National Association of Rehab Providers and Agencies

NARA is About "The Business of Rehab"

The National Association of Rehabilitation Providers and Agencies (NARA) was founded in 1978, and  functions as a trade association representing the interests of a membership base spanning across the nation.  NARA's membership is open to rehab therapy organizations.  Current membership represents rehab businesses consisting of over 12,000 healthcare professionals dedicated to providing a multitude of skilled rehabilitation therapy services to individuals in a variety of settings including inpatient, outpatient, skilled care, assisted living, educational systems, industry / occupational health.

Although tenured with a vast and successful history, the association continues to evolve and invigorate its dynamics and infrastructure to positively represent and affect change in the rehabilitation therapy industry. The purpose and continued efforts of NARA focuses upon the following foundation.  Read More....

News for Rehab Providers

NARA Spring Conference Set for May 19-21, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (1/12/2010)

The NARA Spring Legislative Conference is returning to Washington, D.C. and the DoubleTree Hotel in DuPont Circle.

President's Message (November 9, 2009)

From Gregg Altobella: I hope that this communication finds all of you well. It was only several weeks ago that we successfully concluded our annual Fall Conference, entering into our 31st year as an association. Despite the economic challenges, the overall climate of the conference was indicative of a greater sense of operational diligence and creative / strategic business planning as organizations and providers from all over the country were networking. Thank you to our Board of Directors, our Conference Committee, NARA Central, our Pre-Conference Speaker, Mr. Rick Gawenda, and to all of you who have participated in making it another inspiring and meaningful educational and networking event. Read more

Applications Now Being Accepted for Rehab Agency Accreditation (9/24/2009)

RA Accreditation has announced the acceptance of applications for Rehab Agency Accreditatation. NARA has been working the AAAASF, a Medicare deemed program in two other areas to assist in their efforts to being the accreditation process for Rehab agencies. Currently CMS has designated initial surveys for Rehab Agencies as "Tier 4" , the lowest level of priority, and most state agencies will not do an initial survey due to the CMS imposed funding limitations. This new RA Accreditation program will serve providers in obtaining their initial survey, and will assist existing providers in obtaining re-certification that may be needed for managed care network applrications. Read More

New Survey & Certification Rules for Electronic Health Records (8/14/2009)

CMS issued a Memorandum to State Agency Directors regarding surveying of facilities that use Electronic Health Records (EHR.) In summary "surveyors are expected to enforce the specific health and safety regulatory requirement for providers/suppliers to protect the confidentiality of medical records. During the entrance conference, surveyors will verify with the facility the process they will follow in order to have unrestricted access to the medical record. Impeding the survey process by unnecessarily delaying or restricting access to the medical records may lead to termination from Medicare participation."

RAC Topics Posted by HDI - Region D (8/11/2009)

HealthDataInsights (HDI) is the second of the four Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) to post approved CMS topics for review. All the topics posted are in the category of Outpatient Hospital and Physician Services and cover all 17 states and 3 territories in Region D. This is important for rehab providers and find out why right here.

RAC Topics Posted by Connolly - Region C (8/4/2009)

Connolly is the first of the four Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) to post approved CMS topics for review. All the topics posted are in the category of Outpatient Hospital and Physician Services and specifically for the state of South Carolina. This is important for rehab providers and find out why right here.

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