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Whats the NATA?

• Founded in 1950 with 200 members
• Comprised of certified athletic trainers,
  students and others who support the athletic
  training profession
• Members work in colleges/universities, high
  schools, pro sports, clinics, hospitals, the
  military, performing arts and more
• Today More than 32,000 members!

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Structure of NATA

• National office in Dallas, TX
• Executive director and staff of 44
• Divided into ten geographical districts
• NATA Board of Directors
• Athletic trainers elected by their constituents
• Attend your district meetings!
• Districts meet annually, just like NATA does

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Structure of NATA

• Committees
• Councils
• Think Tanks
• Project Teams
• Liaisons

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Structure of NATA

• CommitteesGroups established by NATA with a
  specific purpose and duties. Committee membership
  is typically district-based. Committee members
  are appointed by their district directors and
  approved by the board of directors.
• CouncilsOngoing, adaptable entities whose
  members provide expertise and advice on issues of
  importance.
• Project TeamsCreated to tackle specific
  projects. Once the project has been completed,
  the group members commitments end.
• Think TanksVolunteer groups open to all
  members. Think tanks provide a forum for
  discussion, build connections for collaboration
  and deliberation with peers, and open the door to
  leadership opportunities and development. 
• LiaisonsMembers selected to serve as the link
  between NATA and an outside group or association.

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Related organizations

• NATA Research Education Foundation
• Exists to support and advance the athletic
  training profession through research and
  education
• Board of Certification, Inc.
• Separate entity from NATA
• Exists to certify athletic trainers and protect
  the public
• Administers the certification exam

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Why join NATA?

• Scholarships
• Eligible to apply for 70 scholarships through
  the NATA Research Education Foundation
• NATA News
• Award-winning monthly membership magazine
• Journal of Athletic Training
• Award-winning scientific journal

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Why join NATA?

• NATA Career Center
• State-of-the-art system to help you find a job
• Salary Survey information
• Up-to-date info about athletic training pay
• Brochures
• Up to 25 free brochures each year

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Why join NATA?

• NATA Web site
• Members-Only section
• Online Membership Directory
• NATA Annual Meeting
• Substantial discounts on registration to the
  premier conference for athletic training
• Member discount programs
• Discounts on high-quality products and
  servicesyou use in your personal and
  professional life

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Why join NATA?

• And networking!
• The opportunity to interact with thousandsof
  certified athletic trainers and other students,
  about issues that are importantto you

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Why join NATA?

• You have a responsibility to support the
  association that actively promotes and supports
  your career -- think of it as
• Professional Socialization.

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NATA Strategic Plan

• Four key areas of focus
• Favorable state regulation
• Revenue for athletic training services
• Marketing and public relations
• Job development
• These areas of focus are the top professional
  issues in athletic training.

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Favorable state regulation

• A statute
• Protects the public
• Facilitates insurance reimbursement
• Increases employment opportunities
• Enhances the stature of the profession

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Favorable state regulation

• For athletic training
• Licensure 36 states
• Certification 5 states
• Registration 2 states
• Exemption 3 states
• None of these 4 states

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Favorable state regulation 36 states with
licensure
Alabama Arizona Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Wisconsin
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Favorable state regulation Other

• 5 states with certification
• Kentucky Pennsylvania
• Louisiana South Carolina
• New York
• 2 states with registration
• Minnesota Oregon
• 3 states with exemption
• Colorado Wyoming
• Hawaii

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Revenue for athletic training services

• CMS (Medicare) decision
• Improperly restricts who can provide therapy
  services incident to a physician
• Doctors cannot bill Medicare for treatment
  provided by athletic trainers

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Revenue for athletic training services

• Why is CMS recognition important?
• CMS sets the national health care agenda
• Drives who can practice where
• By default, credentials who is qualified
• Commercial insurance follows its rules (usually)
• Sets reimbursement rates
• Gatekeeper to patient access
• Gatekeeper to quality health care for all ages
  (youth through seniors)

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Revenue for athletic training services

• Whats being done to reverse the CMS decision
• NATA is aggressively working to challenge and
  reverse the incident to policy
• NEW BILL H.R. 1846 Medicare Access to
  Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Services
  Improvement Act
• Campaigns to members of Congress

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Revenue for athletic training services

• Impact of CMS decision
• Many athletic trainers have lost their jobs
• These were jobs in core athletic training
  settingsnot necessarily reimbursement jobs

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Revenue for athletic training services

• How can you help with CMS?
• Support H.R. 1846
• Know and understand that this is both a patients
  access to quality of care issue as well as an
  athletic training jobs issue
• Sign up for the NATA Legislative Alert
  Center(online at www.nata.org Members-Only
  section)
• Respond when NATA issues a Call to Action

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Marketing and public relations

• Public recognition of certified athletic trainers
• Valuable members of the health care community

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Job development

• Employment
• Jobs for certified athletic trainers in
  bothtraditional settings and new settings

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Web section for student members

• www.nata.org/members1/student
• Blogs
• Info about the profession
• Undergraduate and graduate programs
• Certification info
• Continuing Education

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NATA student member campaign

• www.nata.org/studentcampaign
• Benefits both students and educators
• Cash prizes and free convention registrations
  awarded based on number of new student members
  from your school

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NATA student member campaign

• Recruit 5 to 9 new student members
• 25 to the schools student athletic training
  club
• Recruit 10 to 14 new student members
• 150 to the student athletic training club

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NATA student member campaign

• Recruit 15-19 new student members
• 175 to the student club and
• Free Annual Meeting registration for one student
  member

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NATA student member campaign

• For 20 or more new student members
• 200 to the student athletic training
  club and
• Free Annual Meeting registration for one student
  member and
• Free Annual Meeting registration for a faculty
  member (or another student member)

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