Welcome to our website Membership has many benefits including early notice of continuing education programs, federal and national government affairs monitoring, and continuing education credit tracking. Online registration for conferences and access to member only areas are functioning. Other special features will be added over the coming months as needed to better serve you. Again welcome, and take advantage of of AARC and NJSRC membership.
Did You Know!
The member area is accessible to AARC active, associate and student members. If your membership is on hold, inactive or classified as special you will not have access. Membership information is updated monthly from the AARC membership list. Check you current AARC information under 'My Profile'.
At the NJSRC conference this year, the society provided important documents to the attendees. Information provided covered topics including where to find continuing education programs, activities of the AARC and NJSRC, Project 435, and a continuing education tracking form. These documents are now available online. Just log-in to access these forms under the community tab.
If you are an active member, don't forget to check your profile to ensure that all of your information is correct. Add your email address to receive early notification of society activities.
NJSRC - Division of Consumer Affairs
The Division has published the requirements for providers of oxygen and oxygen delivery systems. The Division of Consumer Affairs (Division) notice to providers of oxygen or an oxygen delivery system that they are required to notify the fire department or company serving the municipality in which a patient resides of the name and address of the patient and the existence of oxygen or an oxygen delivery system at that residence. Read more on the Division website.
AARC - Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative
The Senate has introduced a bill for the Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative, creating a new momentum for the AARC’s government affairs agenda. The bill was introduced by Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID). The Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative will help patients receive better access to health care services. HR-3968 is the House version of the bill introduced last year.
The bills will revise the Medicare law to permit qualified respiratory therapists to provide certain services, such as smoking cessation, asthma management, medication education, and inhaler training.
RTs working in pulmonary rehabilitation breathed a big sigh of relief in July when the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act and a specific Medicare benefit for pulmonary rehab finally became law.
For many, that initial sense of victory, however, has turned into a string of unanswered questions. When will the benefit go into effect? Which services will be covered? What will be the frequency and duration of the services that are approved? And what do we do in the meantime?
The AARC has developed a new document aimed at answering those questions. Download the document from the AARC website.
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The New Jersey Society for Respiratory Care (NJSRC) is a chartered affiliate of the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). The NJSRC is a non-profit organization with the dedicated purpose of promoting and advancing the art, science, technology, and ethics of respiratory care in the State of New Jersey. Our goal is to accomplish this by providing the highest quality of educational resources and participating as a society in promoting respiratory related public health issues. The state society through our membership is intent on facilitating the cooperation and understanding between the respiratory care practitioner, the medical profession, health care employers, the government, and the public with the goal of always providing the state-of-the-art in respiratory care services.
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