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Registration Now Open: 2025 OAPA Pharmacology Conference
Join us March 28-29, 2025, in Cuyahoga Falls for the premier annual event in pharmacology education. Expand your knowledge, strengthen your network, and earn your CME with OAPA!
New Leadership for OAPA Government Affairs as 136th Ohio General Assembly Begins
As the new Ohio General Assembly begins in January 2025, the Ohio Association of Physician Assistants is undergoing its own transitions within the government affairs domain. Read on to hear about the outgoing and incoming Government Affairs Committee chairs and new lobbying partner.
On-Demand CME: Weighing Your Options: A Review of Antiobesity Treatment Options
Earn 1 CME credit while learning from Emily Doycich, PharmD, BCPS, and Shanail Berry, M.D. about criteria for medical weight management and current medications approved for weight loss.
LEGISLATIVE ALERT: Another Round of HB 73 Opposition Testimony from OAPA
House Bill 73, which presents multiple significant risks to patient safety and Ohio's healthcare practice integrity, will have a 4th hearing in the Senate Health Committee on December 11. OAPA has submitted additional opposition testimony in effort to defeat this bill.
LEGISLATIVE ALERT: OAPA Gives Further Interested Party Testimony on SB 196
Senate Bill 196 regarding global signature authority for APRNs, which was passed by the Ohio Senate in June, had a 3rd hearing in the House Health Provider Services Committee on December 10. OAPA Immediate Past President Matthew Freado again gave interested party testimony, seeking the addition of PAs to this common sense, practice-advancing bill.
Upcoming Events
Wed
8
2025
January 8, 2025
6:30PM - 7:30PM EST
OAPA Region 1 & 2 Dinner - Schizophrenia Transitions of Care & Treatment
Presented by Teva
Blue Point Grille, 700 West St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113
Wed
22
2025
January 22, 2025
6:00PM - 7:30PM EST
OAPA Region 6 & 7 Dinner
Bayer's Kerendia and management of chronic kidney disease
Jag's Steakhouse, West Chester
