Massachusetts Association of Nurse Anesthetists

Governor Charlie Baker filed legislation, H.3829 An Act Promoting Affordable Health Care Options on July 19, 2017. This bill contains some language that is helpful for CRNA's but still includes some supervision rules that are not consistent with the language in our bills H.2452, S.658. On July 25, 2017 the Joint Committee on Health Care Finance held a hearing to hear testimony on the bill filed by Governor Baker, H.3829. Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists (MSA) testified against the bill, MANA testified in support of the bill only if the supervision rules are updated to match the language in our bills. The following are the testimonies that were given at the July 25th hearing of bill H.3829:

MSA Testimonies against CRNAs Part I

Richard Urman, M.D., MBA, MSA President, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Mary Ann Van, MD, MSA Immediate Past President, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

MSA Testimonies against CRNAs Part II

Nicholas Kiefer, M.D., MSA Vice President, Beverly Hospital
Cranston Gray, M.D., Co -Chair, Council on Resident and Fellow Affairs, Brigham & Women's Hospital

MANA Testimonies Part I

Col. Brian D. Campbell, CRNA, MANA Past President
Robert Gauvin, MS, CRNA,Region 1 Director, MANA Past-President

Christopher Hoeman, CRNA, MS, MANA President
Melissa Croad, CRNA, MANA President-Elect

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