MOPA President, Rich Martielli, was interviewed by a reporter from the Riverfront Times recently and the Q&A was featured on their website.
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 Mark Bradford, MOPA President Elect-Elect, drove to the Kansas City SCOP Meeting April 24th to Present an Award to Pamela Groose, SCOP Director on behalf of Ozark Area Psychological Association (OAPA) and all State Psychologists . Pam has been a friend to psychology and to all psychologists and we appreciate her! It was good to say "Thanks Pam for all you do!" We also had the privilege of inviting Psychologists to Join MOPA and to invite them to our Upcoming June 7-8, 2013 MOPA Celebration of Psychology Conference where we will be reminiscing MOPA History and Celebrating and Honoring Psychologists for their years of service. Mark Bradford, PsyD Mark@DrBradford.org OAPA President MOPA President Elect-Elect 1 Comment April Legislative Updates04/21/2012 Some updates for April H&B CODES
EATING DISORDER BILL
Working proudly on your behalf, Richard P. Martielli, Ph.D., ABPP President Missouri Psychological Association Dear Colleague: As you may be aware, APA is undertaking a process to develop clinical treatment guidelines. A panel to develop guidelines for the treatment of depression across the lifespan was recently appointed. Attached are calls for nominations of individuals to serve on panels that will develop guidelines for the treatment of obesity and guidelines for the treatment of PTSD. Those interested in being considered to serve on either of these panels are asked to submit a brief statement indicating their qualifications and willingness to serve and a CV. Materials are due by June 18, 2012, and should be submitted to ctg@apa.org with “obesity panel” or “PTSD panel” in the subject line. You are encouraged to circulate this call for nominations to your contacts and professional networks. For additional background on this APA initiative, see: Development of new panels http://www.apapracticecentral.org/update/2012/04-12/obesity-ptsd.aspx Appointment of depression panel http://www.apapracticecentral.org/update/2012/04-12/depression.aspx Respectfully, Lynn F. Bufka, PhD American Psychological Association Lynn Bufka, PhD | Assistant Executive Director, Practice Research and Policy Practice Directorate American Psychological Association 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242 Tel: (202) 336-5869 | Fax: (202) 336-5797 email: lbufka@apa.org | www.apa.org MOPA Membership Software & Site Makeover04/16/2012  MOPA has been at work transiting to a new membership software and website. You will now find that if you attempt to go to www.mopsych.org you will reach our new site www.MOPAonline.org. Members can now also request a new password for the new membership software see this GUIDE HERE. Please see this page for the transition process and updates on the makeover. We welcome members input and feedback on the changes. If you're having any problems with accessing the site please let us know: Admin@MOPAonline.org or Webmaster@MOPAonline.org Health Care Reform Webinar04/10/2012  Dear members, If you are interested in learning more about how health care reform policy will be shaped in the coming years with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), I encourage you to sign up for this free webinar sponsored by the website www.statereforum.org. Details: Title: Building It from the Ground Up: A Conversation with State Health Insurance Exchange Leaders Date: Thu, Apr 12, 2012 Time: 02:30 PM EDT Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Host(s): Rachel Dolan Link to register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/showReg?udc=pe78uh2m2g73 Richard P. Martielli, Ph.D., ABPP MOPA President April Legislative Update04/10/2012  Dear members, We continue to make progress on HB 1509 (Sponsor: Rep. Stream) which would mandate coverage for eating disorders by private insurers in Missouri. I am meeting with a representative from the National Eating Disorders Association who has been working with Rep. Stream on the legislation from the beginning. We will be covering both the clinical evidence that would support this legislation but also the financial evidence that would make this a cost-effective measure. If you have a moment, please contact your state representative and tell him/her that you support HB 1509 or on the senate side SB 634 (Sponsor: Sen. Pearce). Also regarding this legislation we are drafting language that would include psychologists specifically in name as providers who work with individuals suffering from eating disorders and who are often providing first-line treatments to these individuals of empirically supported treatments (e.g., CBT). Both Rep. Stream and Sen. Pearce were receptive to including psychologists in the bill as an amendment. This probably won't get passed this session, but we're working to make the bill even stronger for next year and one that is more psychologist-friendly Another example of MOPA working hard for Missouri psychologists's interests. Richard P. Martielli, ABPP MOPA President Student Voice about Legislative Day 201204/05/2012  Click for Larger Image MOPA had several students attend this years Legislative Day and we appreciate all of their interest and energy they bring to psychology. Here are a few comments from two of the students: Left to Right in the Photo: Dr. Mark Bradford, Brent Huber, Phillip Hawley, & Dr. David Black “It was an incredible learning experience. Meeting with the representatives and senators really exposed how genuine and approachable they are. After seeing this process in action, creating and maintaining relationships with your representatives is not nearly as intimidating as it may seem. It is entirely up to us with just how much of a difference we can make.” ~Brent Huber, B.A. Doctoral Student at Forest Institute of Professional Psychology "I really enjoyed legislative day not only for the advocacy of psychology as a field, but because I was able to meet and talk to other psychologist who are interested in advocacy. These are the people that will be my colleagues in the near future and I really look up to them and enjoy learning some of the tricks of the trade. Another great experience is to meet our Representatives and Senators. Despite the business in Jefferson City this time of year I could not believe how willing many of them were to sit and talk to us about the issues we are concerned of. I can see how our clients enjoy that whole "empathy" thing. " ~Phillip Hawley, B.A. 3rd year Doctoral Student at Forest Institute of Professional Psychology If you are a student of psychology and would like to connect with MOPA's Student Representative or become more involved please contact: Ben P. Hunter bhunter@forest.edu  MOPA held its annual Legislative Day yesterday in Jefferson City. The event was attended by almost 20 psychologists and students. We talked with the sponsors of the Eating Disorder Bill on both the House side and the Senate side (HB 1509 sponsored by Rep. Stream and SB 634 sponsored by Sen. Pearce). We have been given action items to address and are drafting language in order to amend these bills to ensure that psychologists are included as providers as we were left out due to oversight. We advocated for psychologists having a place at the table for health care reform with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. We advocated for preserving our scope of practice and worked hard to protect it from being encroached upon by LPCs who wish to be given diagnostic privileges with little more than a 3 hour class. All volunteers also had time to meet with their district's state senator and representative. All volunteers reported back to us that their visits were very well received. Afterwards we all met for a working lunch and discussed future directions for MOPA to take in order to expand and grow our membership. We agreed that technology must be at the forefront of our efforts and we must better utilize social media outlets to continually inform our members how we are putting their dues to good use and they are getting value for their membership. I commented that so much goes on behind the scenes that unless we communicate this to members, they will have no way of knowing how hard others are working to advocate on their behalf, and they will fail to see the immense value that they receive for their annual dues. We will work on becoming more transparent and doing a better job of updating members on the activities of the board and our legislative efforts as they unfold. This means being more active on our MOPA Facebook Group as well as on our MOPA Twitter account. If you weren't able to join us this year, I encourage you to make a phone call to your state senator and/or representative informing them that you are a constituent and a voting psychologist in their district. We learned that every phone call made to a legislator's office is recorded and tracked, so phone calls are a good way to make an impact on legislation if you can't be there in person. You CAN make a difference. For pictures from legislative day, CLICK HERE. Thanks, Richard P. Martielli, Ph.D., ABPP MOPA President Video at APA State Leadership Conference04/03/2012 Watch the video below of MOPA in action at the recent State Leadership Conference! | AuthorMOPA ArchivesMay 2013 CategoriesAll |
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