The AARC kicks off today their 2018 Virtual Lobby Campaign! The aim is to gain support in Congress for a telehealth pilot focused solely on respiratory therapists (RT) as telehealth practitioners. This program will give us the chance to gather information on both the health impact and costs associated with these services. It will also […]
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…
Virtual Lobby Week: How’d We Do?
Thank you to those who took the time and participated in the 2017 AARC Virtual Lobby Week. While we did not make the top ten this year, we will succeed next year! Here is the final breakdown:
Virtual Lobby Week has Begun!
Today begins the AARC 2017 VLW, where we can help each other make a difference in Washington D.C. This year, over 120 other respiratory therapists will meet with congressional representatives advocating the important role respiratory therapist play in telehealth. Last year the AARC had over 30,000 messages sent but NJ had 480; that placed us […]
