Angi Fountain

Mother, wife, CRNA, Airman

[Angi Fountain @FountainAngi]

@VoteRandyFine I am a CRNA and am grateful for your support of CRNAs at the House Education Committee! We are professionals!!!👏👏

[Mike MacKinnon 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @mmfnpcrna]

@votewarren I appreciate your hard work defending the free market and fair competition. The reason proponents won’t accept the amendment is summed up by the quote below. AAs could get all they want + choose who they work for. But that’s ≠ the goal of the bills backers @azanacrna

[Mike MacKinnon 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @mmfnpcrna]

A false statement about healthcare professionals providing the majority of safe anesthesia in this state. 👏 There are no MDAs “backing me up” as unlike the “assistants” I’m a full trained indep provider of anestheisa. Which is why I can supervise them. We ARE the real deal.

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

.@votewarren is not known as a "scale tipper" - in my experience he is fair and reasonable. That's probably why he's not supporting this silly, lobby-written bill of #HB2674

[Justin McBride @j42mcbride]

@azanacrna @votewarren Love this! And agree 100%

[AZANA @azanacrna]

Proponents of #HB2674 are pitting healthcare providers against each other. Let’s stop politicizing healthcare and work to ensure everyone has access to high-quality, affordable healthcare via a competitive market. Thank you @votewarren for holding special interests accountable!

[TxANA @TxANACRNAs]

The Office of the Attorney General has requested the Texas Medical Board correct misstatements about CRNAs. Read the letter here:
https://t.co/juPXY79o2t #txlege

[Mike MacKinnon 🇺🇸🇨🇦 @mmfnpcrna]

One year ago Arizona opted out of the physician supervision requirement for CRNAs. the sky didn’t fall, MDs didn’t lose their jobs, teams didn’t break up and there is better more cost effective access to anestheisa care than ever Thank you @dougducey #AZLeads @JRodCRNA @aanacrna

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

@ASALifeline if you want to "secure the future" stop thinking "either/or" and think "both/and"- Figure out how to maximize your value, NOT maximizing tensions between CRNAs and MDs, NOT stopping CRNAs from offering their full range of services to patients

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

But @ASALifeline's statutory supervision debates are now being seen for what they are: guild protection, NOT r/t safety.

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

@ASALifeline - this worsens teamwork dynamics between professionals. CRNAs are a separate, independent profession. It doesn't preclude teamwork - of course! Many MDs/CRNAs have healthy, valued, productive professional relationships.

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

@ASALifeline's move didn't work. It was called "ugly" and "honestly shameful" by AR legislators for seemingly misleading law enforcement and distracting from the real issues: access, competition, cost in anesthesiology.

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

(Quick FYI there is zero, zero, zero, zero evidence that CRNAs RX authority adds to the crisis. It's nonsensical. Perhaps we should look at current prescribers instead? I mean, CRNAs started @goopioidfree. This is classic politics ruining policy, @ASALifeline).

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

Yesterday @ASALifeline tried to argue that #CRNAs full practice adds to the #opioidcrisis. CRNAs, anesthesiology professionals that lead in REDUCING opioids

They even persuaded a police officer to testify

The problem? The bill doesn't actually address RX (opioid) authority

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

@NancyBarto @TylerPaceAZ @RosannaGabaldon @GonzalesSally @NavarreteAZ @WendyRogersAZ @TJShopeforAZ - looking forward to discussion and thank you for considering!

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

Discharge usually isn't a controversial issue. However, rather than thoughtful discussion, it appears there may be a knee-jerk, turf-based reaction to anything involving other professionals with overlapping services.

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

As AzANA GRC Chair, we promote SAFE-T policy - safety for patients, access for patients, fair competition between professionals, effective cost management, and teamwork among professionals. We remain open to collaboration with all groups to solve real-world problems.

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

ArMA did not reach out to all (perhaps even any, or major) proponents prior to this statement. Unfortunate. Communication is KEY to patient safety - and good health policy. AZANA has reached out multiple times this year in good faith (mostly unanswered).

[Joseph Rodriguez @JRod_AZThoughts]

What SB1300 does is fix a problem with DHS discharge (DC) rules, brings the policy up to date with CMS and other accred. orgs, maintains the responsibility of surgeons/phys. to DC, and adds flexibility for CRNAs to DC per AZ, which is part and parcel of CRNA responsibility.

[VHA Under Secretary @USHVHA]

Since the start of the pandemic, #VA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) have been on the front lines of patient care. During CRNA Week, we salute you for your courage, skill, dedication and sacrifice on behalf of America’s Veterans. https://t.co/HtTqVDQ74x