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Advance registration for the 32nd Annual District IX Meeting March 22-25, 2007 at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, Franklin, TN will soon close.

This year's excellent educational program will feature numerous presentations on the shoulder with a grand total of 26.5 CEUs if you attend all of the regularly scheduled sessions (14.5 CEUs), all of the mini-courses (6 CEUs) and the Casting and Splinting Techniques for the Upper and Lower Extremities One Day Workshop (6 CEUs).

Complete details are on the SEATA website, but below are a few highlights.

• SEATA Governmental Affairs Committee Social/Fundraiser sponsored by DonJoy on Friday evening March 23rd to help promote legislative advancements in every state.  Our share of this is based upon how many Florida members we have attending.

• The Inaugural SEATA Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on Saturday, March 24th during the Tim Kerin Awards Luncheon featuring the 36 NATA Hall of Fame members from District IX which include Florida Athletic Trainers:  Don Fauls, Al Green, Sue Stanley-Green, Sam Lankford, and Chris Patrick.

• Mini-courses and presentations feature some speakers from Florida including Larry Starr presenting on the History of Sports Medicine in Major League Baseball, Brady Tripp providing a min-course on The Scapula Counts Too!  Incorporating Scapular Exercises into Shoulder Rehabilitation. Tom Rokovitz presenting Lightning, Lightning Safety, and Lightning Detection, Ken Shields presenting The Athletic Training Profession….at a Crossroads?, Monique Mokha on How to Conduct and Make Sense of Your Gait Analysis, and Jeff Konin on Youth Sport Injuries. Additional presentations include Facemask Removal, Pitching  Injuries in Adolescents,  Biomechanics of the Shoulder during Baseball Pitching, Shoulder Dissection, NSAIDs, Special Test Sensitivity, Return to Play Guidelines, SEC Case Studies, Fellowships/Physician Extender Programs, and much, much more.

 Advance registration closes March 3 for mail-in & March 10 for online.

• Agenda at http://www.seata.org/07csmm.htm. 

• Online registration at http://www.SignUp4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SEAT24E.

• Mail-in registration at www.seata.org/07csmmreg.doc or www.seata.org/07csmmreg.pdf.

Rooms at the Franklin Marriott Cool Springs must be reserved on or before Saturday, March 10, 2007 to ensure the $109.00 room rate by calling 615-261-6100 or 888-403-6772.  Cancellations must be made more than 72 hours prior to arrival.  After that time, attendees will be charged for the first night of their reservation.  Request "the Southeast Athletic Trainers Association group rate". 

ATAF High School Athletic Training Student Aide Award

Attention all high school juniors and seniors:

If you:

1. Are a junior / senior in high school

2. Have completed 4 seasons or 500 hours as an athletic training student aide under the supervision of a licensed and certified athletic trainer who is a member of ATAF

3. And have worked a minimum of 2 sports other than football

You are eligible to apply for this award and possibly be chosen and recognized for your valid contributions to your school’s athletic training program.
 

The application for this award can be downloading for print by opening the HSATSAA link at http://ataf.org/SecondarySchools.html or http://ataf.org/HS_AT_Student_Aid_Award.doc. 
 

All APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED AND RECEIVED BY MARCH 5th, 2007.

19th Annual ATAF Clinical Symposium

Meeting Agenda     Registration Form
 

Steps to Obtain an NPI Number

Several members have asked how exactly does one go about getting this NPI number?  Here are the details:

1. Go to the NPI site https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/NPPES/Welcome.do

2. Click to register as "Health Care Provider"

3. Click "Apply online for an NPI"

4. Follow directions for name, address, phone, etc.

5. Screen prompts you to "Add Identifier -- Please Enter All Other Provider Identifiers (UPIN, Medicare, Medicaid, and Others):"-meaning Medicare/Medicaid identifiers for you that already exists somewhere.  We do not have these, so hit "Next"

6. Screen prompts you to "Add Taxonomy":-- Click provider type #22: "Respiratory, Rehabilitative & Restorative Service Providers", then click next -- Scroll down the list on the next screen to "2255A2300X Specialist/Technologist-Athletic Trainer", highlight this area

7. Enter your state license number from the GBAT into the appropriate box and hit next.

8. Read and agree to legal page

9. You will receive an email with your NPI info within a day or so.

This really is important to ALL of us, whether you are billing for services now or not. You may one day need to, or at least someone you know may need to. The greater our numbers, the better chance we have of being heard on the national level. THAT certainly impacts us all.

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