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RCPA is excited to host a Membership Benefits webinar on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 1:00 pm, as an opportunity for members to orient themselves with all that RCPA membership includes. This is not just for new and future members. For current members, there may be benefits associated with our membership that you may not be aware of, including targeted meetings and groups that occur throughout the year.

Registration is required; please register here to attend the webinar. Items we will review include the below and much more:

  • Virtually meet the dedicated RCPA Policy Staff and RCPA lobbyists;
  • Discuss the 2025 Legislative and Administrative priorities;
  • Preview RCPA divisional committee and subcommittee meetings and what they offer;
  • View the RCPA member-only website;
  • Review exclusive yearly educational and networking events; and
  • Understand the value of the National Association memberships included with RCPA membership.

Visit the RCPA member benefits web page for more information, or contact Tieanna Lloyd for benefit details.

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The Pennsylvania Office of Medical Assistance Programs (OMAP) Pediatric Shift Care Team held a Stakeholder Update Call on December 16, 2024. The presentation provided an overview of the Pediatric Shift Care Initiative Updates, implementation of the Pediatric Complex Care Resource Centers, and online training curriculum as well as content development.

Please send any questions electronically to the Pediatric Shift Care Team.

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RCPA received notification today from the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) and the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) that the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act was included in Congress’s proposed year-end package. Key provisions included in this bill include:

Administration for Community Living (ACL)

  • Reauthorizes the State Partnership Program and Protection & Advocacy Program.
  • Allows grants to be used to support systems of care for people of any type of acquired brain injury.
  • Allows a state to request a waiver of the match requirement if they cannot meet the match to carry out the grant purposes. The match decrease can only be for that fiscal year, and states must maintain at least the match that they have had during the previous fiscal year.
  • Requires ACL in awarding State Partnership Program grants to take into consideration populations that may be at higher risk for brain injury.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  • Reauthorizes the CDC’s TBI Programs, including the National Concussion Surveillance System.
  • Renames the TBI Program to honor Congressman Bill Pascrell.
  • Requires an examination of brain injury as a chronic condition that may impact someone across the lifespan. CDC plans to accomplish this through work with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
  • Requires CDC to review those who may have higher impact of brain injury, including due to their occupation and from interpersonal violence.

RCPA encourages providers, staff, and families to reach out to their members of Congress through email or phone call by COB Thursday, December 19, 2024. The message can be simple. For example:

As a constituent, I encourage you to support the year-end continuing resolution, which includes the TBI Act. The TBI Act is pivotal to create systems of care for people of brain injury. [Feel free to share any personal impact] Thank you for your support of this important bill.

In Pennsylvania, our current state Senators are:
Casey, Robert P., Jr. and
Fetterman, John

Additional information for contacting your Senators can be found here.

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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

RCPA is excited to host a Membership Benefits webinar on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at 1:00 pm, as an opportunity for members to orient themselves with all that RCPA membership includes. This is not just for new and future members. For current members, there may be benefits associated with our membership that you may not be aware of, including targeted meetings and groups that occur throughout the year.

Registration is required; please register here to attend the webinar. Items we will review include the below and much more:

  • Virtually meet the dedicated RCPA Policy Staff and RCPA lobbyists;
  • Discuss the 2025 Legislative and Administrative priorities;
  • Preview RCPA divisional committee and subcommittee meetings and what they offer;
  • View the RCPA member-only website;
  • Review exclusive yearly educational and networking events; and
  • Understand the value of the National Association memberships included with RCPA membership.

Visit the RCPA member benefits web page for more information, or contact Tieanna Lloyd for benefit details.

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In early December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model Evaluation Report. This report provides the results for the first year of the CJR model extension (performance year six) after significant changes to the CJR model were implemented. According to CMS, the revisions to the CJR model generated net savings of $54.2 million for Medicare in performance year six while maintaining the quality of care for patients.

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Friday, February 7, 2025
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
Register Here

Christina Kokorelis, MD

Presenter Bio:

Christina Kokorelis, MD, is a rehabilitation physician specializing in pediatric and adult postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), orthostatic intolerance, and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. She takes a comprehensive, team-based approach to patient care. Dr. Kokorelis also treats children with concussions and chronic pain disorders. An assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where she completed her residency, Dr. Kokorelis followed the residency with a pediatric rehabilitation fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She currently works as an attending physician in the Johns Hopkins POTS clinic and is also the Medical Director of the Pediatric POTS clinic at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore.

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

  • Define POTS;
  • Discuss how to diagnose POTS;
  • Describe treatment approach to POTS; and
  • Discuss long-term outcomes of POTS.

Audience: This webinar is intended for all interested members of the rehabilitation team.

Level: Beginner/Intermediate

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

Complimentary webinars are a benefit of membership in IPRC/RCPA. Registration fee for non-members is $179. Not a member yet? Consider joining today.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Memorandum entitled, “Updates to the Condition of Participation (CoP) Requirements for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to Report Acute Respiratory Illnesses,” back in October 2024. This memorandum provided updates and clarifications to the ‎Respiratory Reporting Requirements included in the FY 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System ‎‎(CMS-1808-F) Final Rule in the Federal Register (89 FR 68986).‎

The Memorandum provides guidance indicating that “Psychiatric Hospitals, Rehabilitation Hospitals, ‎Psychiatric Hospital Distinct Part Units, and Rehabilitation Hospital Distinct Part Units will report ‎once, annually, beginning in January, and only include the data for the previous week.”‎

The Memorandum also provides guidance on what the information collection will require:

  • One-Day-a-Week Snapshot
    • Staffed bed capacity and occupancy including adult and pediatric
    • Hospitalizations prevalence by respiratory illness and bed type
  • Weekly Total New Hospital Admissions
    • Total new hospital admissions for adult and pediatric patients by age range, over a defined weekly period

Additional information regarding the Hospital Respiratory Reporting requirements are also available on the Hospital Respiratory Data web page of the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) website. The CDC will also be making changes to the reporting protocol and training information based ‎upon this modification in requirements.‎

Members are encouraged to closely review both the Memorandum from CMS and the information on the reporting requirements posted on the CDC website.

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