AOTA's 1-Minute Update, May 21, 2007




	This issue sponsored by MossRehab May 21, 2007
Click pictures below for details. AOTA's Online Career Center Live Audio Conference! Managing Productivity Requirements June 6, 2007 2 p.m.-4 p.m. ET Register Through June 4 Coming June 2007 Occupational Therapy Assessment Tools: An Annotated Index, 3rd Ed. (With CD-ROM) Now Available Interactive Resources for Occupational Therapy Managers and Administrators (CD-ROM) Links AOTA.org News Member Services Students Consumer Info Scope of Practice Advertising		"This legislation will assure quality for health care consumers by requiring a license to practice occupational therapy." —Christine Mahnesmith, President, Indiana Occupational Therapy Association, on passage of licensure for OTs in Indiana
	Indiana Approves Licensure for OTs Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed legislation on May 8 that upgrades the state's certification law to licensure and makes other updates to the state's occupational therapy practice act. Leaders of the Indiana Occupational Therapy Association have worked for more than 5 years to get this legislation passed. Read more. OTs Eligible for Bonus Under Quality Reporting Initiative A major AOTA advocacy effort paid off with the inclusion of occupational therapists in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) program. Read more. Visit the Conference Photo Galleries Nearly 5,000 of your colleagues attended AOTA's 87th Annual Conference & Expo in St. Louis last month. In addition to providing a wealth of CE opportunities, Conference also was a great time to reconnect with old friends and make new ones. Find colleagues—or yourself—in the "Events & Expo" and "Snapshots" photo galleries. Read more. Call For Papers—88th Annual Conference & Expo in Long Beach AOTA invites you to share your innovations and experiences by submitting a proposal to present at the 88th AOTA Annual Conference & Expo in Long Beach, CA, April 10-13. Proposals may be submitted via the Internet through midnight (EST) Thursday, June 14, 2006. Read more. Federal Legislative Issues Update—May 2007 Congress is making the push to Memorial Day recess. Read about the IDEA Part C regulations that were recently released and other issues affecting OT on Capitol Hill in the May issue of the Federal Legislative Issues Update. Read more. June's Scope of Practice Issues Update Learn about state licensure efforts, changes states are considering to laws that regulate occupational therapy practitioners, and scope-related motions the Representative Assembly acted on during its spring 2007 meeting. This month's Q&A addresses outpatient therapy cap limits and the appropriate use of occupational therapy interventions for neck and back pain and temporomandibular joint dysfunction. Read more. Evidence BYTE: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Available A special issue of Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation (2006: Volume 13, Number 2) features the "Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation." The Ottawa Systematic Review Group, including occupational therapist Mary Egan, addressed 13 categories of post-stroke intervention. A summary is available. Online journal. Download article. Announcements ACOTE Seeks Accreditation Evaluators The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE^®) is seeking new members for the Roster of Accreditation Evaluators (RAE). RAE members evaluate compliance with ACOTE Standards for more than 277 OT and OTA educational programs. Deadline: July 2 Read more. SIS Call for Nominations Nominations are now being accepted for the next chairperson of four Special Interest Sections: Developmental Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Sensory Integration, and Work Programs. Deadline: August 15 Read more. Issue Sponsor MossRehab offers MORE for our staff and their patients. Visit www.einstein.edu to explore the progressive environment that our staff enjoys: research, state-of-the-art programs, education, career development. Call Samantha White, 215-456-2437 To change or update your e-mail address, go to Member Services and edit your membership information or send e-mail address changes to members@aota.org. Copyright and Reprint Information Copyright © 2007, by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. All rights reserved. U.S. federal copyright law protects all material in this newsletter. It may not be reprinted in any form, redistributed electronically to persons who are not AOTA members, or posted on any Web site without explicit written permission from AOTA, Inc. View our copyright and reprint information.
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