Connections September 2024

CANP is actively working to address concerns and issues surrounding a Department of Education rule adopted in 2022 which allows California physicians meeting specific contract arrangements to be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. This provision does not apply to NPs, even though NPs work under similar contractual arrangements.

In a major win for California NPs, SB 1451 was signed into law on Sept. 22. Read the outcome of other CANP priority legislation, and what comes next for the Legislature.

This month, Connections sat down with Jennifer Flynn, VP of Risk Management for Nurses Service Organization (NSO) in the Health Care Division of Aon's Affinity Insurance Services, Inc. As a risk management specialist, Flynn is dedicated to educating nurses and health care professionals on professional liability risks.

This risk-management article explores how metadata analysis of patients' electronic health records, such as patterns of missing data, can bolster a legal case, leaving nurses vulnerable to punitive action.

Does the BRN require an NP to submit their collaborative agreement with their physicians in California? I am an FNP-C interested in starting a Telemedicine Functional Medicine clinic in California. Do I need to establish my entity as an LLC, PLLC or a Professional Corporation?