Month: August 2009

The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC) 2009 Annual Meeting was held May 20-23 at the Fiesta Resort Conference Center in Tempe, Ariz. The meeting was locally hosted by Artificial Limb Specialists of Mesa, Ariz. and Orthotic Specialists of Phoenix.…

OPAF and The First Clinics hosted two First Swim Clinics as part of the 2009 Amputee Coalition of America Conference (ACA) in Atlanta. This is the second year that OPAF has hosted First Swim clinics at ACA. This year’s sponsor…

A new report from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy challenges the notion that fraud is a problem only in public health insurance markets and finds that fraud is a system-wide…

Round one rebid of DMEPOS competitive bidding is slated to open in the fall. Early this summer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlined the next steps for implementing the round one rebid of the Medicare competitive bidding…

Disabled Sports USA (DS/USA) announced that it has received a $25,000 grant from the CVS Caremark Charitable Trust, the private foundation created by CVS Caremark Corporation. DS/USA was among 92 grantees who were awarded over $4.2 million to help children…

Part one of this two-part series presents considerations for preparation to fabricate.

Through open communication, one prosthetist and his patient find that their work together resounds like notes from a grand piano.