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Ventilator Discontinuation: The Evidence Base, Guidelines, and “Best Practice”

After a brief hiatus, the AARC Program Committee is happy to announce that they will be holding open auditions for new speakers again this year with the AARC Speaker Academy.

Plan your summer escape to AARC's premiere leadership and networking meeting. Online registration ends soon!

Starting Tuesday, May 29, the AARC education team will kick off its new summer disease webcast series.

Mark your calendar! The series will continue through July 10.

The Open Forum allows AARC members the opportunity to contribute to the scientific basis for respiratory care. June 1 is the deadline for submission of abstracts to be presented at the AARC Congress in Las Vegas.

AARC membership provides a variety of valuable resources including free courses! Courses range in topics such as aerosol delivery, portable oxygen concentrators, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and more.

Each free course even offers members the opportunity to earn CRCE credit(s)!

In 2018, auditors will be taking a hard look at respiratory therapy/pulmonary function testing claims, looking for incorrect coding and missing documentation. While payment denials and recoupments will be widespread, you can take action to reduce your risks and protect your revenue stream. Register today!

The National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) has a responsibility to credential holders to guarantee the quality and recognition of the credentials they earn, and they achieve this through the Continuing Competency Program (CCP). The NBRC regularly evaluates its efforts to support continuing competence. To do this, they invite recently credentialed therapists to participate in their evaluation.

Therapists who have earned any of the following credentials since July 2002 are encouraged to contribute to the redevelopment of the CCP program by completing the applicable survey.

Applicable Credentials: CPFT, CRT-NPS, CRT-SDS, RPFT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NP, and RRT-SDS.

Your survey responses will help contribute toward the advancement of the profession and those who hold its credentials.

AARC's OPEN FORUM Call for Abstracts is now underway! Deadline is June 1. Don't delay!