Nurse practitioners, physician assistants will have increased role under new law

With a shortage of doctors already in Yuma County, who will treat the thousands of new patients who potentially enroll in health plans through the Affordable Care Act? A way to address the projected shortage of primary-care physicians and specialists is through the expanded role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

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