A Message from MANA President, Melissa Croad
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Greetings and welcome to our latest newsletter - a great place to find out what MANA is up to, how you can get involved, and learn about what's on the horizon for CRNAs in Massachusetts.
It is my pleasure to be serving as your President for 2020. I want to congratulate Dave Macdonald on his successful tenure as President this past year, and thank him for continuing his commitment to MANA as Chair of our Education Committee.
As I look out at the year ahead I see endless possibilities to advance our profession, as well as issues that will challenge us. As your President, I pledge to provide you timely information about issues that impact CRNAs, work with government officials, health care leaders and industry stakeholders to represent your interests and think creatively about how to get you involved. We are more than 850 members strong and it's critically important that we use our full strength to advocate for ourselves, our patients and the safe, cost-effective and quality anesthesia care we provide every day.
Please stay connected with us through social media, our website, email AND by attending MANA's social and educational events. When we work together and use our MANA voice, good things happen!
Thank you for reading and please don't hesitate to contact me, or any of the dedicated members of our Board of Directors with questions.
Wishing you and your family a safe and happy holiday season.
Sincerely Yours,
Melissa
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MANA President, Melissa Croad (center) advocating on Beacon Hill with President-Elect, Elaine Sullivan (left) and Region 1 Treasurer, Maribeth Massie (right)
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The MANA Team continues to advocate for policies and regulations that advance and protect the exemplary service CRNAs provide to the health care delivery system. We are forging important relationships with government leaders and lending our voices to important discussions about billing, cost of care, patient safety and supervision.
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State House, Boston - MANA representatives testifying in front of the Health Care Financing Committee on a bill that would remove unnecessary restrictions on prescriptive practice of CRNAs.
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State House, Boston - Dave Mcdonald and Elaine Sullivan, two veteran Army nurses spent a day advocating and educating on behalf of MANA.
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Over that last several months we have attended health care industry events to help educate stakeholders about the value and skill CRNAs bring to our health care system. We are constantly exploring ways to help hospitals, insurers and patients better understand our important role.
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CRNAs of Distinction
Congratulations to Steven and Junior for being recognized
by your colleagues as CRNAs of Distinction!
Click on their names below to learn more about these outstanding MANA members.
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Do you know a CRNA in Massachusetts who goes above and beyond?
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MANA's 2020 Board of Directors
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Back L to R: Dominic Gentile, Director; Chris Hoeman, Advisor; Junior Senat, Director; Susan Hall, Director; Dave Macdonald, Advisor
Front L to R: Traci Brown, Director; Elaine Sullivan, Pres-Elect; Melissa Croad, President; Jacy Humphreys, Director; Lynn Reede, Director
Not pictured: Steffanie Sinclair, Secretary; Joe Bertrand, Treasurer
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MANA is dedicated to advancing legislation that promotes policies that fairly recognize the training, skill and value CRNAs bring to our health care system. We are constantly working to have a seat at the table when decisions are being made that impact our jobs and/or our patients. With the help our of expert lobbyists, we work tirelessly on Beacon Hill and Capitol Hill to make sure CRNAs have a voice.
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MANA's Legislative Priorities for 2019-2020 Session
- These identical bills would both remove unnecessary restrictions on prescriptive practice of CRNAs. Both bills are under review by the Joint Committee on Public Health and are awaiting public hearing.
- This bill would ensure that each classification of APRN has a seat on the Board of Registration in Nursing. It is under review by the Joint Committee on Public Health and is awaiting public hearing.
- This bill focuses on changes to health care delivery and payment for services by third party payors; the bill seeks to expand access to primary care and behavioral health, reduce health care costs, address pharmaceutical price increases, improve consumer protections, including those related to surprise bills and facilities fees, change supervision of health related professions, and expand scope of practice for mid-level clinicians.
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!!! Legislative Action Alert for 2020 !!!
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The 2019-2020 Legislative Session ends on July 31, 2020. With critical issues still unresolved, please be on the lookout for alerts and communications about how you can use your MANA voice to help. We are going to need MANA members to weigh in and be heard. Stay tuned for more information in early 2020.
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We are always looking for volunteers to help in our advocacy efforts. If you are interested in getting involved please email:
contact@masscrna.com
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Attending national and regional conferences focused on CRNAs is one way to help strengthen the ranks of MANA and ensure that our workforce is educated and aware. These are important opportunities to share ideas, discuss policies and support each other's endeavors. Check out the events section below to see how you can become more involved in charting the course for the future of CRNAs.
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Important Dates & Upcoming Events
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- Early 2020 - New MANA website launch
- January 20-24 - National CRNA Week, much more information to come about how MANA plans to celebrate this week long recognition of CRNAs
- April 18-20 - AANA Mid-Year Assembly, Washington, DC
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MANA did you know?
The first successful demonstration of surgical anesthesia was performed
173 years ago at
Massachusetts General Hospital
in the operating theater, known as the Ether Dome.
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