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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...

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...

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...

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,”...

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...

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, but to...

LUBBOCK, Texas - NRRTS has been approved as an accredited provider for the International Association for Continuing Education and Training, saving the association money in the long run.  “Education is part of NRRTS' registration (fee) so theoretically a NRRTS registrant can get up to 30 hours of education at no cost,” said Weesie Walker, executive director. “In order to continue providing that benefit, the NRRTS board decided to make an investment in the IACET application.”Previously,...

YARMOUTH, Maine - It takes a team to provide complex rehab, but when family members and clinicians can't agree on a course of action, it's up to providers to take the lead, says Weesie Walker, executive director of NRRTS.Walker, who has 30 years of experience as a rehab provider, recently hosted a NRRTS webinar about the importance of building consensus during a wheelchair evaluation.“I once worked with a seating therapist who had never done switch access for power driving and she wasn't knowledgeable...

LUBBOCK, Texas - Membership at the National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers is on the rise.“Over the past five or six years, our registrant numbers were static due to people retiring or leaving the industry,” said Weesie Walker, executive director of NRRTS. Now, those numbers are starting to go up thanks to new entrants into the complex rehab market.Walker also chalks up the increase in membership to the popularity of its webinars, which have also seen a 25% increase...

WASHINGTON - Stakeholders are hard at work developing supplier standard recommendations that they want to have on hand once a bill to create a separate benefit for complex rehab is signed into law.The bill stipulates that the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services consult with a stakeholder workgroup to look at creating a standard over and above the assistive technology professional (ATP), says Don Clayback, executive director of NCART."What we're doing proactively is setting up...