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Month: September 2008
Using Accreditation Standards to Increase Productivity and Revenue
With the CMS accreditation deadline looming, facility owners are encouraged to consider what positive influence accreditation has to offer business.
Marketing Myths
Marketing costs money, so you need to get the most for your investment.
CMS Pilot Program Saves Nearly $700 Million in Improper Medicare Payments
CMS has begun the expansion process by initiating a competition for four permanent recovery audit contractors after the pilot program ended in March.
BOC International Moves to New Headquarters
BOC International headquarters in Owings Mills, Md. The Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification, International (BOC) has moved its headquarters from Columbia, Md., to Owings Mills, Md. The new address is 10451 Mill Run Circle, Suite 200, Owings Mills, MD 21117.…
Researchers Urge Backpack Safety Instead of Style for Kids
School children across the world may speak different languages but there is one experience an estimated 90% of all students share: wearing a backpack. Researchers from the University of San Diego, California School of Medicine say those students also share…
‘Chilling’ Hardship Rates among Families Raising Disabled Children
Families with disabled children are struggling to keep food on the table, a roof over their heads, and to pay for needed health and dental care. But according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
Congress Overrides President’s Veto to Enact Medicare Legislation
What is the impact on the O&P profession and other Medicare providers and benefits?
Americans Made More Than One Billion Hospital and Doctor Visits in 2006
Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments in 2006, an average of four visits per person per year, according to new health care statistics released by the…
Limb Donations: Amputees Bank on them
Limb banks are streamlining the overseas O&P mission. O&P Business News spoke to key players in this process for the first article in a two-part series.