Nurse Practitioners
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Alberta nurse practitioner program reducing primary care provider gap: Health ministerAdriana LaGrange says 33 nurse practitioners are now taking patients across the province and another 23 have been approved to practise primary care similar to a family physician.HealthNov 20
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Ford government votes down effort to ban nurse practitioners from chargingSix months after Ontario began a push to close what it believes is a federal loophole, nurse practitioners continue to charge in Ontario. One proposed solution was voted down.HealthOct 28
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‘Interest is crazy over the top’: Kamloops nursing program celebrates successful first yearThe 15 available seats for the nurse practitioner program were quickly snapped up and hundreds of people are on a waiting list.HealthMay 11
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Alberta announces new payment model for nurse practitionersThe Alberta government has announced a new payment model that would allow nurse practitioners to make 80 per cent of what family doctors are paid.PoliticsApr 25
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Nurse practitioner fees could ‘undermine’ Ontario public health investment: ministerOntario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has written to the federal government asking it to help close what she describes as a 'loophole' in the system.HealthApr 16
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Ontario weighing nurse practitioner funding options amid extra billing concernsThe Ontario government is looking for ways to bring clinics led by nurse practitioners into the public health system. It also wants Ottawa to create cross-Canada rules.PoliticsApr 15
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Quebec nurse practitioners will be able to take on patients waiting for family doctorStarting next week, specialized nurse practitioners in 11 Quebec clinics will be able to take on patients who are waiting for a family doctor.CanadaApr 11
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Saskatchewan announces new initiatives to enhance, expand nurse practitioner clinicsThe province announced new initiatives to enhance and expand utilization of Nurse Practitioners throughout the health care system.HealthMar 12
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Ontario clinic’s direct billing highlights grey area around nurse practitionersHolistic Solutions NP in Hamilton, Ont. has been operating for a month now using nurse practitioners but isn't billing clients the traditional way through OHIP.HealthFeb 13
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Sask. nurse practitioners say they should be able to bill province for private servicesRegistered nurse practitioners who run private clinics in Saskatchewan say they could play a larger role in health care if they could bill the province for services.HealthDec 1, 2023
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