After months of hard work, the NATA Third Party Reimbursement Initiative team is pleased to announce that the newly formatted Third Party Reimbursement page is now live on the NATA website. Visitors to the page can learn more about the basics of third party reimbursement, find information on the best practices for billing and browse through other relevant topics. Visit the new page to learn more about NATA’s third party reimbursement efforts.

Level Two of the Master Preceptor Program is now live in the NATA Professional Development Center. Modules Five, Six and Seven will cover clinical reasoning as well as developing ethical and cultural competence and will provide preceptors opportunities for reflection within their own clinical practice. For more information, visit the PDC. READ MORE

The next NATA Ethnic Diversity Advisory Committee and ATs Care Commission Call-In Nights: Addressing Racial Tension, COVID-19 and Uncertainty in 2020 is at 6 p.m. CDT Aug. 19. RSVP now. These call-in nights provide ATs the opportunity to express their emotional reactions to racial injustice, COVID-19 and the overall uncertainty many are experiencing in a group setting, under the guidance of ATs Care team members trained in ICISF’s Group Intervention. You can also RSVP for the final call-in night of the month, scheduled for Aug. 27. RSVP NOW

The NATA Athletic Training Educator’s Conference Planning Committee is hosting a meeting at 2 p.m. CDT Sept. 9 on the topic of interprofessional education. Anthony Breitbach, PhD, ATC, FASAHP, will serve as the moderator with panelists Brian Hughes, EdD, ATC; Ryan Krzyzanowicz, DAT, ATC; Jaclyn Schwieterman, MEd, ATC; Katie Sniffen, MS, ATC; and Melissa Snyder, PhD, LAT, ATC, CSCS. The purpose of this session is to disseminate best practice strategies regarding developing, implementing and assessing interprofessional education activities. REGISTER NOW

The AT EducATionalist Community is looking for a clinical preceptor to become the seventh member of the leadership cabinet. Cabinet members must be able to participate in monthly conference calls, attend in-person meetings as planned and carry out assigned projects while adhering to the community’s mission, vision and goals. If you are interested, or would like to nominate a colleague for the position, send your CV and letter of interest to AT EducATionalist Cabinet Chair Paul Geisler, EdD, ATC, at pgeisler@ithaca.edu. The deadline to submit is Aug. 31. READ MORE