NATA Now

August 12, 2025 by Beth Sitzler

NATAPAC Keynote Highlights Impactful Leadership

In the Chuck Kimmel Memorial NATAPAC Luncheon keynote address, Mark Coberley, MS LAT, ATC, NATA Hall of Fame member and past District Five director, offered reflections on leadership, advocacy and the power of consistent, intentional action. 

Speaking to a room of emerging and established leaders, he delivered a compelling message built not on personal accolades, but on decades of observation and lived experience.

October 14, 2022 by NATA Staff

Congrats, NATAPAC Sweepstakes Winners

The NATA Political Action Committee (NATAPAC) would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2022 NATAPAC Sweepstakes Sept. 1-18. Through your contributions, $9,000 was raised for the NATAPAC. The winners of the 2022 sweepstakes are:

October 10, 2022 by NATA Staff

Largest Michigan Insurer Makes Decision to Reimburse ATs

By Joe Greene, MS, ATC
Facilitator, NATA Third Party Reimbursement Initiative
 
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, the largest health care insurer in Michigan, has made the decision to reimburse physical medicine and rehabilitation services rendered by athletic trainers. The care provided must be medically necessary, as required with all other providers.

October 5, 2022 by NATA Staff

GAC Shares DEIA Actionable Items

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan, each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA Commitments.

In this blog post, which is part of an ongoing series highlighting these efforts, NATA Government Affairs Committee Chair Anna Sedory, MS, ATC, CSCS, outlines GAC’s actionable items, what the committee hopes to achieve and how members can get involved.
 

October 3, 2022 by NATA Staff

Delving Into Polarizing Issues

By Lydia Hicks

The next NATA Timely Topics event, “The AT and Polarizing Issues in Health Care,” at 11 a.m. CDT Oct. 11, is a forum for athletic trainers to have their questions answered regarding current societal health care topics affecting the profession.

The event will offer attendees the opportunity to connect with thought leaders with expert knowledge on these concerns that ATs can apply in their settings.

September 26, 2022 by NATA Staff

Serving Now To Impact the Profession’s Future

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15, the NATA Now blog is highlighting some of our Hispanic/Latinx athletic training leaders at the state, district and national levels.

As the District Nine representative to the NATA Early Professionals’ Committee and chair of the SEATA Early Professionals’ Committee, Daniella Eiroa, DAT, LAT, ATC, said she volunteers to advance the athletic training profession.