Bone stress injuries sustained during basic military training correlate with a fivefold increase in long-term health system utilization. Injuries carry the potential for lasting impacts on personal health, well-being and decisions about daily activity. As athletic trainers vie for pay increases, expanded staff or both, they frequently pose the question, “How do I demonstrate my worth?” ...This session outlines the data that exists and discusses the data that can be collected locally to influence the perceived valuation of athletic trainers in the secondary school setting.

Get paid and grow your program. We will discuss leading practices in tracking services rendered and creating a fair-market valuation for those services. We'll provide a detailed review of documentation standards, common procedural terminology, and regionally adjusted reimbursement levels. A balance in understanding fee-for-service compared to fee-for-value valuation models will be considered.