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NATA members are encouraged to create
and register groups as part of the
national
President's
Challenge through
April 3. NATA is a long-time science
partner of the President's Council on
Physical Fitness & Sports, and the
six-week physical activity challenge is
designed to get America moving.
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MEMBERS: CALL TO ACTION
~ NOW
The athletic training
profession is again being
threatened by government
regulation. This time,
Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) is
proposing rule changes to the
way hospitals staff their
outpatient clinics and other
rehabilitation departments.
NATA is concerned that these
changes will impact a large
percentage of our membership,
including those in the clinical
and secondary school settings.
For complete info, go
here
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Congratulations
to NATA
Awards
Winners
in
SEATA! |
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How to
get your
NPI
All
medical
providers
and
suppliers
including
Athletic
Trainers
will
need to
use
their
NPI in
all
electronic
transactions
beginning
May 23,
2007.
Several
members
have
asked
how
exactly
does one
go about
getting
this NPI
number?
Here are
the
details:
-
Go
to
the
NPI
site
https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do
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Click
to
register
as
"Health
Care
Provider"
-
Click
"Apply
online
for
an
NPI"
-
Follow
directions
for
name,
address,
phone,
etc.
-
Screen
prompts
you
to
"Add
Identifier
--
Please
Enter
All
Other
Provider
Identifiers
(UPIN,
Medicare,
Medicaid,
and
Others):"-meaning
Medicare/Medicaid
identifiers
for
you
that
already
exists
somewhere.
We
do
not
have
these,
so
hit
"Next"
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Screen
prompts
you
to
"Add
Taxonomy":--
Click
provider
type
#22:
"Respiratory,
Rehabilitative
&
Restorative
Service
Providers",
then
click
next
--
Scroll
down
the
list
on
the
next
screen
to
"2255A2300X
Specialist/Technologist-Athletic
Trainer",
highlight
this
area
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Enter
your
state
license
number
into
the
appropriate
box
and
hit
next.
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Read
and
agree
to
legal
page
-
You
will
receive
an
email
with
your
NPI
info
within
a
day
or
so.
This
really
is
important
to ALL
of us,
whether
you are
billing
for
services
now or
not. You
may one
day need
to, or
at least
someone
you know
may need
to. The
greater
our
numbers,
the
better
chance
we have
of being
heard on
the
national
level.
THAT
certainly
impacts
us all. |
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Jack
Cramer Scholarship 2007
Information & Application Materials
www.nata.org/cramerscholarship/index.htm |
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NATA
has just launched
The High School Connection,
a new subscription service for high
school students interested in learning
about and possibly pursuing a career in
athletic training. If you know a
high schooler who's interested in
athletic training, please refer him or
her to the following website:
www.nata.org/highschoolconnection |
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Look! NATA's first podcast is here
NATA has just launched its very first
podcast. In it, six certified athletic
trainers who work in professional
baseball talk about that work setting.
It's 20 minutes long and you can
listen to it free
here |
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New legislation introduced to add athletic trainers as Medicare providers
A new bill, "Access to Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Improvement Act of 2006" (S. 3963), was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Sept. 28.
The bill does two things:
NATA members: Go here for complete information |
NATA Members:
Legislative Alert Center
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Please visit the Alert Center to contact your
legislators on issues important to the
profession. You can make a tremendous impact
with your words, and knowledge is power. It
takes about five minutes to learn the issues and
send a letter to Congress.
Click here to visit the Legislative Alert Center
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COLLEGE
ATHLETIC
TRAINING
EDUCATORS:
REWARDS
GALORE
FOR YOU
AND YOUR
STUDENTS!
$100 for
your
college's
athletic
training
student
club?
Free
convention
registrations?
YES, and
more!
NATA is
going
all-out
to
encourage
student
members
to join.
If
you're
an
athletic
training
educator
working
in a
college/university,
you can
participate
in our
exciting
new
campaign.
We're
making
it easy
for you,
too - go
HERE
to read
all
about
it. |
STUDENT
NATA
MEMBERS:
NEW,
FREE
ONLINE
RESOURCE
JUST FOR
YOU
CHATS is
NATA's
new
online
forum
for
students.
It's
Communications
Helping
Athletic
Training
Students,
and it
lets
student
members
post
messages,
profiles
and
photos.
They can
share
their
thoughts
and
ideas on
any
issue
related
to
athletic
training,
or talk
about
anything
else
with
their
fellow
students.
It's
free,
it's
fun,
it's
useful
and it's
running
now.
STUDENTS:
If you
haven't
already
signed
on to
CHATS,
go
HERE |
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National Provider Identifier (NPI)
Information
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"How the CMS Decision
Affects
You" |
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National
Outcomes Research
Analysis project (NORA)
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