“AMRPA is so important to our industry and the work that they’ve done for years in advocacy and education and connection with others who are providing similar care throughout the country.”
Membership
Why Join AMRPA?
The American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA) is the nation’s only organization dedicated to inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units (IRH/Us) and outpatient rehabilitation providers. We serve as a critical resource for our members and represent our field before Congress, the Administration and other policymakers. AMRPA offers a wide range of programs, informational tools, educational activities and member benefits, but most of our members join AMRPA for our advocacy work, operational assistance, and access to information and expertise.
2024 Policy Priorities
AMRPA has developed a policy agenda to protect patient access to timely, necessary, and high-quality inpatient rehabilitation care.
Operational Assistance
- AMRPA researches, develops, and distributes specialized toolkits to support and assist members with key issues, such as the Medicare Appeals Approach.
- AMRPA staff facilitates access to information or expertise on a broad range of issues, and business challenges.
- Members can obtain information on the AMRPA website at no charge.
Access to Information & Expertise
AMRPA keeps members informed of all significant policy, legislative and regulatory issues affecting medical rehabilitation providers through:
- Action Alerts – Timely alerts to members designed to mobilize national member responses to critical issues requiring Congressional action.
- Off the Record – Our weekly newsletter includes up to date summaries on legislative and regulatory issues affecting medical rehabilitation providers.
- Members Only Calls – We provide timely information on emerging developments and issues affecting the field as needed.
- Exclusive Content – Access to members only content on the AMRPA website and the AMRPA member directory, including special reports, updates and analysis on the important issues faced by inpatient medical rehab hospitals and units.
- AMRPA Member Directory – Reach your peers and the leaders in inpatient medical rehab through the exclusive online directory.
Kelly Linden
President & CEO, Casa Colina
“AMRPA is the only organization out there that solely focuses on furthering medical rehabilitation, advocating for access to medical rehabilitation, providing advocacy and education. If you really want to be involved in the industry to know all of the latest news trends and what’s coming up, if you want to have a voice in the industry, I think you really have to be an AMRPA member.”
Chris Lee, MSPT, FACHE
VP & COO, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals
“Patients have always been — and will always continue to be — the overarching focus of our Association’s advocacy efforts. We seek to protect patients’ access to vital inpatient rehabilitation services and educate policymakers on the unique and critical role that inpatient rehabilitation plays in the post-acute sector.”
Kate Beller, JD
AMRPA
“AMRPA’s strength lies in its membership, and the shared commitment to preserve and protect medical rehabilitation for the patients we serve.”
Bruce Gans, MD
Senior Health Policy Advisor, Powers Law and Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
“The value equation that AMRPA provides is clear: They use our collective voices as rehabilitation providers to move rehabilitation in a positive direction so it is an available service for people now and in the future.”
Bob Bianchi
Consultant
“Being an AMRPA member is a kind of insurance policy, one that safeguards patient access.”
Gregg Stanley
Retired, HCA Healthcare
AMRPA Events
AMRPA hosts two conferences each year to review and target current legislative, regulatory, operational, financial, and strategic issues.
Other Benefits
Other important benefits of AMRPA membership includes:
- Special discounts for your employees who participate in our educational programs, events and the Medical Rehab Management Certification (MRMC) program. Our Spring and Fall Conferences, and webinars provide the latest information and facts about the important issues impacting medical rehabilitation providers including legislative, regulatory, operational, financial, and strategic issues.
- Eligibility to serve and participate on committees to increase involvement in shaping AMRPA’s advocacy agenda.
- Listing in the “Find a Provider” search tool on the AMRPA Patient Information Center website, which allows the public to locate AMRPA member hospitals in their area.
- Access to Our Digital Archive of recorded webinars, an archive of the AMRPA magazine, and recordings of our Members-Only calls.
Our wide range of programs, informational tools, educational activities and member benefits are detailed in our membership brochure.
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