HCW-00006 American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists (Pearce, Sharon)

Submission Number: 00006
Received:2/16/2015 9:39:34 AM

Commenter: SharonPearce
Organization:American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
State:District of Columbia
Commenter: RandiGold
Organization:American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
State:District of Columbia

Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Initiative:FTC, DOJ to Host Second Public Workshop on Examining U.S. Health Care Competition; Project No. P13-1207
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Attached please find a letter from Sharon P. Pearce, CRNA, MSN, President of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists regarding the notice of public workshop on Examining Health Care Competition. We have seven attachments, including our letter and studies. Due to the limit on attachments we will be sending the remaining attachments in under a separate entry. Here, the attachments are: 1. AANA Comment Letter 2. Health Affairs study: “No Harm Found When Nurse Anesthetists Work Without Supervision By Physicians” 3. Nursing Economics study: “Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Anesthesia Providers” Thank you for the opportunity for comment.