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June 2009 Newsletter

April 2010 Newsletter

Dear Utah APTA Members,

Thank you for the opportunity to represent you at the recent APTA House of Delegates. Please view the summary of House actions prepared by secretary Babette Sanders. Please feel free to contact us, should you have further questions or comments.

Sincerely,

Ed Gappmaier (ed.gappmaier[at]hsc.utah.edu)
Jeff Lau (laujp6[at]hsc.utah.edu)
Dave Carter (dave.carter[at]hsc.utah.edu)
Larry Fullmer (larry[at]rptutah.com)
Amy Black (amy.black[at]hsc.utah.edu)

August 2010

PTA Newsletter

Hi everyone! I wanted to let you know what happened at the House of Delegates this past June. You may review the “Press Release” that I have attached, but here it is in a nutshell.

RC-1: Full vote for the PTA at the component level required a 2/3 majority vote because it was a bylaw change. We did get a majority vote but not 2/3rds so the motion did not pass. It will be sent to the Governance Review Committee for additional consideration. Please take some time to fill out the questionnaire from APTA Governance Review and let them know how you feel about this issue.

RC-15: Wanted PT clinics to be reimbursed for services provided by ATC, massage therapists and exercise physiologists, this RC was withdrawn from the floor. No discussion.

You can access information about the House of Delegates on the APTA web site.

Would any of you be interested in another review course for the licensing test? We have an opportunity to have another course held at the University if there is a need, please let me know.

Remember to take time off for this falls conference, you can find information about the conference on the Utah Chapter web page, www.uptaonline.org.

I am also sending you a PTA payment problems data form, throughout the country we have experienced a trend of third party payers refusing to pay for services provided by PTAs or paying at a discounted rate. If you have experienced this in your setting please fill out the form and send it to Janet Crosier, janetcrosier@apta.org.

My term as the PTA representative is up at the end of this year, if any of you are interested in running for this office please let me know. It would be helpful if you could e-mail me a small bio, with some of your work history and any leadership experience you may have, then I can forward that to the Utah Board and Nominating Committee. Please consider running, it’s a good experience.

Please contact me if you have any question or concerns, the e-mail listed on the Utah Chapter web page has been troublesome so feel free to e-mail me at work and I will try to get back to you ASAP.

Thanks, Amy
amy.black[at]hsc.utah.edu
(801) 585-7341 work