Report of the Secretary-Treasurer: Actions of the Board of Trustees

摘要

Government Relations The leadership and staff of APA have contributed APA's expertise, time, and funds in states all over the country to counter attempts to legislate permission to practice medicine for practitioners who have not attended medical school. The third position statement, Patient Access to Treatments Prescribed by Their Physicians, highlights the autonomous clinical decision-making authority of a physician and that third-party payers, including Medicare, should consider the intervention as reasonable and necessary medical care.