The event raised more than $1.2 million to benefit disabled athletes.
Year: 2011
Medicare Now Covering Screening and Counseling to Prevent Obesity
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare is adding coverage for preventive services to reduce obesity, adding to the existing preventive services now available without cost sharing under the Affordable Care Act. According to a press…
Medicare Announces Round 2 Bidding Schedule for DMEPOS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has announced the Round 2 timeline and mail-order competition for the Medicare Competitive Bidding Program for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS). CMS also launched a comprehensive education program to guide…
Sensing Array Measures Stress at Limb-Prosthetic Interface
The Sensors, Energy and Automation Laboratory of the University of Washington, in collaboration with the US Department of Veterans Affairs, has developed a prototype Fringing Field Sensor Array (FFSA). “An improved version of the previously developed Fringing Field Plantar Array,…
HHS Awards Grants to Help States Implement Affordable Insurance Exchanges
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently awarded nearly $220 million in affordable insurance exchange grants to 13 states. According to a press release, this gives these states more flexibility and resources to implement the Affordable Care Act.…
Clinical Trial to Evaluate Treatment of Residual Limb Pain
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to allow evaluation of a high frequency electrical technology to treat residual limb pain in amputees. Neuros Medical, Inc., a medical device company based in Cleveland, Ohio,…
BOC Joins Orthotic and Prosthetic Alliance
Peter Thomas The Orthotic and Prosthetic Alliance (O&P Alliance) recently announced that the Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC) has accepted its invitation to become a member of the coalition. The invitation, issued after a unanimous vote of the…
Super Committee Failure Brings Risks and Opportunities for the O&P Profession
The failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach a compromise on a budget package to reduce the nation’s deficit by $1.2 trillion will trigger across-the-board spending cuts beginning in 2013. The sequestration enforcement will cut both…
OPAF Hosts First Volley Clinic for Children at Shriners Hospital
OPAF and The First Clinics hosted a First Volley Adaptive Tennis Clinic for amputees and physically challenged patients at the Shriners Hospitals for Children–Northern California. According to a hospital press release, OPAF, supported in part by a grant from the…
Use of Retail Medical Clinics on the Rise
A recent study published in the American Journal of Managed Care reported an increase in the use of retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other retail settings over a 2-year period. Researchers from the RAND Corporation collected data from…