Advantages and Disadvantages of Collaborating with Physician Organizations When

Advantages and Disadvantages of Collaborating with Physician Organizations When Pursuing FPA Legislation
When it comes to the formulation of any policy within the healthcare sector it is imperative to include all the major stakeholders in the healthcare sector in every step of the formulation process. For the legislation on advanced nurse practitioners’ full practice, authority physician organizations’ input can be of immense value; consequently, collaborating with such organizations is important (Berwick, 2020).
Firstly, collaboration with physician organizations like the American Medical Association increases the chances of any full practice legislation being passed by congress. There is no healthcare legislation in that gets passed by Congress without first establishing the American Medical Association’s perspective on the legislation. The organization also draws its membership from every state in the united states and from different specialties thereby making it an authority in matters of healthcare. Collaboration with physician organizations to increase advanced nurse practitioners’ scope of practice is also likely to increase the patients’ receptiveness to the FPA legislation should it be passed. Physician organizations like the American Medical Association, through their work, have over the years established their credibility and are trusted by many patients. The primary goal of the American Medical Association is also to better care delivery for the general public thereby reinforcing the public trust in it. As a result, collaborating with a physician organization such as the American Medical Association to formulate a full practice authority will help build the public’s trust in the advanced nurse practitioners who will be expanding their scope of practice. Also, through collaboration with physician organizations, the physicians can get to amend the full practice authority legislation to make it more patient-centered to guarantee patient safety. Through recommendations to make the full practice authority legislation more patient-centered the legislation can ensure that the quality of care delivered by nurse practitioners is of high quality. By, collaborating with the physician organizations and meeting their requirements, the physician organizations can help lobby for the passing of the full practice authority for nurse practitioners.
On the other hand, just as there are benefits of collaborating with the physician organizations to pass a full practice authority; there also exist disadvantages that could potentially undermine the legislation. The main disadvantage of collaborating with the physician organization is due to the fact that they have been actively championing and fighting against the expansion of scope by nurse practitioners through full practice authority. Most physician organizations like the American Medical Association are of the idea that only physicians are adequately trained to offer safe and quality care (Brom et al., 2018). The idea is due to the fact that physicians undergo a more robust and longer training to hone their skills compared to nurse practitioners. As such, nurse practitioners are incapable of offering quality care to a patient at a similar level to physicians (Spetz et al., 2019). The idea is however not accurate because nurse practitioners get to undergo further training which equips them with the required skills and competencies to offer quality care. However, despite these facts physician organizations have continued to lobby and fight against the passing of full practice legislation in various states across the country. Reference
Berwick, D. M. (2020). The moral determinants of health. JAMA, 324(3), 225-226.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.11129
Brom, H. M., Salsberry, P. J., & Graham, M. C. (2018). Leveraging health care reform to accelerate nurse practitioner full practice authority. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(3), 120. https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000023
Spetz, J., Toretsky, C., Chapman, S., Phoenix, B., & Tierney, M. (2019). Nurse practitioner and physician assistant waivers to prescribe buprenorphine and state scope of practice restrictions. JAMA, 321(14), 1407-1408. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.0834