RC Week is October 23-29 – time to plan ahead! The 2016 AARC RC week planning guide can be found here. To shop for official RC week products, shop the AARC store.
Do you know of any programs in your state where RTs are part of a telehealth program that is currently being reimbursed by private insurers?
We need you to send us the information: Name of the Program / Institution / Location. Description of the type of telehealth services (involving conditions such as COPD and asthma, neonatal/pediatric, ICU, critical care, education and training, vent weaning, etc.). Number of RTs involved in the program. Does the program include remote patient monitoring services […]
Congress Needs to Hear from You
Let the Advocacy Begin! In a few short weeks over 130 respiratory therapists from nearly every state in the country will head to Washington, D.C. for the 17th annual Respiratory Therapy Capitol Hill Advocacy Day. They will be joined by an additional contingent of local RT students and pulmonary patients. You can help pave the […]
AARC Mourns the Loss of Forrest M. Bird
The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) lost its oldest living member on August 2, 2015, when Forrest Bird, MD, PhD, ScD, FAARC, passed away in Sagle, ID at the age of 94. Read more on the AARC Site
Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (D-CA) Gregg Harper (R-MS), Diane Black (R-TN) and Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced H.R. 2948, the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2015. The bipartisan legislation will expand coverage of telehealth services under Medicare by putting them on the path toward parity with in-person health care visits. Mike Thompson […]
