Tag: RESNA
In brief: SOAR Act support, ActivStyle acquisition, Viemed & Inogen results
May 9, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – More than 30 patient, health care professional and industry organizations have signed a letter urging lawmakers to cosponsor the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act, which would remove supplemental oxygen from the competitive bidding program.
“Since 2011, supplemental oxygen has been part of Medicare’s DMEPOS competitive bidding program, resulting in significant decreases in payments for oxygen equipment and supplies,” the letter states....
RESNA seeks comments on new standard
May 7, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – RESNA has announced that public comments will open May 9 for the final draft standard, “RESNA ED-1 Standard for Evacuation Devices - Volume 1: Emergency Stair Travel Devices used by Individuals with Disabilities,” developed by its Standards Committee. This standard covers the terminology, description, performance, inspection and maintenance of devices whose primary purpose is the travel of individuals with disabilities over stair and horizontal surfaces during building...
RESNA accepting papers
November 14, 2024HME News Staff
ARLINGTON, Va. – RESNA is accepting scientific papers and student scientific papers for its conference, May 13 - 15, 2025, as part of RehabWeek 2025 Chicago. RESNA accepts papers focused on education, service provision, research, practice and public policy. Accepted papers will be assigned to either a 15-minute platform session or an interactive poster session. In 2025, scientific posters will be eligible to compete in RehabWeek's "Poster Fast Forward" competition for prizes....
RESNA hitches ride
September 20, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ARLINGTON, Va. – RESNA is taking advantage of RehabWeek’s return to North America to co-locate its own conference at the event.
RehabWeek will take place May 12-16 in Chicago, drawing about 2,000 attendees. The RESNA conference will take place May 13-15.
“It’s an international conference that moves around the world,” said Andrea Van Hook, executive director of RESNA. “In 2023, it was in Singapore. RESNA participated in a similar way in 2019, when...
RESNA’s new president looks to next generation
September 13, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
BUFFALO, N.Y. – One of Jim Lenker’s main goals in his two-year tenure as president of RESNA is to “approach, recruit and teach” younger people to the field of assistive technology.
Here’s what Lenker, PhD, OTR/L, RESNA Fellow, who is an associate professor within the Department of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y., had to say about why it's important to expand the organization’s community to include early career or...
RESNA partners with RehabWeek
July 30, 2024HME News Staff
ARLINGTON, Va. – RESNA will hold its annual conference in conjunction with RehabWeek 2025 in Chicago May 12-16. “Join your colleagues at the Sheraton Riverwalk in beautiful downtown Chicago for everything you love about RESNA: educational sessions about the latest in assistive technology, Developer's Showcase, Student Competitions, Scientific Paper Platforms and Posters, and more,” the organization stated. The RESNA Conference will take place May 13-15, but the organization’s...
RESNA announces new officers, board members
July 30, 2024HME News Staff
ARLINGTON, Va. – RESNA has named Jim Lenker, PhD, OTR/L, RESNA Fellow, as its president effective Aug 1. Lenker, who is an associate professor within the Department of Rehabilitation Science at the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y., will serve a two-year term then become immediate past-president. Other new officers are Rita Stanley, RESNA Fellow, currently a private consultant and formerly vice president of government relations for Sunrise Medical, as president-elect; Alisa Brownlee, ATP,...
RESNA seeks mentors
July 30, 2024HME News Staff
ARLINGTON, Va. – RESNA seeks mentors for the ATP Guidance Program, a new initiative in partnership with the Assistive Mobility Repair Group (AMRG) and U.S. Rehab. “There is a growing demand in the world for certified ATPs, so RESNA, AMRG and U.S. Rehab have partnered to create the ATP Guidance Program (AGP),” RESNA stated. “This new program will provide the transformational skills and mentorship that rehab technicians need to reach the next level of patient and client care.”...
RESNA, US Rehab guide prospective ATPs
June 19, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – RESNA and U.S. Rehab lifted the lid on a new ATP Guidance Program at the VGM Heartland Conference on June 11 that will provide the “secret sauce” to increasing the number of assistive technology professionals in the complex rehab market, says Andrea Van Hook.
The one-year program provides a pathway for rehab technicians certified by AMRG, formerly the DMERT Group, to become certified by RESNA as ATPs. Rehab techs certified by AMRG must pass an online exam...
RESNA seeks feedback on tilt
May 13, 2024HME News Staff
ARLINGTON, Va. – RESNA announced on May 8 that it has opened for public comment an update to the “RESNA Position on the Application of Tilt, Recline and Elevating Leg Rests.” The original position paper was published in 2017. “This updated paper includes a Wheelchairs Literature Update,” the organization stated. “The paper synthesizes current literature to guide practitioners in decision-making and use of seat functions for individuals who require customized medical...