On March 23 and 24, 2024 members of the New Jersey Society for Respiratory Care, as along with educators, and students from several NJ RT programs attended the New Jersey HOSA event held at the Burlington County Institute of Technology in Westhampton, NJ. Between and after competitions, as many as 700 junior and senior New […]
SOAR Act Introduction
The bipartisan Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform Act (SOAR) of 2024 was introduced in the U.S. House by Representatives by David Valadao (R-CA), Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Julia Brownley (D-CA). The legislation is identical to S 3821 introduced by U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) […]
Legislative Update – Practice Act Changes and Telehealth
Joseph Goss, MSJ, RRT-NPS, FAARC While most of us was enjoying a leisurely week leading up to the 4th of July holiday weekend, the NJ Legislature was busy. In just 3 days, both the State Senate and Assembly pass the NJSRC’s proposed bill, and before this article was finished, the governor has signed the bill […]
AARC Summer Lobby Week Is Over
A big Thank You to everyone that sent messages supporting respiratory care as a telehealth service and respiratory therapists. Individually your message is just one but with hundreds sent, it makes a difference. We finished in the top 10 during Virtual Lobby Week. For the week, we had 108 messages sent from 75 activist. We […]
Virtual Lobby Week – Summer 2017
Tell Congress We Need Co-Sponsors Great news for RTs! We now have three bills introduced in the House of Representatives that include respiratory care as a telehealth service and respiratory therapists among the professionals covered to provide telehealth or remote patient monitoring services under Medicare. Read more…
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