Solutions for the Healthcare Crises in Missouri

Join us in Jefferson City to examine the issue and review strategies for addressing the healthcare crises in Missouri.

The Missouri Nurses Association (MONA), Association of Missouri Nurse Practitioners (AMNP), and the Better Access Better Care Coalition (BABC) steering committee invite you to attend this joint event. We will be examining the healthcare crises in Missouri and will review strategies for addressing healthcare access issues in Missouri with a focus on our state’s APRNs. Join us on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at Capital Bluffs Event Center in Jefferson City, MO from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

This event is FREE to attend and lunch will be provided.

Tentative Sessions from National and Statewide speakers include:

PROVIDER PANEL: Provider perspectives on the healthcare crises in Missouri

Susan Klotz, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, Owner/Provider, Your Health Consultant
Julie Miller, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, CNOR(E), Director, Faculty Clinical Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner, Sinclair School of Nursing
Adam Wheeler, MD, MBA, FAAP, Founder, CEO, Big Tree Medical
Bruce Fletcher, APRN, FPMHNP-BC, Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Prairie Mental Health Services, LLC

KANSAS FULL PRACTICE AUTHORITY UPDATE

Christie Kriegshauser, Director of Political Affairs, Kansas Chamber
Michelle Knowles, KAPN Board Member
Elizabeth Patton, State Director, Americans for Prosperity, Kansas
Amy Siple, MD, MBA, FAAP, NP and President of KAPN when FPA was passed in Kansas, AmySipleNP, LLC

NATIONAL UPDATE ON APRN ISSUES

Tay Kopanos, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, VP State Government Affairs, American Association of Nurse Practitioners

MISSOURI NURSING & HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE REPORT

Jill Williams, MEd, SHRM-SCP, Vice President of Workforce Development, Missouri Hospital Association

NURSE ANETHESIST PRACTICE IN MISSOURI

Jeanie Skibiski, DNAP, MHA, CRNA, CPPS, FAANA, Associate Professor, Missouri State University

LEGISLATIVE PANEL: Legislators & others discussing health policy topics

Intended audience:

• Healthcare organizations
• Insurance companies
• Consumer advocates
• Hospital systems
• Policymakers
• Legislators
• Nursing community

This event is supported through generous funding from Missouri Foundation for Health.

Questions? Contact Jack Seigel, MONA Outreach Manager, by email at