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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) vigorously promotes competition in the health care industry through enforcement, study, and advocacy. Competition in health care markets benefits consumers by helping to control costs and prices, improve quality of care, promote innovative products, services, and service delivery models, and expand access to health care services and goods. While state legislators and policymakers addressing health care issues are rightly concerned with patient health and safety, an important goal of competition law and policy is to foster quality competition, wh.

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES: PERSPECTIVES ON COMPETITION AND REGULATION; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES: PERSPECTIVES ON COMPETITION AND REGULATION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: POLICY PERSPECTIVES: COMPETITION AND THE REGULATION OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. INTEREST AND EXPERIENCE OF THE FTC; II. BACKGROUND ON APRNS AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE ISSUES; III. APRN SCOPE OF PRACTICE COMPETITION ADVOCACY COMMENTS AND ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS BY FTC STAFF; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX 1. APRN SCOPE OF PRACTICE ADVOCACIES.

APPENDIX 2. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYChapter 2: FTC STAFF COMMENT BEFORE THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REGARDING HOUSE BILL 2009 CONCERNING SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND NURSE ANESTHETISTS; I. INTEREST AND EXPERIENCE OF THE FTC; II. HOUSE BILL 2009; III. LIKELY COMPETITIVE BENEFITS OF H.2009; IV. APRN SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS SHOULD SERVE WELL-FOUNDED PATIENT PROTECTION CONCERNS; CONCLUSION.

Chapter 3: FTC STAFF LETTER TO THE HONORABLE THERESA W. CONROY, CONNECTICUT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CONCERNING THE LIKELY COMPETITIVE IMPACT OF CONNECTICUT HOUSE BILL 6391 ON ADVANCE PRACTICEREGISTERED NURSES1. INTEREST AND EXPERIENCE OF THE FTC; 2. BACKGROUND: APRN PRACTICE IN CONNECTICUT AND HB6391; 3. LIKELY COMPETITIVE BENEFITS OF HB6391; CONCLUSION.

Chapter 4: PREPARED STATEMENTOF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION STAFF BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE AOF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTHOF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE ON THE REVIEWOF WEST VIRGINIA LAWS GOVERNING THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLEREVISIONS TO REMOVEPRACTICE RESTRICTIONSI. INTRODUCTION; II. INTEREST AND EXPERIENCE OF THE FTC; III. BACKGROUND: APRN PRACTICE IN WEST VIRGINIA; IV. LIKELY COMPETITIVE BENEFITS OF EXPANDING APRN PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY; CONCLUSION; INDEX.