Plotting Out Our Future: PFA’s Three-Year Strategic Plan
In 2013, PFA’s Board of Directors met for a weekend-long
strategic planning session to map out the activities of the
association for the next three years. However, even before the
actual brainstorming began, the Board reviewed PFA’s Mission
Statement, which was used to drive the rest of the planning
process. After significant discussion, the Board approved a
slightly modified version of the existing mission statement,
which now reads:
PFA’s mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of
credentialed providers of lower extremity pedorthic modalities
through education; increase the demand for services through
marketing; and, promote the right to practice through government
affairs activities.
• Seeking opportunities for PFA to testify in favor of licensure
legislation.
• Seeking opportunities for PFA to have a seat at the table
during the regulation writing phase following legislative
passage.
Specific Objective: Interact and build relationships
and coalitions between PFA and other healthcare professional’s
organizations by:
• Determining benefits of (causes, reasons) and organizations to
join forces with at the state and national level.
• Determining level(s) of cooperation.
By revisiting and revising PFA’s Mission Statement, the
following short and long term goals were established to comport
to the mission statement:
Specific Objective: Continue to monitor and respond
to legislative and regulatory issues potentially impacting the
profession by:
Goal 1: Promote Advocacy
and Government Relations
• Continuing regular visits to offices of Members of Congress.
• Seeking opportunities to meet with CMS officials.
• Working together with APMA, AOPA and PFOLA, to name a
few, on issues of mutual interest.
• Subscribing to federal and state legislative and regulatory
monitoring service.
• Further refining existing, and developing new position papers
as needed on issues of interest to pedorthics.
Specific Objective: Advance state licensure practice
acts for pedorthists by:
• Continuously monitoring for legislative activity in each state
currently without pedorthic or O & P licensure.
• Charging PFA’s State Licensure Subcommittee with the
following mandate:
The charge of the committee is to protect the Scope of
Practice as defined by the PFA Model Licensure Bill in
states that are contemplating licensure for pedorthists.
In states having licensure, to work within the legislative
structure to ensure that pedorthists in the state may
practice pedorthics to the full extent of the Scope.”
• Revising as necessary PFA’s model pedorthic licensure
legislation.
• Developing convincing arguments in favor of state pedorthic
licensure for those individuals/members who may be opposed
to licensure.
• Building consensus amongst the membership in states where
licensure is pending to determine their interest in pursuing
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