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Action Alert Capital Connection Respiratory Care Political Action
WAS................... (1) during these hard economic times this places an
undue burden on our professionals (2) the DOH has been unresponsive to
our professions needs and should not be rewarded by taking more money
from us. We have taken the same issues to the DOH for the last five
years and have constantly been met with bureaucratic resistance. If they
want more money from us they should give us better service. (3) The
amount they have proposed would increase their revenue (from us) to
double their expected expenses (from managing us). More information can be found at the following link:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/FeeInformation/
If you cannot make the public hearing you can comment
through the DOH website here:
https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/policyreview/AddComment.aspx?ID=632 Sincerely, Carl Hinkson RCSW 2010 president NOW after your RCSW / membership feed back.............
From:
Gragg, Susan (DOH) [mailto:Susan.Gragg@DOH.WA.GOV]
State statutes require the cost of each profession to be shared equally
by the members of that profession through license fees and that each
profession is self-supporting. Fees are raised in response to
anticipated revenue and expenditures. The respiratory care
program is spending more than the revenue it receives and currently has
a negative fund balance of $44,000. The negative balance will
continue to grow unless fees are increased.
The department initially proposed a significant increase, changing the
renewal amount for an existing license from $110 every two years to $305
every two years. That increase would allow the program to be fully
funded by the end of the 2011-13 biennium - based on current
projections.
We re-analyzed the cost and revenue projections for the respiratory
profession because the proposed increase was so high. We wanted to
determine if anything had changed since the projections were completed
before the 2010 legislative session. The projections originally
achieved a positive balance within one biennium. The department has
decided to extend this schedule over three biennia.
This will reduce the amount of the fee increases
to $165 for renewals and $210 for new applications
HB 2989 has been placed on hold most likely held until next year's session. This bill allows Respiratory Care Practitioners to take orders from Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in our state. CLICK HERE FOR MORE RELATED INFORMATION
The RCSW CareerSite / Jobs and Job Candidates has been removed of lack Respiratory Care usage. Whould have changed to $500/month expense vs revenue since volume was so low.
New great Patient Instructions for Inhaled Devices The Airways, Allied, Respiratory Care and Home Care NetWorks of the American College of Chest Physicians have developed the following printable handout sheets to instruct patients in the use of inhaled devices. These step-by step instructions provide patients and physicians access to instructions on usage and cleaning for most delivery devices available today. Select and print the appropriate sheets for your patients. LINK is under Self Help: Health Education Resources on our medical links patient for future reference. THIS SITE IS BEST / BETTER VIEWED WITH THE CURRENT Microsoft Explorer Browser Click here to Break out of someone's frames! Cartoon of the week by Jim Allen
The Tobacco Cessation Resource Center (TCRC) recently launched a tobacco cessation website designed to offer resources to health care providers. The website can be accessed at: www.tobaccoprc.org/TCRC/HCP.cfm Letter with details click here. Webmaster is Terry Smith BS RRT I am the Director of Overlake Hospital Medical Center's Respiratory Care Services The views expressed here are the RCSW's or my own and do not represent Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue Washington my employer. You can leave myself an e-mail message to add sites or feed back on broken sites. Thank you for your assistance in keeping up this site. Respiratory Care Society of Washington (RCSW) Web Page PO Box 242 Seahurst, WA 98062-0242 Webmaster Terry Smith RRT rcsw@rcsw.org Up Dated Last: 08/29/10 11:32 AM Copyright 1996 by Terry Smith BS RRT . All rights reserved.
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