Ohio Psychological Association

OPA Named National Register SPTA Advocacy Award Winner

This award is presented annually to State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Associations (SPTAs) to honor excellence in advocacy.

April D. Fernando, PhD, member of the National Register Board of Directors and Chair of the National Register’s SPTA Advocacy Award Committee, said of the Ohio State Psychological Association: “The Committee was incredibly impressed with the results of OPA’s advocacy work to secure state funding for their pilot project to attract top interns to Ohio and establish the state’s first doctoral internship program in all six of state-run psychiatric hospitals. We were equally impressed with their efforts to successfully reform the insurance practice of skimming 3-5% off the top of ETF reimbursements to health and behavioral health providers. Truly remarkable accomplishments – congratulations to OPA!”

Read the full press release at... https://ohpsych.org/news/730130/OPA-Names-National-Register-SPTA-Advocacy-Award-Winner.htm