Educational Opportunities

• Abstracts: wound care related summaries from APWCA National meetings available online
• APWCA National Conference
• APWCA Essentials, a Wound Care Review Course for Certification Preparation or just an intensive review of basics for practice
• Three Regional Conferences since the April meeting… Take the opportunity to arrange one in your geographical area!
  

Competitive Bidding Process

• Provider advocacy: Representing providers so they maintain a choice on the selection of supplies and services allowed by CMS
• Letters to the Secretary of Health and members of the U.S. Congress
  

Reimbursement Issues

• Anti-Microbial Dressings coverage and additional billing codes to allow for higher reimbursement with testimony to CMS during in August 2009 and multi-organization conference calls on a weekly basis
• Promoting different billing codes for modalities supported by quality random clinical trials and pointing out how RCTs differ from each other (relative to the quality of the study) and a proponent for consideration of other forms of evidence to be considered by CMS/Billing Regulator Agencies
• Association letter to President Obama in September 2009 regarding errors that were stated at “town meetings” regarding physician reimbursement.  [Read It]
  

Education on the Business of Wound Care

•  “How-To” document on our website for developing/maintaining a viable wound care center or practice 
• Yearly updates presented at APWCA National conference on billing, coding, and documentation to keep our members current.
• Monthly eMail News updates now include tips and pearls on improved billing, code and other aspects of practice management
  

Publications

• Ground breaking initiative with development of a guidance document for assessment and implementation of clinical practice guidelines for acute and long term care settings
• “How-To” document on our website for developing/maintaining a viable wound care center or practice 
• Resources available for Diabetic Foot Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Website Resources page includes relevant and timely publications on many topics related to wound care practice
   

International Growth

• The newly developed APWCAi – The International Extension of the Association reaching an increasing number of members worldwide
   

Recognition as a Wound Care Specialist

• Gain the ability to demonstrate both your interest and expertise in wound care by using our acronym (FAPWCA, DAPWCA, AAPWCA) on letterhead, curriculum vitae, professional cards, slide presentations, and more.
• The Association also makes available lapel pins and lab coat patches to visually display your support of the Association and your ability to provide quality wound care.
  

Continue being a part of a unified voice in wound care.
Support the partnership; support the Synergy of Disciplines in Wound Care.
 

Online Membership Renewal Available http://www.apwca.org/signup What are you waiting for?