Registration for DEA Control Numbers Now Open JULY 22, 2020 Early this morning the Kentucky Academy of Physician Assistants was notified by the Drug Enforcement Administration that the technical changes have been made to their website to allow Kentucky PAs to register for their DEA control number...

Kentucky Academy of Physician Assistants Commends Governor Beshear For Signing HB 135 MARCH 28, 2020 The Kentucky Academy of Physician Assistants (KAPA) thanks Governor Beshear for swiftly signing a HB 135 into law, authorizing Kentucky PAs (physician assistants) to prescribe Schedule III-V...

House Bill 135 passes the Kentucky General Assembly Frankfort, KY | MARCH 18, 2020 The Kentucky Academy of Physician Assistants is proud to report that before legislators adjourned yesterday evening House Bill 135, Physician Assistant prescriptive authority, received final passage in the Kentucky...

House Bill 135 passes Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee Unanimously Frankfort, KY | MARCH 3, 2020 This morning HB 135 was heard in the Senate Licensing and Occupations committee. Rep. Steve Sheldon was joined by KAPA Vice President Andrew Rutherford PA-C as they presented the legislation...

KAPA's Legislative Update As you saw late last week House Bill 135, modified prescriptive authority, passed the Kentucky House of Representatives. We could not have done it without the hard work of PA advocates, like you, across the commonwealth. This bill has strong bipartisan support, having...

HB 135 Passes Committee! Advancing modified prescriptive authority moves forward. We’re excited to announce that Rep. Steve Sheldon’s House Bill 135, modified prescriptive authority for Physician Assistants, has passed the House Health and Family Services Committee unanimously. This is an...

KAPA Signs New Lobbying Firm Tuesday, August 7, 2019 The KAPA Board of Directors is pleased to announce a new lobbying partnership with Top Shelf Lobby, a well-renowned Kentucky firm lead by Marc Wilson. “The Top Shelf Lobby team is excited about the opportunity to work with the Kentucky Academy...

Student Poster Abstract Submissions Now Open for KAPA’s 43rd Annual CME Symposium Deadline to Submit is September 20, 2019 KAPA invites you to submit a poster abstract for presentation at the 2019 Annual CME Symposium. PA Student and pre-PA Student members and nonmembers may submit a poster...

Call For Submissions KAPA is looking for submissions for our summer newsletter! Have you written an article, blog, or other publication relevant to the PA profession in Kentucky? Submit it to KAPA for publication in our next newsletter! We are also accepting nominations for the PA Spotlight for...

KAPA’s 2019-2020 Leadership Elections are now OPEN! As a KAPA fellow member, you are allowed to cast a vote for each of the positions listed on the ballot. The link to the ballot was sent via email. Voting is open until May 15th, 2019. Should you have questions about the voting process, or need...

Important Legislative Update After a long, hard-fought advocacy battle, we are disappointed to report that due to constitutional time restraints and a lack of political will, Kentucky Senate Leadership has decided to once again block the movement of House Bill 93. We know the below message is...

Women's Health Provider Education Initiative Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Bright Pink® is a national nonprofit on a mission to help save lives from breast and ovarian cancer by empowering women to know their risk and manage their health proactively in partnership with an informed provider (that’s...

Governor Matt Bevin signs HB 81 into law Monday, April 2, 2018 On April 2, 2018 Governor Matt Bevin signed HB 81 into law which amends KRS 189.456 to include physician assistants on the list of licensed professionals allowed to issue temporary accessible parking placards. A special thank you to...

2018 National Wear Red Day-Go For Women Friday, February 2, 2018 Today is 2018 National Wear Red Day-Go Red For Women. The students and faculty at the University of the Cumberlands celebrated this day with a photo showing all of us in red. This event is geared to bring awareness to communities...

Expand PA Prescription Authority Throughout the U.S., physician assistants are helping expand patient access to high quality care. PAs are highly trained medical professionals that work in medical teams. In every state but one they have the authority to prescribe controlled medications. Kentucky...

Winter 2015 Edition of the KAPA Newsletter Now Available Click here to read the latest edition of KAPA DisPAtch

Can PAs call Kentucky home? By Virginia Valentin, KAPA President I am proud to say that America’s physician assistants (PAs) are on the front lines of medicine, especially here in Kentucky. PAs practice medicine and are educated in a very similar way to physicians, via an intense graduate–level medical program...

Thanks for Making This a Great PA Week! As we close out PA Week I wanted to take a moment to tell you what KAPA plans to do in the upcoming year. Our focus continues to be serving our members. We know this starts with legislation. As Government Affairs Committee Chair Isaac Caton laid out for you...

In Celebration of PA Week, Please Take Action for the Future TODAY In just three months, the 2014 legislative session will be upon us. One thing is certain, it feels much better going into this session with a win under our belt. While we are thankful for the much-needed change in legislation,...

KAPA Pre-PA Student Membership KAPA now offers a Pre-PA Student Membership! A Pre-PA Student Member is a student or military individual who is either in a Pre-PA curriculum in college, high school or a medical specialist in the armed services. Pre-PA Student Members shall have the privilege of the...

KAPA 2012-13 President Response to May 28 Editorial "Get the Facts on Health Reform" The Kentucky Academy of Physician Assistants (KAPA) would like to comment on the editorial: “Get the Facts on Health Reform” published May 28. We would like to point out that physician assistants are also highly...

Breaking News: AMA Reference Committee releases amended resolution from AAPA American Medical Association House of Delegates Reference Committee B just released its recommendations on Report 16, and what was a resolution with a very expansive definition of surgery and invasive procedure has now...

Donate to the American Red Cross Please consider donating to the Red Cross to help the Oklahoma tornado disaster relief efforts. Visit https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod10002 or Text REDCROSS to 90999 to Give $10.

Medical Supplies Needed for Mission Trip Stefanie Brock, PA-C is doing a medical mission to Haiti and needs medical supplies. She will take anything you have. Mission trip is in July so items need to not expire before July. She needs supplies before June 15. Please contact Stefanie at...