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2025 Newsletters

08/2025: Public Health Resources | Gov Affairs Updates | Conference Registration > Click Here

06/2025: 2025 Lobby Day | Payor Relations | Public Health Alerts > Click Here

04/2025: Conference Registration | Advocacy in Albany & Capitol Hill | Public Health Alerts > Click Here

02/2025: New NERUCA Leadership | NYC Health Care Coalition Participation | Key State Policy Updates > Click Here

News & Articles

NERUCA and Medline team up for webinar on disaster-proofing supply chains: Click Here>

Urgent Care Definition: Bridging the gap between primary care and emergency care. Click Here>

Resources

Pediatric Checklist: Pediatric Readiness Checklist in Urgent Care Click Here

State Updates

New York

● Priority Issue: Limited Scope Licensure – high-priority legislation; active lobbying underway.

● Update(s): Bills are active and with aligned language and primary sponsors; efforts are underway to secure co-sponsors. Lobbying will continue in the coming weeks. Grassroots advocacy will follow. We’re also monitoring developments related to the credit card payment law enacted last fall.

● Key Bills / Legislation: NY A2685 – Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia; NY S684 – Senator Monica R. Martinez [D]; GBL-519A

● Do you live in New York? We need more support for limited-scope RT’s! Click this link to urge your local legislators to support and co-sponsor A07753 Click Here>

New Jersey

● Priority Issue: Limited Scope Licensure – currently in a holding pattern.

● Update(s): NERUCA is exploring a renewed legislative approach and monitoring older bills that may impact urgent care. NERUCA is awaiting feedback on legislative language, monitoring potential national movement, and exploring collaborative opportunities to support advocacy.

● Key Bills / Legislation: NJ S1111 – Senator John McKeon [D]; NJ S1109 – Senator Britnee Timberlake [D]

● Do you live in New Jersey? We need legislators to lower the requirements to become a limited-scope x-ray tech! Click this link to urge your local legislators to support this legislation! Click Here>

● New Jersey August State Updates: Click Here>

Connecticut

● Priority Issue: Limited Scope Licensure – strategic positioning under new terminology.

● Update(s): Recent advocacy efforts have included productive conversations with stakeholders including healthcare partners, policy experts, academic institutions, and industry leaders. These efforts aim to align on terminology and strategy that will support workforce development and improve timely access to care across the state.

● Key Bills / Legislation: CT SB00486

Massachusetts

● Priority Issue: Limited Scope Licensure – progressing through regulatory path.

● Update(s): Draft regulations are currently in development. Following guidance from officials, the path forward is focused on regulatory, rather than legislative, changes. NERUCA submitted a supporting memo and will continue to monitor developments closely.

● Key Regulation: 105 CMR 125.00

NERUCA Leadership Team

Advancing Urgent Care Together

The Board Members and Committee Chairs at NERUCA are committed to ongoing support for its members and the states we serve. Our goal is to help urgent care centers across the Northeast by combining our knowledge, skill sets, key sources of information, and contacts to keep the medical community and our members up to date.

View Our Board Members
  • Markintosh Barthelemy, MD, MBA, FACEP – President
  • Luis de la Prida, CM&AA – Vice President
  • Todd Martin, MBA, FACHE – Treasurer
  • Robert Hargraves, MSN, MBA, RN – Secretary
  • Sarah Alasya – Board Member & Committee Chair
  • Ryan Sadlier – Board Member & Committee Chair
  • Michael Pond, MD – Board Member & Committee Chair
  • Peter Hotz, MBA – Board Member
  • Ravinder Singh, MD – Board Member
  • Rajesh Geria, MD – Board Member
  • Jeannie Kenkare, DO – Board Member
  • Jonathan S. Halpert, MD FACEP – Committee Chair
  • Faisal Ashraf, MD – Committee Chair
  • John Kulin, DO, FACEP, FCUCM – Committee Chair
  • Shaun Ginter, MBA, FACHE – Immediate Past President
  • Samantha Burke – Administrative Director

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