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We keep our members informed about the latest developments through three business meetings held at each conference. Now, we're excited to enhance this engagement by inviting you to join our Town Hall Roundups. In March, we tackled the topic of payments, and we're pleased to offer members access to the video. Simply email us to request the link.

Mark your calendars for June 18, as we'll be hosting the next Town Hall Roundup. This time, we'll be delving into the advancements in imaging, both locally in Montana and across the nation.

Be on the lookout for our email in May announcing this event and how to register/join.  Join or renew your membership today to ensure you receive this valuable communication.

All APTA Montana members can have access to the following meetings upon request:

·       Legislative Committee

·       Board of Directors

Note these may be subject to change, member will be given notice of any change made

APTA Montana members are allowed to listen to the entirety of the meeting unless it is a closed session. 

APTA Montana members must submit request to join by the 5^th of the month to montanapt@aptamt.com.

APTA Montana members will be allowed a two-minute comment period at the end of the meeting.  This is a comment only period.  Questions can be posed to the Board of Directors or Legislative Committee, but no response will be given.  The Board of Directors or Legislative Committee can choose to take up the members question or comment at the next scheduled meeting. 

Are you looking to get up to date on federal regulatory trends that impact your practice, or to stay ahead of the curve on changes to major commercial payer policies? Through the APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide overviews of the most significant federal regulatory and commercial payer policy changes throughout the year. Registration is free to APTA members, and CEUs are expected to be available closer to the live webinar dates!

All webinars are recorded to meet your scheduling needs, so feel free to catch up on our April 4 webinar and get oriented on recent changes to the recently implemented 2024 Medicare Advantage rules, track annual policy proposals in several post-acute care settings, hear the latest on the Change Healthcare cyberattack, and even learn how to use APTA’s Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Calculator.

You can also join us June 6 for our second webinar in the series, which is slated to cover several recently finalized rules, including the 2025 Medicare Advantage rule, 2025 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (aka the ACA rule), several Medicaid rules, and a host of commercial payer updates.

Members can register for each webinar individually using the links below, or for all five webinars at once in the 2024 series bundle. Recordings and materials are available for past webinars in the 2024 series.

Upcoming:

• June 6: APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates, June 2024.
• Aug. 8: APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates, August 2024.
• Oct. 10: APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates, October 2024.
• Nov. 14: APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates, November 2024.

Previous Webinars (Recordings Available):

• April 4: APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates, April 2024. (CEUs Available for this Webinar, 1.0 Contact Hours Approved).
• • Topics Covered Include:

MONTANA SELF-INSURERS ASSOCIATION CE WEBINA

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10a MST.

Sponsored by

Turner Vocational Resources and The Preferred Medical.

APTA Montana has paid for our members to join this program for free. The email on HOW TO GET A FREE SEAT was sent to your email on 4/90/24. If you are not our member, we encourage you to sign up directly through them for only $25.

Sign up by contacting the MSIA office. Advance registration is required and closes April 30.

Diving into new technology as an alternative and supplement to traditional approaches, Dr. Gerry Stanley, Senior VP & Chief Medical Officer for Harvard MedTech, will walk us through trauma and its’ impacts. And then, he will take us into the brave new world of virtual reality as a treatment modality.

• What is Virtual Reality as a Treatment Modality?
• How Does it Work
• The Science Behind the Magic of Virtual Reality
• How Virtual Reality Can be Used as Treatment, and
• What is the IMPACT – Patient Outcomes, Experience and Financial Savings from current costs

Dr. Gerry Stanley, the 2023 WorkCompCentral Comp Laude Physician of the Year, is considered by many to be an industry disruptor. Throughout his work he has taken the best of current thinking

and improved on it with a different approach. Always, his goal has been to provide that ‘once in a lifetime opportunity to solve a societal need.’ He is writing a book entitled The Innovation Equation and talks about his approach utilizing Purposeful Innovation, Collaboration and Communication, Healthcare Transformation, the Quadruple AIM of Healthcare and Market-Specific Opportunities. 

On top of all that, Gerry is a great speaker. This is another Webinar you don’t want to miss if you are interested in what’s coming next in our business.

Dr. Stanley is a leader in healthcare innovation and workers’ compensation. Don’t miss learning about this new, exciting and potentially industry disrupting approachutilizing new technologies that are safe, effective and save money over the old approach!

Introducing our Town Hall Series!

March 27, 2024: Payment and Reimbursement.

Keep abreast of updates at our Member Business Meetings and/or Town Hall Virtual Meetings. We'll record these programs and make them available to members, and we'll hold these programs on a regular basis on various topics.
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How do you deal with inappropriate behavior by patients and their families? This article addresses how one person works with students and interns to demand a respectful work environment while modeling boundary setting for the trainees. 

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The second installment in APTA's "Grow and Know Your Value" is here! Check out short videos of members sharing reflections: lessons learned, opportunities discovered, challenges overcome, and more.

 
Or use this link to download the PDF

Elections for VP, Director, Delegates, PTA Rep, and Nominating Comm members are open. Members may vote here through October 6.