May 2022
President Message
Hello APTA NH Members!

I hope this email and this newsletter finds you well and having the opportunity to get out there to enjoy the beginnings of our spring weather.
We have a lot going on in the areas of payment/reimbursement, federal activities, motion topic development for the APTA House of Delegates, launch of our Early Professional/Student Special Interest Group, and Professional Development.

Speaking of professional development, we are excited to announce that once again we will gather in person on September 24, 2022 for our APTA NH Annual Conference. It has been a long road getting to this point since the beginning of the pandemic, but we are finally here and are so looking forward to sharing a day of great education, catching up with colleagues, viewing poster presentations, interacting with vendors and getting caught up with a variety of association topics. We hope you can join us for “Movement is Medicine”, a day of education with a focus on current trends in exercise-prescription.
Please continue reading to get an update of what is currently happening in our professional association and as always, thank you for your ongoing support…we could not do it without you.
Feel free to contact us if you have questions or are interested in getting involved!
All the best…Mark

Mark Mailloux, PT, MBA
Board Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist in Physical Therapy
President, APTA NH
2022 APTA NH Annual Conference
We are looking forward to returning to our in person Annual Conference and meeting.

September 24
Grappone Conference Center, Concord, NH

Have you considered presenting at our Annual Conference? 
We are looking for 60 - 90 minute sessions related to exercise in the following settings: Ortho/ Sports Medicine, Geriatrics, Oncology, Neurology.


Exhibitor registration is open.
LAMP Leadership 101
Hosted by APTA CT, MA, NH and RI
June 25 and 26, 2022
Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Worcester, MA
Are you interested in being mentored?
Do you have knowledge and experience to share with an early professional? 
APTA NH is starting a mentoring program to help our PTs and PTAs across the state who are beginning their careers, changing settings, or interested in a specialty area.
If you are interested in being mentored or becoming a mentor, click here.
Once you have filled out the form, you will be matched with a clinician who wants to be mentored or can provide the mentorship. There are no formal requirements to participate on either side of the mentorship, other than being an APTA member.
  • Advocacy is selfcare. Feelings of burnout and fatigue are being felt across all practice setting. Having a voice and power in decision making is one way to combat feelings of burnout.
  • As of right now, physical therapists have not secured permanent telehealth coverage.
  • Combating Burnout and Addressing Mental Health of Healthcare Workers
  • Allied Health Work Diversity Act
Some of the remaining active bills under consideration that we are following are listed below:

  • HB1080: Relative to the Rights of Conscience for Medical Professionals.
  • HB1390: Relative to Access to Language Translation Services in Telemedicine
  • HB1624: Relative to Students with Disabilities Participating in Co-curricular Activities and Making an Appropriation, Therefore
  • SB 277: Relative to Emergency or Temporary Healthcare Licenses
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  • CMS Telehealth has extended per the PHE with 5-month extension
  • APTA is at work for Profession with AMA survey
  • UHC/UHC CCP moving away from paper to electronic claims submission by June 1
  • Aetna looking at the 180-day evaluation policy. 
  • Anthem dry needling no longer covered as of June 12, 2022. 

This is a list of items in the complete report. Click below for more details.
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