APMA News JULY/AUGUST 2018 10 Features Departments MISSION Accomplished: Victory on VA Provider Equity 6 President's Message 14 Cosponsors to HELLPP Act 24 Reimbursement 25 Committee Nominations 28 Coverage Corner 29 CPME Update 30 Young Physicians' Accomplishments 34 In Short 35 Worthy of Note 36 Affiliates Corner 37 List of Affiliated Organizations 38 APMA Member Categories 40 New Members 42 Death Notices 44 APMAPAC Update 51 Development Update 62 2018 Annual Meeting Sponsors 65 Classified Advertising 68 Dates to Remember 69 Advertising Index 70 10 Questions 16 "Today's Podiatrist" Spring Campaign Breaks Records 20 DPMs on the Campaign Trail 22 Updated List of Seal Holders APMA THANKS ITS MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING THE VA PROVIDER EQUITY ACT "Without our members and their support for the APMAPAC, at the Legislative Conference, and via eAdvocacy, we never could have accomplished this legislative victory. Now is not the time to be complacent. We have an important opportunity to continue to advance the profession for our member podiatrists and, most importantly, for their patients." -Benjamin J. Wallner, APMA director, Legislative Advocacy and APMAPAC 8 APMA News July/August 2018 ON THE COVER: Photo by Shutterstock/ gerasimov_foto_174. APMA News is the magazine of the American Podiatric Medical Association America's Foot and Ankle Physicians and Surgeons