Veterans Affairs Physician Assistant Association, Inc.
P.O. BOX 128, Iron Mountain, MI 49801
1-866-VA-VAPAA (1-866-828-2722) Toll Free
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Welcome To The VAPAA

Notice:
VAPAA no longer has accounts with Bank of America. If you have received a check stating from us through a BoA account please contact your financial institution as this is a fraudulent check. If you were making payroll deductions to our former BoA account, please change this with your local payroll office. We are sorry for any inconvenience. - Treasurer


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2010 CME CONFERENCE

Early Bird Registration is now over!!

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION EXPIRED 31 JANUARY 2010 @ 2000 CST

Regular registration rates are now in effect!

VAPAA members registration: $375 (description: Registration Fee (before Jun 1, 2010) for members of the Veterans Affairs Physician Assistant Association for the VAPAA CME conference July 12-16, 2010.)
(We WILL not let you enter the conference if you are not a confirmed member for this rate. You will be charged the appropriate rate plus a service charge. However, if you sign up as a member the same day as you register you can get the lower rate saving $50.)

Non-VAPAA PAs: $475 (description: Registration Fee (before Jun 1, 2010) for the VAPAA CME conference July 12-16, 2010., for Physician Assistants OR other healthcare professionals who are NOT members or not eligible as members of the VAPAA.)

PA Students: $125 (description: CME Conference registration for the VAPAA CME conference July 13-16, 2010, for students enrolled in an ARC-PA accredited PA program.)

Go to the Conference Registration Page to sign up for the conference! Use the link above in the navigation bar.

Or use this LINK TO REGISTRATION FORM if that doesn't work

BECOME A MEMBER BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW TO PAY DUES:

Membership through the WEB page - $75.00 for one year charged to your credit card. (Annual remittance of payment is required. We do NOT automatically charge your account each year.)

MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE FOR 2010 CALENDAR YEAR (Jan 1 through Dec 31, 2010) AND ARE PAST DUE AFTER JAN 31, 2010. SEND THEM IN NOW AND RETAIN YOUR MEMBER STATUS.

Hotel reservations available immediately:

Crowne Plaza Resort
Hotel Room Information
and link to make
ROOM RESERVATIONS
are available NOW.

This link will take you to a preset form ... edit it as needed for your particular number of nights of stay and for the needed number of rooms/people attending in your party. Be sure the key word "VPA" is entered for your special conference rate!!!

If you get an error stating that there is no room for what you selected, select one at the $94 conference rate and call the hotel to make sure that you are able to get the room you need. There ARE still rooms available at our special conference rate, but only until they fill all the rooms we have reserved!

Our negotiated conference room rate is at the 2010 GSA per diem per night.
(Tax-exempted so all you will have to pay is the per diem)
Mark Your Calendars Now and Make Plans To Attend!

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Legislative NEWS ... Click HERE to view this page! From Bob K. - President

As promised, I said I’ll keep everyone posted on how things go with the Capitol Connection and where we are with the Director of PA Services. At this time, the bill was linked with other VA bills and is now on its way to the Senate floor for a vote. As it progresses along and as I hear things I’ll pass it on to you. In the meantime, it is still important to keep in contact with your Senators asking them to support and vote for the bill, S. 1237, The Homeless Veterans and Other Veterans Health Care Authorities Act of 2010. This is the bill to which our proposal has been linked.
Bob K. - President

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The 2010 VA Pay Schedules can be found at the following link: http://vaww.appc1.va.gov/ohrm/PAY/PAYRATE1.htm (VA Intranet available only)
http://opm.gov/oca/10tables/indexgs.asp (Internet listing)

AJ Kent Memorial Scholarship Fund


Military Note: Many National Guard and Reserve troops are on duty since 9/11/2001.
See releases on how many here!

Also Available is an Iraq Update !

"Stop Loss" to END!! See Article!

DID YOU KNOW?

The average Army (active duty) PA has spent over 28 months in combat zones over the past 8 years. All but seven have been deployed repeatedly to Iraq. A friend at Vietnam Veterans found this article and obviously thought people should know about it. There have been too few articles on the amazing role that Army PA's have played in combat. This is one of the few. Read for yourself:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52928

PAs Killed In Action

Please remember our fellow PAs from the Army who were either KIA, or died as a result of their service. Of course there are PAs in the Navy, Air force and National Guard. Please forward additions to our webmaster for recognition here.

CPT Sean Grimes, Southfield, MI, on March 4, 2005

MAJ Anthony R. Garcia, Ft. Worth, TX, on Feb. 17, 2006

CPT Kafele H. Sims, Los Angeles, CA on June 16, 2009

CPT Barry McGowan, Ft. Carson, CO on Aug. 10, 2009

CPT Cory J. Jenkins, Mesa, AZ, on Aug. 25, 2009


TO ALL OUR TROOPS OVERSEAS, WE PRAY YOU ALL COME HOME SOON!
IN THE INTERIM PLEASE STAY SAFE!


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New Military Links Page

Navy to Commission Aircraft Carrier George H.W. Bush


 

 

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