Month: April 2010

  COPC’s new office allows for better focus on the Raleigh market. Image: Center for Orthotic and Prosthetic Care. In North Carolina, the Center for Orthotic & Prosthetic Care (COPC) has offices on campus of Duke University Medical Center and…

  Raghvendra Prajapati OrPro Prosthetics & Orthotics announced that Raghvendra Prajapati, BOCO, CPed has joined the staff of its clinical practice in Richmond, Ind. “We are pleased to have Raj join OrPro,” Michael Hamontree, president of OrPro, said in a…

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics Inc. (ABC) announced that the registered technician credentialing program is in the process of undergoing changes reflective of the alterations this position has experienced in the profession. All current ABC-registered…

The National Commission on Orthotics and Prosthetics Education (NCOPE) board of directors voted to allow certificate level programs to continue to enroll extension-of-credential students only for an additional 2 years, according to a press release. In 2007 NCOPE informed all…

  W. P. Andrew Lee In early February, a team of doctors performed a double hand transplant and forearm replacement at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). The 11-hour surgery was the nation’s second double hand transplant and first…

Robert A. Petzel, MD has taken the oath of office as the under secretary for health within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). “Dr. Petzel brings to this position a strong leadership background in caring for veterans as a longtime…

  Robert S. Schwartz In our March issue, Robert S. Schwartz, CPed, president and chief executive officer of Eneslow Pedorthic Enterprises Inc., discussed the advantages of building positive relationships with referral sources such as podiatrists and other physicians for retail…

A study led by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) in collaboration with researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington estimates that smoking, high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose and…

  Mark Geil CHICAGO – In a study of seven children aged 3 to 5 years old, Mark Geil, PhD, associate professor of biomechanics at Georgia State University and O&P Business News Practitioner Advisory Council member found that when given…

The deadline for physician and non-physician practitioners to register in the Internet-based Provider Enrollment Chain and Ownership System (PECOS) has been delayed from April 5 to Jan. 3, 2011. This is the second implementation delay by the Centers for Medicare…