Congratulations to Nick Clayton from SUNY Stony Brook. He is our latest winner of the NYSSRC student essay contest. Nick grew up in East Setauket on Long Island and has lived here all his life. Nick comes from a long line of respiratory therapists. His mom was a respiratory therapist for many years at a […]
AARC Capitol Connection – Write to Congress Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) has introduced the AARC-backed Medicare Respiratory Therapist Access Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, identified as HR 2619, will permit qualified respiratory therapists to provide self-management services to Medicare patients in physician’s offices. “We have listened to the feedback from previous
Chapter 262 of the Laws of 2011, effective August 3, 2012, established the profession of Polysomnographic Technology in New York State. Individuals must now hold authorization from the Education Department to provide polysomnographic technology services or to use the title “Authorized Polysomnographic Technologist.” Licensed individuals who are already permitted to practice polysomnographic technology services within
AARC with input from North Carolina respiratory therapy leaders immediately began researching the situation and ultimately went to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to address the issue from a nationwide standpoint. CMS suggested that the AARC develop a Position Statement clarifying the profession’s stance on the delivery of respiratory medications and now
