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      <title>Best Practices Community Launched</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AARC is launching an Affordable Care Act Best Practices repository, a community on AARConnect for you to share information and documents.]]></description>
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      <title>AARC Activates Disaster Fund for Victims of Oklahoma Tornado</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AARC sends its thoughts and prayers to the people of Moore, OK, and particularly to the respiratory therapists and other staff at Moore Medical Center, which was seriously damaged by the storm. We know our members in Moore are grappling with unthinkable tragedy and we wish them the best as they work to help their community recover.]]></description>
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      <title>AARC Launches Exam Prep Course</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AARC is pleased to announce an NBRC examination preparation course. AARC Exam Prep is available online and includes instructional modules from well-known respiratory therapy experts who review NBRC test topics in video lectures.]]></description>
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      <title>Good Press: AARC Members in the News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[See who’s been making news lately—]]></description>
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      <title>DRIVE4COPD Launches Contest for AARC Members</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The DRIVE4COPD is pleased to announce a special mid-season contest for all AARC members.]]></description>
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      <title>AARC to Solicit Best Practices</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[According to a 2009 Medicare study, nearly 20% of Medicare beneficiaries are re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge at an annual cost of $17 billion.]]></description>
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      <title>Palliative Care Roundtable Forms</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AARC has just formed a new Roundtable for members interested in networking with their colleagues about palliative care.]]></description>
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      <title>AARC Supports DMEPOS Legislation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AARC has just sent a letter of support for the Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2013 to two key legislators.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:20:22 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>AARC Reacts to CMS Database Release</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AARC reacted to the public release of a Medicare database that shows disparities in billable charges from one hospital to the next, many of which are located within the same geographic location.]]></description>
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      <title>EPA Award Goes to Program Led by AARC Member</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The North East Independent School District (NEISD) in San Antonio, TX, has just received the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management for its Asthma Awareness Education Program (AAEP).]]></description>
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      <title>Good Press: AARC Members in the News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[See who’s been making news lately—]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 11:10:43 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Polio Survivor Sees Value in RTs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Carol Thompson has had her share of ups and downs since surviving polio as a child, including meningitis, traumatic brain injury, vision loss, and five bouts with cancer.]]></description>
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      <title>May is the Month for Asthma</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[May is a great month to renew your commitment to asthma, as we mark National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month and World Asthma Day on the 7th.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:33:26 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Students Invited to AARC Webcast</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A webcast titled, “Transitioning from Student to Professional” will be held at various times during the coming weeks.]]></description>
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      <title>Good Press: AARC Members in the News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[See who’s been making news lately—]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:13:17 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>AARC Reacts to Boston Marathon Bombings</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Members of the Executive Office staff, Board of Directors, and members of the respiratory care community send their thoughts and prayers to all of those who have been affected by this tragedy, and we stand in solidarity with respiratory therapists in Boston hospitals as they work tirelessly alongside their fellow health care professionals to treat the injured.]]></description>
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      <title>AARC Webcasts, Now on Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thanks to a recent upgrade, however, our webcasts are now compatible with iOS version 4.3 and above on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. That means you can access the webcasts on any of these devices, opening the door to earning CRCEs on the go.]]></description>
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      <title>First Five Spring Bulletins Online Now</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Adult Acute Care, Continuing Care/Rehabilitation, Diagnostics, Education, and Home Care Sections have just published the Spring issues of their Bulletins.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:39:58 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>PepsiCo Partners with AARC for COPD Awareness</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AARC officially re-launched its DRIVE4COPD Adopt-a-Company campaign in April to help AARC members connect with the employers in their areas to offer COPD screening and education in the workplace.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:56:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>SSA Seeks Input from AARC on Respiratory Disorders</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On February 4, 2013, the Social Security Administration issued a proposed rule to revise the criteria it uses to evaluate claims involving respiratory disorders in adults and children for the purpose of making disability determinations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:43:08 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>LSRC Gets Home Town Time with Senator</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Keeping your eyes open and ears to the ground is the way to make things happen. Taking advantage of one of those opportunities is what got Louisiana members and the AARC Executive Director in to see a Senator last week.]]></description>
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      <title>COPD Research: A Call to Action</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The COPD Foundation is leading the charge to increase research funding for COPD and is asking AARC members to join in the fight by contacting their members of Congress to let them know COPD is an urgent public health concern that needs to be aggressively addressed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:52:01 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>An Act of Heroism</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AARC member Todd Farrell got a big surprise when he returned to work after visiting family in West Virginia last week.]]></description>
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      <title>Good Press: AARC Members in the News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[See who’s been making news lately.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:48:20 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Good Press: AARC Members in the News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We have another great list of newsmakers to share.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:25:55 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>March 10–16 is a Great Time to Raise Awareness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the official beginning of spring just a week or so away, most of us are looking forward to the rebirth and renewal this time of year brings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:49:59 -0600</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[We have another great list of newsmakers to share.]]></description>
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      <title>PACT Plans Lobby Day March 11–12</title>
      <link>http://www.aarc.org/headlines/13/02/lobby_week.cfm</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Respiratory therapists, appointed by their State Societies as Political Advocacy Contact Team members, head to Washington, D.C. soon to lobby their Congressional delegations seeking support for the Medicare Respiratory Therapist Access Act.]]></description>
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      <title>First Prizes Awarded in Membership Campaign—February 28, 2013</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Earlier this year the AARC launched a new membership campaign with some great prizes to be awarded on a quarterly basis to renewing and new members alike.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:45:27 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>AARC Mourns C. Everett Koop</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AARC joins the rest of the country in mourning the loss of C. Everett Koop, Surgeon General of the U.S. in the 1980s.]]></description>
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      <title>National Sleep Awareness Week Kicks Off on Sunday</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This Sunday marks the beginning of National Sleep Awareness Week, the seven-day run up to the start of Daytime Saving Time in most parts of the country when Americans will lose an hour of sleep.]]></description>
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      <title>AHA Clarifies ACLS Policy</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Collaboration between the American Heart Association, AARC members, and AARC Executive Office has resulted in clarification on who is eligible to take ACLS and PALS courses as well as become an instructor for those courses—and respiratory therapists will continue to be recognized in both areas.]]></description>
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      <title>Facebook Connection Pays Off for Missouri PACT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Our annual PACT Lobby Day on Capitol Hill is coming up March 12, and PACT members from all across the country are working overtime right now to schedule meetings with their members of Congress.]]></description>
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