Response letter was sent from Jacob K. Javits, United States Senate, on March 8, 1976 to David E. Mittman thanking him for support of "legislation which would amend Title X'VIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of physician...
Godkins reinforces the Academy's support for "true generic accreditation and certification", but is also "not quite happy with the way things have moved in the area of certifying physician's assistants in surgery".
Summary of Academy's actions in 1975 and resolutions of their January 23-24, 1976 meeting. Among the most current resolutions passed are the support for continuing education for membership and further accreditation for medical education programs. The...
The first newsletter November 1975: 1 (no. 1) published by the staff of the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants. The newsletter contains a picture of the NCCPA staff and mentions the opening of the NCCPA national office in...
NCCPA newsletter, vol. 1, no. 2, April 1976. Includes an open letter from the executive director, which explains in detail the technical and financial requirements of PA testing. This information is broken down into testing that involves...
Minutes of the NCCPA's specialty PA committee meeting in Atlanta, GA on 9/19/1975. Topics of this meeting included generic PA certification, specialty add-ons, and the eligibility of 'SPAs' to sit in on certification exam.
This letter written by Eugene Beau Davis, member of the Georgia Association of Physician's Assistants Board of Directors, to D. Mittman on August 27, 1976, addresses Mr. Mittman's inquiry about the political implications of a Carter presidential...
Frank Riddick questions Godkins on the method of using continuing education to recertify PA's. Concern is expressed over whether a sufficient number of courses are available.
This letter written by D. Mittman on August 25, 1976 was eventually answered by Eugene Beau Davis on August 27, 1976 (see ID# 367). Mittman asks "Does or did Gov. Carter support the PA concept while Gov.. of Georgia?"