NPA Chief Stephen Ferrara Of White Plains Spotlighted at Conference

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains Nurse Practitioner Stephen Ferrara, executive director of the Nurse Practitioner Association of New York State, recently spoke at the NPA’s annual conference in Saratoga Springs. N.Y., where nurse practitioners were recognized for the important roles they play in the state’s health care system.

Pictured. from left, NPA Executive Director Stephen Ferrara of White Plans and State Health Commissioner Donna Frescatore stand with Eastchester Nurse Practitioner Joy Elwell and Port Jefferson Station Nurse Practitioner Jeanne Martin.
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by Nathan Bruttell

12/11/2013 4:00 a.m.

New York State Health Commissioner Donna Frescatore, Gov. Cuomo’s point person to implement New York State’s health exchange to comply with the Affordable Care Act, joined Ferrera at the event.

The 29th Annual Conference was the largest gathering of nurse practitioners ever in New York State, as 600 nurse practitioners from throughout the Northeast converged upon Saratoga Springs to "discover the latest information in regards to primary caregiving with 65 different events and learning labs, along with an update to the NPA’s legislative agenda and its efforts to remove artificial practice barriers for all nurse practitioners," according to a release.

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