April 15 & 16, 2010 at the Davis Conference Center
Davis Conference Center Directions
Registration and Program Agenda for Participants coming soon!
Golf Tournament will Be held on April 14, 2010 at Glen Eagle Golf Course.
More info on it's way.
Glen Eagle Golf Course
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Vendor Registration and Information
Booths will be available at the conference site with or without electricity. Please specify when registering. Vendors who participated at last years conference will receive a reduced rate at this years confernce. You may have up to 2 representatives to participate at your booth. There is a fee of $25 for each representative over that.
The prices for booth rental are good through March 1, 2010. Afterwhich a late fee of $50 will be added, so book early. There will be no refunds for cancellations after April 1, 2010.
As in previous years, payments may be made via PayPal using a corporate credit card or checking account. You Do Not Need a PayPal Account To Use PayPal. You may also send your registration and check via mail to USRC C/O WSU Respiratory Therapy 3904 University Circle, Ogden, Utah 84408. Regardless of payment method used, we ask that your company complete and return the Rental Agreement.
We appreciate your support of the Utah Society for Respiratory Care Annual Conference and look forward to working with you during this event.
Ask Congress to Include Lung Health Provisions in Final Bill
Health reform in on the table in Congress now and you can play a role by supporting lung health provisions in the final bill.
Earlier this year, two bill were introduced into Congress as S 343 in the Senate and HR 1077 in the House. These bills, known as the Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative, would provide you with better access to respiratory therapists.
“Right now respiratory therapists are held captive in the hospital and can’t visit with patient in doctor’s office, the home or other kinds of clinics—and have those services considered for reimbursement by Medicare,” said Cheryl West, director of government affairs for the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
She explains that the Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative would broaden those options and allow for patients to get better access to the services of respiratory therapists. “But with health reform on the table it is imperative that the provisions of S 343 and HR 1077 be included with the health reform package, otherwise the basic premise of the Respiratory Therapy Initiative will die when they pass the larger bill.”
West says, “Today we need to rally the troops and get the message out: Please include S 343 and HR 1077 in the final markup of health reform.”
Between now and the Fall when the final “mark-up” of the bill is expected (mark-up is the process that creates a final draft of the legislation and creates a common Senate/House bill) please write to your members of Congress.
We have made it easy for all members to write to their Senators.
From left to Right Paul Eberle, Lisa Trujillo, Jack Fried, Lee Brown, Yvonne Campbell-Ehrlin, Janell Gardiner, Troy Whittaker, Mich Oki, and Steve Abplanalp
