Legislative
Alert!
Health reform will be the hot topic in
Washington DC this summer. What will likely happen is
that a health reform bill will be the one and only big
health care legislative initiative in Congress. Medicare
bill provisions that have nothing to do with actual
health reform will be attached to this one large bill.
S 343 and HR 1077 are being considered
in Congress now.
This is our Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative
that will expand the ability of qualified respiratory
therapists to deliver services in physician offices
without the physician having to be in the office when
they do it.
To ensure our bills move forward,
we need to urge Congress to include the provisions of
those bills into the health reform legislation.
So you're on tap for a job. .
. we need you to write to your members of Congress now
and ask them to include S 343 (in the Senate) and HR
1077 (in the House) in the health care reform that moves
forward.
We have made it easy. Use the online email authoring
tool provided on the AARC's
website. Do this today and ask your friends to do so
as well.
Write to Congress
http://capwiz.com/aarc/issues/alert/?alertid=13608796
Read more on this issue and health reform http://www.aarc.org/headlines/09/06/health_reform.cfm
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Our Mission
"Our Mission is to be the expert providers
in cardiopulmonary medicine. We strive to be a resource
to our patients and the communities we serve and to
provide educational opportunities to respiratory care
professionals within our boundaries and beyond."
General Information
The Maryland/District of Columbia Society for
Respiratory Care Inc. is a non-profit chartered affiliate
of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
The Society is comprised of over 800 respiratory professionals
in Maryland and the District of Columbia and represents
the interests of respiratory care professionals and
the patient's within these boundaries.
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