RPC Welcomes NC Rehab Professionals

NC Rehab Advisory Board Meetings

The NC Rehabilitation Advisory Board to the NCIC

The Rehab Advisory Board meeting at Key Risk in Greensboro, NC is set for August 15, or 22, (date to be confirmed) 2007 at 10:00 a.m. 

Next Meeting: If you have issues or concerns and want to attend the meeting the board asks that you inform them in advance of the meeting the amount of time you need and your issues so plans can be made accordingly. Please send an e-mail to Karen Smith at Smithk@ind.commerce.state.nc.us with your information.

Previous Meeting Highlights

NC Rehabilitation Advisory Board to the NCIC

NCIC REHAB ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The N.C. Industrial Commission Rehabilitation Advisory Board functions as a resource for the Industrial Commission, the Rehabilitation Professionals, the medical community, and the parties working for the benefit of the injured workers in North Carolina. Should you have questions, concerns, issues that need to be brought to the attention of Rehabilitation Community or the NCIC please feel free to contact any of the board members. The Members of the board are as follows:

Barbara Armstrong, RN, CDMS, CCM, CLCP                                                                                                             
Armstrong & Associates
P.O. Box 470637
Charlotte, NC  28247  e-mail

Vickie Dixon, MS, CRC
Southern Rehab
3725 National Drive: Suite.123
Raleigh, NC  27612  e-mail

Rebecca Earley, BSN, RN, CDMS, CCM
Complete Case Management
P.O. Box 1663
Morganton, NC 28680 e-mail

Caroline Fortner, RN, CDMS, CCM
Ortho Carolina
1001 Blythe Blvd.; Ste. 200
Charlotte, NC  28203 e-mail

Rebecca Hobbs, BSN, RN, CCM
St. Paul/Travelers
P O Box 473502
Charlotte, NC  28247 e-mail

Beverly Jeter, M.Ed., CRC
American Rehabilitation Inc.
Charlotte, NC  28247 e-mail

Jeanne Russell, MS, CRC, CCM
Intracorp
1440 Goodwin Road
Apex, NC  27523 e-mail

Ted H. Sawyer, MA, CRC, CDMS, LPC
Crawford and Company
220 Horizons Drive; Ste. 203
Raleigh, NC  27615 e-mail   

 Karen Smith, RN, COHN-S 
NCIC Nurses Section
4341 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC  27699-4341 e-mail

Sally Terwey, BSN, RN, CDMS, CCM
Key Risk Management Services
PO Box 49129
Greensboro, NC 27419  e-mail

David Steinbeck, MS, CRC
Carolina Case Management
Winston Salem, NC  e-mail

 

NCARP- Professional OrganizationTo

North Carolina Association of Rehabilitation Professionals

To access the Charlotte and Triangle Chapter's web site click on the chapter name below. The Presidents  of the North Carolina Association of Rehabilitation Professionals   are as follows:

Chapter Name	President	E-Mail
Charlotte	Jan Willet	jwrmi@carolina.rr.com
Triad	Diane Oakley	oakleydia@aol.com
Asheville	Elga N. Calhoun	elga.calhoun@southernrehab.net
Crystal Coast	Sarah Golightly	sgolightly@ec.rr.com
Azalea	Margaret Costello	maggiemay56@earthlink.net

IARP-Carolinas

The International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals - Carolinas 

Executive Board

To learn more about IARP and to become a member click here.

Board Position	Name	Contact
President	Tina Bryant	tinapagerehab@nc.rr.com
President-Elect	Clarann Hull	rntolaw@nc.rr.com
Treasurer	Lynn Sposito	rspo0771@aol.com
Secretary	Pat Rediehs	Pat.Rediehs@genexservices.com
Member at Large	Denise Robertson	drobertson5@triad.rr.com
Member at Large	Tricia Oakes	tporell@hotmail.com
Member at Large	Jackie Jessie	JJESSIE2@nc.rr.com
Member at Large	John Venn	mail@jonvenn.com
Past-President and Member at Large	Nancy Wells	nwells@carolinacasemgmt.com
Member at Large	Alice Farrar	alfarrar@bellsouth.net

 

NCIC Requests Your Credentialing Information

 ***IMPORTANT***

If you practice Rehabilitation in NC as a case manager in workers' compensation please go to the NCIC web page (click here) and read about the NCIC and their request that we submit our credentialing information. To assure the NCIC that we as professionals have the required credentials, it is important that we provide them with the requested information.

The NC Rules for Rehabilitation

To view the North Carolina Industrial Commission Rules for Utilization of Rehabilitation Professionals in Workers' Compensation Claims please click here .

If you would like to download a copy of these rules you may do so from this web site by clicking here.

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