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Mark your calendars and plan to join us for IPRC’s exciting 2024 educational webinar series!
Complimentary registration for all IPRC webinars is a benefit of your RCPA/IPRC Membership.

  • Thursday, January 18, 10:30 am – 11:30 am EST
    A Multidisciplinary Approach to Complex Craniofacial Diagnosis
  • Thursday, February 1, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
    Access to Care: Therapeutic Strategies to Support Autistic Individuals in Medical Settings
  • Monday, March 4, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
    Preventing Secondary Trauma & Practical Self Care for Rehabilitation Providers
  • Tuesday, April 23, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
    EBP Part 1: Strategies to Critically Evaluate Research & Literature
  • Tuesday, April 30, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
    EBP Part 2: Applying Evidence into Clinical Practice
  • Thursday, May 30, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
    Treating Post-Covid Conditions in Children: What We’ve Learned in the Past 4 Years
  • Wednesday, June 5, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
    Treating Facial Movement Disorders
  • Tuesday, August 6, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
    The Role of the Pediatric Rehab Professional Along the Cancer Care Continuum
  • Thursday, September 5, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
    Using Music for Assessment and Care of Children and Young People With Disorders of Consciousness
  • Wednesday, November 6, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
    Mobilization of the Pediatric Ventilated Patient

All webinars are recorded and archived on the IPRC website. For more information or assistance with access, contact Cindi Hobbes, IPRC Director.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST; 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST;
11:00 am – 12:00 pm MST; 10:00 am – 11:00 am PST

Chani Traube, MD, FAAP, FCCM
Speaker/Panelist Bio:
Dr. Chani Traube is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care, and Director of Clinical Research Mentoring for the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine. She is also Chair of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (CPCCRN). Dr. Traube is a clinical researcher with expertise in pediatrics, pediatric critical illness, delirium, sedation, and PICU outcomes. She is the Principal Investigator for several NIH-funded multi-site studies investigating the epidemiology of delirium, pharmacokinetics of sedatives, and long-term cognitive outcomes in critically ill children.

Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will:

  • Define pediatric delirium and its associated morbidity;
  • Describe the prevalence and morbidity of delirium in seriously ill children;
  • Recognize that delirium occurs frequently in children with Acquired Brain Injury during inpatient rehabilitation; and
  • Verify that widespread screening for pediatric delirium is feasible.

Audience: This webinar is intended for all members of the rehabilitation team, including medical staff, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, licensed psychologists, mental health professionals, and other interested professionals.

Level: Intermediate

Certificate of Attendance: Certificates of attendance are available for all attendees. No CEs are provided for this course.

Registration: *Please note that this event is hosted on a different platform; no pre-registration is required. 
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Meeting ID: 975 8167 5193
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released two reports focused on Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS). The reports are the Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Annual Expenditures Report, Federal Fiscal Year 2020, and the Medicaid Section 1915 (c) Waiver Programs Annual Expenditures and Beneficiaries Report.

These reports provide information on the LTSS rebalancing trends and patterns in expenditures for different home and community-based services (HCBS) and institutional care, both nationally and across states.

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From June through August 2023, the Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) held Listen and Learn Sessions across Pennsylvania. There were a total of sixteen in-person sessions and three virtual sessions where Community HealthChoices (CHC), OBRA, Act 150, and Living Independence for the Elderly (LIFE) participants, family members, and community members were able to offer input on how OLTL could improve its programs.

A summary of the input provided is now available and can be viewed here.

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RCPA held a golf fundraiser for the RCPA Political Action Committee (RCPA PAC) on Monday, October 9, 2023. This successful event raised much-needed funds for our legislative activities, and we would like to thank all the generous golfers who participated and contributed. Congratulations to our winners! In addition, we would like to thank our sponsors:

Tournament Sponsor:

  • Expert County Care Management

Lunch Sponsors:

  • Brier Dlugolecki Strategies
  • Novak Strategic Advisors

Beverage Hole Sponsors:

  • Comprehensive Financial Associates/PA Pension Planners
  • Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Prize Sponsors:

  • Qualifacts
  • Salisbury Behavioral Health, a division of RHA Health Services

Hole Sponsors:

  • Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy
  • Christopher S. Lucas & Associates
  • Embolden WC Trust
  • Firetree, Ltd
  • Hearten Workers’ Comp Program
  • Pinnacle Treatment Centers, Inc.
  • Step By Step, Inc.
  • Threshold Rehabilitation Services, Inc.

Your support is always appreciated. We encourage anyone interested to make a personal contribution to the RCPA PAC. For your convenience, you can now make an online contribution. Thank you again for your participation and support, and congratulations to our golf winners!

Your participation in the RCPA-PAC is completely voluntary, and you may contribute as much or as little as you choose. Donations are not tax-deductible and will be used for political purposes. You may choose not to participate without fear of reprisal. You will not be favored or disadvantaged by reason of the amount of your contribution or decision not to contribute.

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The Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL) has released the agenda and details to register for the November 1, 2023, Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Subcommittee meeting. The mission of the MLTSS Subcommittee is to be a resource to the Medical Assistance Advisory Committee (MAAC), enabling the Committee to advise the Department of Human Services (DHS) and OLTL on issues regarding access to services and quality of service.

The meeting will be held in person at the PA Department of Education Honors Suite, 1st floor, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126 and also via webcast. The call information is below:

Conference line 1-914-614-3221 PIN: 807353414#
Webinar Link

Comments and questions may be submitted via email.

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