Year: 2010

    Ivan Sabel accepting lifetime achievement award. ORLANDO, Fla. — The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association recognized two distinguished members of the O&P community at the 2010 AOPA National Assembly, here. James Kaiser, CP, president of AOPA, presented Ivan…

ORLANDO, Fla. – In order to expand the role of O&P professionals, clinicians must define their scope of practice through thorough patient evaluation, education and communication, according to a presenter here. Eric Burns, CO for Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics, presented…

    Bruce Tulgan ORLANDO, Fla. — A numbers problem exists in the United States, according to Bruce Tulgan, author and expert on the generational gap in the workforce, and due to the “higher-maintenance” younger generations, managing people is getting…

Effective Oct. 1, the Arizona state legislature instituted significant changes to the adult benefit package for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) population. Among other substantial effects, these changes will eliminate all coverage of orthotic devices for people…

Documentation of medical necessity is essential in providing the patient with the best chance of approval from an insurance company, according to Conal Doyle, Esq and presenter at the 2010 AOPA National Assembly in Orlando, Fla. “The more detailed and…

Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson underwent an amputationjust 8 days before his death.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Lateral column lengthening for flatfoot deformity correction can be used safely, albeit with a risk of postsurgical plantar lateral discomfort. However, the use of intraoperative trial wedges may decrease that complication, according to investigators from New…

Make time for marketing to keep the business healthy and running
smoothly.

Post-mastectomy fitters should understand that the needs of their
patients vary based not only on their medical situations but on their
personalities.

Health care professionals address P&O needs, rebuild and focus on
the future.