As a health care provider, NP's are on the front line of the current battle against the coronavirus that is dominating headlines around the globe. At the most recent AANP Health Policy Conference, HHS Secretary Alex Azar spoke to the group about the federal government's response. AANP's Missouri State Representative Margaret Benz shared the following information:

The government has just opened a new site combining current recommendations for all levels related to COVID 19. It is coronavirus.gov   It is updated daily. All gov sites including CMS now are all merged to this link. I thought it might be helpful to share with  your membership since many patients look to nurses as a resource

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

Below is a link to Secretary Azar's talk in writing.  after the Covid 19 part, he talked about the implementation of the Executive order that allows all providers of CMS care to have full authority and equal reimbursement including APRNs. 

https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/secretary/speeches/2020-speeches/remarks-to-american-association-of-nurse-practitioners.html

At AMNP we are committed to providing our members with the most up to date, relevant information available. If you have additional resources you'd like to share, please feel free to email us at nursepractitioners@missourinp.org