Join us Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 7pm - 2023 WVNA Legislative Preview and Legislative Leader Training
Posted over 2 years ago by Julie Huron
Join WVNA President Joyce Wilson and Health Policy and Legislative Chair, Jodi Biller for the 2023 Legislative Preview and Legislative Leader Training on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 7pm.
WVNA President, Joyce Wilson, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Joyce Wilson is a Family Nurse Practitioner with the Belington Medical Clinic, in Barbour County, WV.
Wilson received her undergraduate degrees from Davis and Elkins College and Alderson Broaddus College in West Virginia and she received her MSN from the University of Pittsburgh.
Joyce has served as the President of the West Virginia Nurses Association since the fall of 2019 and has served on the WVNA board of directors as Secretary, 1st Vice President and President Elect.
Joyce has been involved with the West Virginia Nurses Association and the WVNurses-PAC for several years and in 2018 she was elected as the WVN-PAC Chairperson.
Wilson is a civic-minded nurse and serves on numerous health care boards across West Virginia which include the West Virginians for Affordable Healthcare, Davis Health System / Broaddus hospital in Philippi, WV.
Joyce became a WVNA member to assist with passage of full practice authority for APRN’s, she has been a representative for WVNA to the American Nurses Association Advocacy Institute in 2017-2018, and she is passionate about nursing policy and health care legislation in West Virginia.
WVNA Health Policy and Legislative Chair, Jodi Biller, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Dr. Jodi Biller is a Marshall University Alumna, recently completing her doctor of nursing practice (DNP) from West Virginia University in December 2022. She completed all prior nursing education at Marshall University. In 2007, she completed an associates of science in nursing from Marshall University/St. Mary’s School of Nursing. While working full-time at St. Mary’s Medical Center and per diem at Cabell Huntington Hospital she completed the RN to BSN (2010) and Master of Science in Nursing (2013).
Biller is advanced practice registered nurse in the division of pulmonary medicine at Marshall Health. She has a passion for population health and healthcare policy and is driven to make changes for APRNs to provide care at the full extent of their scope of practice. Individualized patient centered care is the foundation of her practice. In West Virginia, Biller had two bills sponsored that have become state law. These included no managed care organization can deny payment to APRNs based on having a collaborative agreement and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners are now able to provide counseling to patients with substance use disorder. Through team building and continued relationships Biller works closely with legislative leaders in West Virginia and Washington, D.C. She finds gaps in care and creates workable solutions resulting in superior care for our community.
Currently, she is the West Virginia State Liaison for American Association of Nurse Practitioners and chair of the Health Policy and Legislation Committee for West Virginia Nurses Association.