ASHT Blog
Posted by Courtney Retzer Vargo, OTD, OTR/L, CHT on January 29, 2018
The world is getting smaller. New technology has made it faster to connect with people around the globe, reaching even the most remote corners, an unthinkable probability a decade ago. Cheap and easy internet-based communication has replaced expensive, hardwired phone lines allowing people to…
Posted by Ken Flowers, PT, CHT on January 23, 2018
Orieon Dorth Willhite, Jr., PT, CHT, affectionately known by his family and friends as simply "OD," died Oct. 2, 2017 at the age of 73 of complications following a severe car crash earlier in the summer. OD will be remembered as many things, chief among them: husband of wife Suzie, father to…
Posted by Hannah Gift, OTR/L, CHT, COMT UE, CEAS on January 17, 2018
ASHT is excited to host four Hand Therapy Review Courses in 2018.
Tired of the cold and hoping to see some sun this winter? Irvine, California is hosting a course in February! Midwesterner? St. Louis is a great place to travel in April! Enjoy southern cuisine? Atlanta is hosting a course in June! …
Posted by Sarah DiDomenico Ogburn, MS, OTR/L, WCC, CHT on January 04, 2018
Receiving the 2017 Mary Kasch Hand Therapy Certification Scholarship has meant the world to me.
The scholarship itself allowed me tremendous learning opportunities as I prepared to take the CHT Exam. Having access to resources such as webinars, review books and practice exams made preparing for the…
Posted by Lesley Addison Khan-Farooqi, OTD, OTR/L, CHT on December 21, 2017
Action is needed now to stop the Medicare Part B Outpatient Therapy Cap. If action is not taken now, a hard Medicare therapy cap will go into place on January 1, 2018. This could potentially impact more than 1 million Medicare beneficiaries, preventing them from receiving the therapy services they…