1. Prepared for the Future
Regulated by the Past
Tay Kopanos, DNP, FAANP
VP State Government Affairs
@NPpolicy

2. Solutions for Adequate Healthcare
Enhance the education pipeline
Use scholarship and loan repayment to promote recruitment and boost retention
Invest in telehealth infrastructure
Right-size licensure law and regulation of health care providers

3. Solutions for Adequate Healthcare
Enhance the education pipeline
Use scholarship and loan repayment to promote recruitment and boost retention
Invest in telehealth infrastructure
Right-size licensure law and regulation of health care providers
No Added Cost
No Delay
Time Proven & Effective Option

4. Nurse Practitioners Over 5 decades of improving access & quality care
270,000 licensed NPs
Prescribe medications in 50 states, D.C. and US territories
Over 1 Billion patient care visits in 2018

5. State Practice Environment

6. Progress Requires Culture Change

7. Progress Requires Understanding

8. Progress Requires Context
Better Access
Better Cost
Better Value/Outcomes

9. Progress Requires Connection

10. Progress Requires Partners
Chamber of Commerce
Patient Advocates
Rural Health Association
National POLST Paradigm
National Governors Assoc
Federal Trade Commission
Hospital Associations
Mental Health America
AARP..
Heritage Foundation
Patient Centered Primary
Care Collaborative
Americans for Tax Reform
National Conference of State
Legislatures
American Enterprise Institute
Coalition for Patient Rights

11. Progress Requires Core Principles and Endurance
Maintenance of consistent terminology and definitions across the profession
Mutual stewardship of the profession
Don’t Give Up and Don’t Go It Alone N

12. Healthcare improves when patients have . #FullAndDirectAcess
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