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• Interprofessional Care Teams Improve Clinical Outcomes, Help Address Chronic Health Issues (4/9/12) [pdf]
  With so much discussion about what’s not working in healthcare today, experts are increasingly pointing to a team-based model of care that is working to improve outcomes for patients.
  
  
• Essential Benefits Must Be Designed to Protect Consumer Choice (3/8/12) [pdf]
  The Affordable Care Act will extend insurance benefits to millions more consumers beginning in 2014, but the way the law is implemented could affect which healthcare providers newly insured patients can afford to visit.
  
  
• Release – CPR Identifies Key Issues That Impede Patient Care (10/25/11) [pdf]
  Laws and regulations affecting the ability of millions of health care professionals to provide services for which they are licensed vary by state, and in many cases create barriers for patients in choosing their providers.
  
  
• Healthcare Coalition Focuses Attention on Patient Access Issues (6/2/11) [pdf]
  WASHINGTON – With experts predicting significant shortages of healthcare providers in coming years, representatives of leading healthcare professional organizations met recently to discuss how to ensure patient access to safe, quality care. Representatives from the Federal Trade Commission, AARP and the Citizen Advocacy Center described initiatives to expand consumer access to care.
  
  
• Recent Studies Show That Access to Full Spectrum of Healthcare Professionals Key to Cost-Effective Care (3/9/11) [pdf]
  WASHINGTON – Several recent studies have demonstrated that cost effectiveness for healthcare improves when health services are provided by licensed professionals other than MDs or DOs. Evidence also shows that there is no loss in quality or effectiveness of care.
  
  
• Coalition for Patients’ Rights™ Provides Tips to Assist Patients in Choosing the Right Care Provider (11/16/10) [pdf]
  WASHINGTON – How can consumers and patients find satisfaction in an increasingly challenging healthcare environment? As concerns grow about the quality of healthcare in the U.S. and looming provider shortage threats, the Coalition for Patients’ Rights™ (CPR) suggests that asking a few key questions and gaining knowledge about health professions will help people find the healthcare professional that best matches their needs.
  
  
• Coalition for Patients' Rights Applauds IOM Report on Addressing Nation’s Health Care Needs (10/14/10) [pdf]
  In order to meet the health care needs of Americans, nurses who currently face restrictions to practicing to their full capabilities need to be fully utilized, according to a new report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The “Future of Nursing” report reflects a core principle advocated by the Coalition for Patients’ Rights™: patients should have the right to access services from a broad spectrum of health care professionals who provide safe, high-quality and cost effective health care.
  
  
• Broad Spectrum of Providers Poised to Ease Primary Care Shortage (7/20/10) [pdf]
  As health care reform is implemented, experts worry about whether there are enough primary care providers available to care for newly insured patients. One key to ensuring patients’ needs are met is to promote access to all health care providers, including those who are not doctors of medicine (MDs) or osteopathy (DOs). That’s the aim of the Coalition for Patients’ Rights™ (CPR), established to protect patients’ access to health care services and choice of providers.
  
  
• CPR Opposes Unnecessary Regulation of Health Care Providers (5/28/10) [pdf]
  The Coalition for Patients’ Rights™ (CPR) today announced its opposition to the Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act (H.R. 5295) which would needlessly impose federal trade laws on qualified health care professionals and add another layer of bureaucracy to the health care system.
  
  
• CPR Responds to AMA Scope of Practice Modules (2/9/10) [pdf]
  The American Medical Association's Scope of Practice Partnership (SOPP) is a divisive effort to restrict the practice of health care professionals who are not doctors of medicine (MDs) or osteopathy (DOs). This effort would limit patients' abilities to choose their health care providers and limit access to safe, high-quality and cost-effective health care.
  
  
• Survey Finds Opinion Leaders View Nurses as Key Influencers for Quality Health Care (2/4/2010) [pdf]
  WASHINGTON – Health care providers who are not doctors of medicine (MDs) or osteopathy (DOs) provide care to millions of patients in the U.S., but how valuable are they to the health care system? A new survey on nurses sheds some light.
  
  
• Access to Broad Range of Health Care Providers Critical to Lowering Costs (12/16/09) [pdf]
  WASHINGTON – For months, members of Congress have debated the best ways to rein in runaway costs while providing care to all as part of health care reform. An important part of the ongoing discussion includes how to ensure patients equal access to a full range of health care providers besides doctors of medicine (MDs) or osteopathy (DOs).
  
  
• Coalition Battles Against Movement that Would Restrict Access to Health Care Services (6/17/09) [pdf]
  Access to quality healthcare is fundamental to the wants and needs of Americans. However, more and more patients are encountering obstacles when it comes to choosing a provider who best suits their needs.
  
  
• Rights, Access to Healthcare Providers of Choice at Risk (6/8/09) [pdf]
  WASHINGTON – Today the Coalition for Patients’ Rights TM announced that it has sent a letter to President Obama urging him to support the utilization of a broad spectrum of health professions as the Administration works to reform the nation’s healthcare system.
  
  
• CPR Names Jones Public Affairs as Agency of Record (1/22/09) [pdf]
  WASHINGTON—Jones Public Affairs, Inc., a healthcare public affairs agency in Washington, D.C., announced today that it has been named the public relations agency of record for the Coalition for Patients’ Rights (CPR).
  
  
  
• COALITION FOR PATIENTS' RIGHTS FORMED TO ENSURE PATIENT ACCESS, CHOICE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS (7/27/06) [pdf]
  Washington, DC – In response to divisive efforts by the American Medical Association (AMA) and other physician groups to limit the ability of licensed health care professionals to provide care to millions of patients, the newly formed Coalition for Patients’ Rights (CPR) today urged all health care professionals to work together to counter the AMA’s actions.