Day: July 1, 2008

A recent 50-state survey reveals that insurance companies in most states are not prohibited from denying health coverage to people with pre-existing conditions, refusing to pay for services needed to treat common ailments, adding huge premium surcharges for people with…

O&P Business News spoke to one amputee about his fight to join America’s bravest as a member of his community’s fire department.

  Theresa Bonnema Theresa Bonnema, CPed, COF, has joined the staff of American Prosthetics & Orthotics Inc. (APO), at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics office. Before joining APO, Bonnema worked as a pedorthist and orthotic fitter at Quality…

Six months after the opening of Walter Reed’s Military Advanced Training Center, O&P Business News toured the facility and discovered the benefits to patients.

Knee injuries are the leading cause of high school sports-related surgeries according to a study conducted at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and recently published in The American Journal…

The 35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists will be held at the Hilton Atlanta, in Atlanta, March 4-7, 2009. The meeting provides clinical and professional education sessions and the opportunity for individuals…

To help reduce the substantial administrative burden of ensuring accurate insurance payments for physician services, the American Medical Association (AMA) launched the Cure for Claims campaign to help fix the ailing system of processing medical claims with health insurers, and…

David Rozelle’s military career did not end with amputation. It was the beginning of his return as the first amputee to Iraq.

By Jennifer Hoydicz