Joint Affiliate (JA) CSPR/AACVPR Membership
Join today for $160 (regularly $220). $60 savings! This discount ends September 30, 2019.
Your membership to both sites will start immediately. There are many benefits to the JA membership, some of those include:
- 10 complimentary AACVPR or nursing CECs through AACVPR webcast.
- Access to evidence- and practice-based tools and resources that can be adopted into your program to improve PR utilization.
- Opportunity to register for the CSPR annual conference at the member rate. Please note: After September 30, when registering for our CSPR annual conference, there will not be a choice to join at conference registration.
- Influence the Washington “decision makers” with growing awareness of PR reimbursement proposals.
- For additional benefits view AACVPR.org.
Become a joint affiliate member now. Your membership cycle will be July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. Please include the code: CSPRWELCOME (existing CSPR members) CSPRNEW (first time joiners)
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CSPR and AACVPR JOINT AFFILIATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The CSPR Executive Committee has approved the process for the state organization to become a Joint Affiliate with AACVPR, Effective July, 2019.
Current CSPR members, dual CSPR and AACVPR members, and AACVPR members, will receive email correspondence from AACVPR the week of July 29, 2019, with details about joint membership benefits and instructions for renewal/joining, including discount code.
If you have any questions about this change, please contact Aimee Kizzar of CSPR at alkizziar@ucdavis.edu or Teo Tueres at ttueres@aacvpr.org at the AACVPR Executive Office.
We look forward to your continued support of CSPR and AACVPR, and hope the benefits of taking part in this collaborative effort will be worthwhile to your professional development and education.
MeetingsCSPR Southern Regional Meeting
Tuesday September 17, 2019 CANCELLED Meeting will be re-scheduled, TBA. North region meeting:
Friday, August 23, 2019 Hosted by: Stanford Healthcare/Valleycare Pulmonary Rehab
Location: Mertes Education Center, 1015 East Stanley Blvd, Livermore, CA 94550
Note: this building is on the corner of Fenton and East Stanley Blvd. Access parking lot via either street.
Presentations on Program Success and Development, Bronchiectasis and Airway Clearance.
CEU and Lunch provided! Professional networking and Program sharing! Hope to see you there! CSPR is joining the Call to Action with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) to improve Pulmonary Rehabilitation awareness
U.S. News & World Report (pick-up of HealthDay placement; RoseComm placed)
“Why Are So Few COPD Patients Getting Vital Rehab Treatment?” November 15, 2018 CT ViewPoints (Connecticut Mirror’s opinion site; op-ed by Dr. Rochester)
“Why don’t people with COPD get all the treatment they need?” December 13, 2018 Everyday Health “Most COPD Patients Are Missing Out on Pulmonary Rehab Benefits”
December 6, 2018 Everyday Health (profile of patient Lynn Markwell) “How Pulmonary Rehabilitation Helped My Lung Condition and Extended My Life” December 21, 2018
Additional information is available at LIVEBETTER.ORG
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Reimbursement Challenges and Strategies for Survival by Chris Garvey, et al.
Despite growing evidence for the clinical effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR), inadequate reimbursement and limited availability continue to hinder the effective PR delivery in the US.(1) A recent analysis indicates that, in 2012, only 3.7% of Medicare-eligible COPD patients received PR (2). Low reimbursement undeniably influences the availability of what is now the standard of care in chronic lung disease. More on Blog page AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Mary Burns Award The Mary Burns Award is given annually to a CSPR member in recognition of clinical excellence... click here for more info Educational Scholarship Each year CSPR makes a $500 scholarship available to a member to further their education.. click here for more info |
CTS 2019 Southern California Annual Educational Conference will be held Friday, October 4, 2019 - Saturday, October 5, 2019CTS would like to share Southern California Annual Education Fall Conference Program. We have identified areas of knowledge gaps among practicing Critical Care and Pulmonary healthcare professionals (MDs, RNs, RTs, Pharmacists, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, AHPs) and have developed a state-of-the-art program over 2 days:
Day 1 (Fri., Oct 4th) focuses on evolving Critical Care guidelines including ABCDEF (+G)ood Sleep, PADIS (Pain, Anxiety, Delirium/Sedation, Immobilization and Sleep), Ventilation liberation, (PICS) Post-Intensive Care Syndrome and Critical Care Burnout. Day 2 (Sat, Oct 5th): focuses 1/2 day each on review of Thoracic Imaging by chest radiologists from major academic centers in California and on Pleural Diseases. The pleural disease session would include a review of new scientific and clinical evidence on common and rare pleural diseases followed with Hands-on Procedural techniques. Attendees may choose to attend either Day 1 (Critical Care) , OR Day 2 (Pleural Diseases + Thoracic Imaging) or both to allow for maximal flexibility. We have been honored that 3 most prominent academicians in our field have accepted to participate: Dr Richard Light (on Pleural diseases), Dr Neil MacIntyre (on Ventilation Liberation) and past-ATS president, Dr Marc Moss (on critical care burnout and post-intensive care syndrome). Apart from 15.25 CME AMA category 1 credits for physicians, CTS is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP599 for 15.25 contact hours. The course also meets the requirements for CE for RCPs in California. The California Respiratory Care Board accepts the CTS’s CEU credits. CTS is the largest chapter of ATS and our goal has been to provide high quality, affordable local CME conferences on topics of greatest impact in our specialty to all healthcare personnel involved in the care of our patient population. Pulmonary Rehabilitation – California as a Leader in Improving Reimbursement and Awarenessby Chris Garvey NP, Richard Casaburi PhD, MD and Phil Porte
Bulletin for ATS PR Assembly
Please review and share with colleagues! Pulmonary rehabilitation is known to improve quality of life for patients with COPD and other lung diseases. The problem? Not enough patients, or their doctors, know about this treatment option. To help address that knowledge gap, the ATS has partnered with the Gawlicki Family Foundation to launch a pilot program to increase public awareness of pulmonary rehab. At the center of the campaign is a new, patient-friendly website: www.livebetter.org. On the website, visitors will find a number of resources to help patients (and their family, friends, caregivers and doctors) answer an important question: Is pulmonary rehab right for me? Related resources, include: Resources explaining pulmonary rehab and its benefits Directory of pulmonary rehab programs across the United States Criteria for selecting a PR Program and the enrollment process Patient stories Frequently Asked Questions The campaign is also being promoted through a public relations campaign. Here are a few recent news articles which were subsequently published in numerous other news outlets: Physician's Briefing: "Patients Hospitalized for COPD Rarely Receive Pulmonary Rehab," November 16, 2016 Everyday Health: "Most COPD Patients Are Missing Out on Pulmonary Rehab Benefits," December 6, 2018 Please share these resources, most especially www.livebetter.org, a related fact sheet and the attached social media posts, with your colleagues, patients and their families. ATS also has a Patient Education Information Series fact sheet on this topic. Pulmonary rehab can deliver real benefits and we want as many people as possible to know. |