Leadership Elections. Terms begin July 1, 2026, and run through June 30, 2027. CAPA Officers Arianna Campbell, DMSc, MPH, PA-C (President) Mitzi D’Aquila, MACM, PA-C (President-Elect) Dennis Tankersley, DMSc, PA-C (Vice President) Roy Guizado, PA-C (Treasurer) Aaron Kan, DMSc, PA-C…

CAPA Announces 2026 PA Mental Health Service Scholarship Award Recipients CAPA proudly congratulates the recipients of the 2026 Physician Associate (PA) Mental Health Service Scholarship. This award recognizes their dedication to mental health advocacy and their commitment to improving patient care. CAPA looks forward to the meaningful impact these Physician Associates will have in advancing…

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 Healthcare systems and PA forums alike were proclaiming that “Amendment 1399.546” had repealed SB 697, now requiring PAs to include…

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

President’s Statement on the Department of Education’s Designation of PAs in the OBBB 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…