Dear O&P Professional:
We have so many things to fight for this year! Inclusion in the “essential benefits” package for healthcare reform–defeating serious Medicaid cuts–pushing for the O&P Medicare Improvements Act to improve payment fairness and stem abuse of the Medicare system–supporting parity efforts at the state and federal level, fighting O&P inclusion in a 2.3 percent device tax — to name a few.
If we thought last year’s situation was serious, this year’s is even more critical. Protect your business and help ensure that patients can continue to obtain excellent O&P care by joining us on April 11-12, 2011 at AOPA’s Annual Policy Forum. Not only will you receive up to the minute updates on issues that affect your business as well as education on how to deal with state issues like Medicaid cuts, you will also help carry the O&P message to Capitol Hill though in-person visits with your Congressional members and staff. AOPA works year-round to advance O&P positions, but no one catches the Congressional eye like a constituent!
This year’s Policy Forum will be held at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC 20024. A five minute Metro subway ride will take you to the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings and you’ll be within walking distance of the many outstanding (and free) Smithsonian museums. Take advantage of spring in the nation’s capitol to see the sights and protect your field. We hope to see you in April!
The tentative schedule for the Policy Forum is as follows:
Monday, April 11
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Registration Open
1:00 – 5:00 PM Policy Forum General Sessions
5:30 PM Congressional Fundraiser/Reception
6:30 PM Reception and Dinner
Tuesday, April 12
7:30 AM Breakfast and General Session
8:00 AM Fundraiser Breakfast
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM Congressional Visits
To register, use our convenient online registration form located at
https://aopa.wufoo.com/forms/2011-policy-forum/
or call us at (571) 431-0876 and we’ll fax you a registration form right away. The cost of registration is $125 per person and AOPA has secured a room rate of $249 per night at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, a five minute subway ride to Capitol Hill.
To reserve your room call the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel directly at (800) 635-5065 or use the online reservation link created especially for Policy Forum attendees at
https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel 836&Chain‡08&group=P411
Email [email protected] or call Kathy Dodson at (571) 431-0810 for questions pertaining to Policy Forum education content, hill visits or specific legislative information.
Registration and/or Housing Questions may be directed to Ann Davis at [email protected] or (571) 431-0876
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American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA)
330 John Carlyle Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.AOPAnet.org
(571) 431-0876
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