Year: 2008

Training in emotional intelligence could help medical residents and fellows become more sensitive toward their patients, according to a commentary in the Sept. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Patients are less likely to complain and…

ABC was established to foster and promote appropriate standards for fitting prosthetic and orthopedic appliances.

With the CMS accreditation deadline looming, facility owners are encouraged to consider what positive influence accreditation has to offer business.

Marketing costs money, so you need to get the most for your investment.

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 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.…

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…

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…

What is the impact on the O&P profession and other Medicare providers and benefits?

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…