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Association News
The VPTA would like to thank Sarah Schmidt, PTA, for her service to the Virginia Board of Physical Therapy. Sarah, who recently concluded her term, spent 8 years on the Board. She served as the President of the Board from 2014-2016. Thank you, Sarah, for your determined volunteerism and your work to ensure that physical therapy was provided in the safest manner possible.   
by Colleen Whiteford
I recently returned from a 9-day trip to Italy. No, I did not see much of the sights, drink lots of wine, or eat gondola-loads of amazing food (I resorted to canned tuna one day for lunch). But I did learn a lot more about one of my favorite topics: FASCIA! All events were through the Fascial Manipulation (FM)® Institute in Padova, Italy, the birthplace of this method. There, Italian physiotherapist Luigi Stecco continues to develop his concepts, aided by his son, Antonio, and his daughter, Carla, who are both physicians, researchers, instructors, lecturers and authors known all over the world. Regulatory Update
1. TRICARE and PTAs: In accordance with the FY2018 National Defense Reauthorization Act, TRICARE is engaging in rule-making to add physical and occupational therapy assistants as TRICARE-authorized providers. The rule proposes that these providers will be added as TRICARE-authorized providers, under the same qualification requirements established by Medicare. We are hopeful DoD will release the proposed rule in Q4 of 2018 or Q1 of 2019. 2. MedPAC: APTA submitted comments to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) in response to its June 2018 Report to Congress. MedPAC recommends that CMS increase reimbursement for ambulatory evaluation and management (E&M) services. To offset this payment increase, MedPAC recommends reducing reimbursement for non-ambulatory E&M services, including physical therapy. APTA also submitted a comment letter with PPS and APTQI. 
Governor Ralph Northam has appointed Rebecca Duff, PTA, MS, to the Board of Physical Therapy. Rebecca joins President Arkena L. Dailey, PT, DPT, Vice President Elizabeth Locke, PT, PhD, Tracy Adler, PT, DPT, Susan Szasz Palmer, citizen member, Mira Mariano, PT, DPT, OCS, and Allen R Jones, PT, DPT (who was reappointed for a second 4-year term by the governor).
Student News
This year, the VPTA SSIG is launching a T-shirt fundraiser to raise money for future student scholarships, events and travel opportunities. 100 percent of the profits from this fundraiser will go toward supporting student VPTA members. This shirt is the perfect way to show pride in your profession and state while supporting local PT/PTA students! Please consider supporting this fundraiser and wear your VPTA shirts with pride to show your local communities that Virginia is for Physical Therapy!
Virginia PT T-shirts are here! Support the VPTA SSIG and represent your state and profession with pride by buying a T-shirt! This year, students from 178 schools raised $328,456 as part of the Mercer-Marquette Challenge for the Foundation for Physical Therapy. The top fundraising schools were announced at the Foundation’s Awards Luncheon held during the 2018 APTA NEXT Conference in Orlando, FL. Virginia Commonwealth University took second place, by raising $40,955.
District News
Tidewater District holds first meeting of the year!  RSVP for Tidewater District's Cadaver Lab session on Wednesday, November 14!
Join Tidewater for Global PT Day of Service and a social to celebrate National PT Month on Saturday, October 13!
September Meeting: Central District
Our gracious speaker, Josh Sloan spoke about the Sportable mission and their amazing organization for our September 5th district meeting. We had 41 people come out to listen about all the opportunities that their mission provides. They are also looking for volunteers for their October 27-28 Basketball tournament. Click on the link below for more information about volunteering with Sportable.
Upcoming Event: PT Day of Service Combined Sections Meeting
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