The Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (PCNP) is an organization representing the interests of over 7,000 Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners (CRNPs) in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PCNP is an affiliate member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American College of Nurse Practitioners. PCNP is dedicated to ensuring that all citizens of the Commonwealth have access to quality, affordable healthcare. To achieve this goal, all government entities must have knowledge of the various healthcare providers that are educated and have the skill sets necessary to provide healthcare and to remove the barriers to practice that prevent some providers from doing so. Licensed healthcare providers in the Commonwealth must be utilized to their full scope of practice in a statutory and regulatory environment that both recognizes and supports full scope of practice and authorizes direct reimbursement for that care.