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Weesie Walker

Mobility

Complex rehab program heats up

March 8, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor

ATLANTA – Work on the CRT Supplier Certificate Program has picked up pace now that it’s Weesie Walker’s only focus, she says.  Walker, an ATP/SMS, stepped away from her role as executive director of NRRTS last year partly to focus on the program, which she believes is key to giving providers practical and real-life education and training that’s specific to complex rehab.  “There’s a shortage of qualified people and so I wish we had started this...

Complex Rehab Technology (CRT), Weesie Walker


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Andrea Madsen

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NRRTS names new leader 

November 13, 2023HME News Staff

LUBBOCK, Texas – NRRTS has selected Andrea Madsen, ATP, CRTS, as its new executive director effective today, Nov. 13, replacing Weesie Walker. Madsen, who previously served as the treasurer of the organization, brings more than 20 years of experience in the health care industry to her new role. “I know Andrea will be a tremendous asset in the role of executive director and I plan to help make this transition as smooth as possible,” said Walker, ATP/SMS. Madsen has been a NRRTS registrant...

Andrea Madsen, executive director, National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Weesie Walker


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Weesie Walker

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NRRTS develops ‘constitution’ for repairs

July 21, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor

LUBBOCK, Texas – NRRTS, with help from a team of clinicians, has developed a best practice guideline for wheelchair service, preventative maintenance and repair – something the organization hopes will, eventually, serve as a vehicle for better coverage and reimbursement.    NRRTS put out the four-page guideline – which was developed by Jack Fried, MS; Mark Schmeler, PhD, OTR/L, ATP; Richard Schein, PhD, MPH; Gede Pramana, PhD; Madelyn Betz, MS, ATP; Weesie Walker,...

Mark Schmeler, National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Weesie Walker, Wheelchair


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Weesie Walker

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Weesie Walker to leave top role at NRRTS

January 20, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor

LUBBOCK, Texas – Weesie Walker became executive director of NRRTS on an interim basis in 2013, when Simon Margolis, the organization’s first leader, retired, and she never left. But it’s time to hand over the reins to someone else, she says.  “It’s been nine years, which is longer than I had planned,” said Walker, ATP/SMS. “Once you get into it, it’s exciting to see the things that we’re able to accomplish.”  NRRTS has assembled...

National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Weesie Walker


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Cara Masselink

Mobility

Reporter’s notebook: Education, resources abound 

February 1, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor

NRRTS is working on the fifth course for its CRT Supplier Certificate Program, Weesie Walker, executive director of the organization, announced in December.  Once complete, the organization will also offer courses 1-5 as a module.  “This is something that the industry has needed for a very long time,” she said of the certificate during a Dec. 14 webcast. “The subject matter expert group has put a lot of time and effort into producing the highest quality content to...

Complex Rehab, National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Weesie Walker


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Weesie Walker

Mobility

NRRTS reflects on connection

January 21, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor

LUBBOCK, Texas – NRRTS marks its 30th anniversary in 2022 and despite a pandemic that has basically eliminated in-person events for nearly two years, the organization and its registrants are closer knit than ever, says Weesie Walker.  Much of that has to do with the organization creating an increasing number of opportunities for registrants to connect remotely, including through an online education program that now comprises nearly 200 sessions and articles.  “We’re...

Complex Rehab, National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Weesie Walker


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NRRTS honors registrants, announces new program and partnership

November 10, 2020HME News Staff

LUBBOCK, Texas - NRRTS presented its Distinguished Service Award to Tom Simon, ATP, CRTS, of Numotion, and its Simon Margolis Fellowship to Mike Barner, ATP, CRTS, of the University of Michigan Wheelchair Seating Service, and Weesie Walker, ATP/SMS of NRRTS, during the organization's first virtual Annual Open Meeting on Oct. 28. “I first met Simon Margolis at the Seating Symposium in Memphis,” said Walker, executive director of NRRTS. “His vision of an organization that gave...

2020, Award, Certification, National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Numotion, Simon Margolis Fellow, Weesie Walker


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Mobility

NRRTS spreads the word

September 29, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor

ATLANTA - When the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine holds its annual event here later this month, NRRTS will be on hand to raise awareness of the CRTS and RRTS community and the issues affecting them.The ACRM serves a global community of researchers and clinicians who deliver evidence-based rehabilitation interventions to people with disabling conditions, such as spinal cord injury.“To accomplish what we want to accomplish in Congress, it's going to take involvement from all around,”...

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On the Editor's Desk

A nail, a horse, and a lost war

June 1, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor

It's always a pleasure to speak with Weesie Walker, the executive director of NRRTS and before that a long-time clinician with National Seating and Mobility. Here's the thing about Walker: She may be one of the most unassuming people you know, but she's also one of the smartest. Being as steeped in the complex rehab world as she is, naturally we talked about the urgent need for legislators (or CMS itself, for that matter) to permanently protect accessories for complex power wheelchairs from being...

Accessories, Complex Rehab, Legislation, Weesie Walker


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NRRTS shakes up education: Read article, earn CEUs

January 27, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor

LUBBOCK, Texas - NRRTS is giving its registrants one more way to stay up to date on their education. The organization, starting with the January issue of Directions, a magazine that it publishes bi-monthly, began featuring articles that registrants can read and then take a test on, to earn continuing education units or CEUs. “It's just another way to give people a different learning method,” said Weesie Walker, executive director of NRRTS. “Watching a webinar is one thing,...

National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Weesie Walker


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