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…
Year: 2009
New Analysis Examines Fraud in Both Private and Public Health Insurance Markets
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…
An Update on Competitive Bidding in O&P
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…
CVS Caremark Charitable Trust Awards $25,000 to Disabled Sports USA for Youth Programs
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…
Transtibial Diagnostic Prosthesis Fabrication
Part one of this two-part series presents considerations for preparation to fabricate.
Creative Collaboration
Through open communication, one prosthetist and his patient find that their work together resounds like notes from a grand piano.
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain Problems May Allow Soldiers to Be Deployed
Electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS) provides an option for military personnel with back pain and other chronic pain conditions to return to combat and other strenuous duties, according to a study in the July issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia. “We…
Amputee Lawman Survived the Notorious Bataan Death March in World War II
For Luke Pingno Sr., losing a limb may have saved his life. Luke Pingno Sr. Image reprinted with permission from Luke Pingno Jr. The loss of a limb may have saved seaman first class Luke Pingno Sr.’s life in…
Going to Work When Sick May Lead to Future Absences
Employees who often go to work despite feeling sick have higher rates of future work absences due to illness, according to a study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The findings raise the possibility that measures attempting to…
Study Confirms Effectiveness of Schanzer PIII CLI Risk Score
A new study presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery confirms the effectiveness of a simple and reliable tool that can predict the risk of amputation-free survival (AFS) for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI).…