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		NPO welcomes The Honorable John Kitzhaber MD as speaker at Annual Conference
The Unfinished Business of the Baby Boom Generation: Health Care for the 21st Century The growing crisis of cost and access within the U.S. health care system has forced the issue of health care reform back onto the national political stage after a 16 year absence. All the leading candidates of both parties are talking about universal coverage or at least how to significantly expand coverage to the 47 million Americans currently without it. This session explores the politics of health care reform and the question of whether this renewed political interest will actually result in substantive change. In the process it will touch on the future of the Medicare program, the implications of the aging of the Baby Boom generation, and the key elements that are needed to move from political rhetoric to meaningful reform.

Nurse Practitioners of Oregon has a new
Primary Domain site on the World Wide Web.

An automatic redirect to the new website address will occur for 12 months. For the purpose of Bookmarking our new address for easy reference the NPO website is found at http://www.nursepractitionersoforegon.org

All NP's Required to complete WCD material review to provide Workers Comp Care

Since October 2004 the State of Oregon Workers' Compensation law has required licensed nurse practitioners treating Oregon injured workers to certify they have reviewed informational materials provided by the Workers' Compensation Division (WCD). This requirement applies to all nurse practitioners treating Oregon injured workers, whether treating in lieu of an attending physician or under the supervision of an attending physician.

The required informational materials: Nurse Practitioners' Guide to Oregon On-the-Job Injuries and other relevant administrative rules, bulletins, and forms, can be reviewed at the following WCD web address:
http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/wcd/rdrs/mru/nurse_pract.html

Licensed nurse practitioners must certify that they complied with this requirement by signing and then faxing the Nurse Practitioner Statement to the Workers' Compensation Division. The Nurse Practitioner Statement is also available at the web address above and a nurse practitioner's completed statement may be faxed to WCD, (503) 947-7725.

Upon receipt of the statement, the division assigns a number to the nurse practitioner, and that individual is an "authorized" nurse practitioner. If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Smith, (503) 947-7568, or send e-mail to Barbara.R.Smith@state.or.us.

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