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So there are several aspects to a National Convention: Political, Social, Networking, Social, Fundraising, Social, and Marketing. Many of these interact because of the emphasis on the social which blends many of the underlying purposes but a great aspect is being able to meet people from all around...

Hope you are following Ralph Kohl's tweets @AOTARKohl . If you can't follow him on your phone, you can check him out on-line. He got to race around the Charlotte Motor Speedway at 175 miles per hour, which is probably the speed he is actually moving to get around to all the activities at the...

This week AOTA is writing comments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on their report on March 8 about outpatient therapy services in Medicare. MedPAC is an advisory body to the US Congress. The Commission is composed of appointees but the work is generally done by staff. MedPAC is...

Health care may be perceived as on a negative trajectory these days, what with so much discussion of Medicare changes, threats and cuts to state Medicaid benefits, and the Supreme Court arguments over the Accountable Care Act mandate and other issues two weeks ago. (See AOTA's article http://www...

Several issues have come up this week that make me think about how important it is to describe occupational therapy correctly and convincingly. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission had a report at its meeting last week indicating that therapists use very general terms to describe what they do. Private...

Tim Nanof, Director of Federal Affairs, AOTA, made it safely to Tampa after a slight delay departing Baltimore due to storms. Tampa is just rainy. While the convention sessions have been delayed until Tuesday, a few other events are still being held. Watch for Tim's reports and follow him on twitter...

One issue AOTA regularly focuses on at the Federal level is the state of rehabilitation research, particularly the state of occupational therapy research. While there are many venues for addressing this critical if not overly sexy topic, a couple of the most well-known are the National Institutes of...

The conference in Indianapolis was a great time! The local conference committee and all the AOTA staff made it run like clockwork! My last post asked what was the future of OT in health care reform. Many conversations and presentations in Indy gave me some food for thought. I share these quotes: ...