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AANA Committees (1211 words) |
 | Prepare a plan/mechanism for the enhanced communication among all committees involved in the planning for and implementation of the education activities of AANA. |
| In cooperation with Committee on Health Policy and Practice represent AANA members in healthcare policy and advocacy by anticipating and influencing changes in healthcare policy. |
| To establish advisory guidelines and recommendations for post-graduate education and continuing medical education in or related to the practice of arthroscopy. |
| AANA Federal Government Affairs (1417 words) |
| Following intervention by AANA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued changes April 29 to Medicare Part A Hospital Conditions of Participation interpretive guidelines that had raised barriers to CRNA practice, clarifying that individual operating practitioners need not be specifically privileged to supervise CRNAs. |
| AANA federal affairs and practice staff are continuing to analyze CMS' new interim language, and to address Medicare issues that affect CRNA practice. |
| AANA has backed medical liability reform, recognizing the impact the medical liability insurance crisis has had on patients' access to healthcare, and the impact it might have in the future on CRNAs' liability premiums. |
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