Supervision Watch · 2026-W38

Five states, four names for the same PA paperwork

This week we hold the language up to the light: Arizona, Indiana, Nevada, New Jersey and Ohio each name the PA's governing document differently. One federal notice touches disability documentation you may be asked to write.

On the docket

  1. SSA issues SSR 26-2p on documenting disability in young adults

    Physician Assistant · Notice · 2026-09-01

    The Social Security Administration published notice of Social Security Ruling 26-2p, which consolidates its policies on documenting and evaluating disability in young adults and rescinds and replaces SSR 11-2p. If your practice supplies records or opinion evidence for disability claims, this is the ruling the agency will apply to that documentation.

    Source: Federal Register: Social Security Ruling, SSR 26-2p; Titles II and XVI: Documenting and Evaluating Disability in Young Adults

Term of the week: Supervision Agreement

5 state and clinician pages use a name in the supervision agreement family. Each state's exact wording is on its page.

  1. Arizona calls it: written supervision agreement

    Arizona · Physician Assistant

  2. Indiana calls it: written supervisory agreement

    Indiana · Physician Assistant

  3. Nevada calls it: written supervisory agreement

    Nevada · Physician Assistant

  4. New Jersey calls it: written supervision agreement

    New Jersey · Physician Assistant

  5. Ohio calls it: Supervision Agreement

    Ohio · Physician Assistant

Every outside claim carries the source it was read from this week. Our own research dates are on each state page. Published 2026-09-14.

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