Medicare patients who received necessary O&P care and services had lower costs in the long term and experienced more independence compared with patients who did not receive O&P care, according to a study commissioned by the Amputee Coalition. The study,…
Month: August 2013
As awareness of amputee issues grows, the annual conference enjoyed its largest attendance yet.
CMS announces next Open Door Forum about prosthesis template
CMS will host another Special Open Door Forum on the Suggested Electronic Clinical Template for Lower Limb Prostheses on Sept. 11 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. CMS is hosting a series of forums to explore the development of…
Patients who followed a Mediterranean diet and other low-carbohydrate diets reduced their likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, according to data recently published in Diabetologia. The researchers examined data from the Greek cohort of the population-based European Prospective Investigation into…
Researchers who analyzed veterans of the Iran-Iraq war who had hip disarticulation and a transpelvic amputation found better scores in the mental component of a Persian version of the SF-36 than in the physicial component at average 26-year follow-up. “[Veterans]…
Practice redesign and new payment methods would be necessary for electronic communications to be accepted and used by physicians in a clinical setting, according to recent study results published in Health Affairs. “Leaders of medical groups that use electronic communication…
Physicians find emailing patients challenging, time consuming
Practice redesign and new payment methods would be necessary for electronic communications to be accepted and used by physicians in a clinical setting, according to recent study results published in Health Affairs. “Leaders of medical groups that use electronic communication…
ABC celebrates 65 years
The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics Inc. (ABC) is celebrating its 65th anniversary, according to a company news release. ABC was founded in 1948 by Chester E. Haddon, CPO and established a mission supportive of high…
Lt. Col. Chad Hivnor, MD, was recently selected to receive the Air Force Association’s Paul W. Meyers Award for his work using lasers to improve skin texture and flexibility for wounded warriors, according to a report from Air Education and…
Hivnor receives award for research with lasers for amputee, burn scars
Lt. Col. Chad Hivnor, MD, was recently selected to receive the Air Force Association’s Paul W. Meyers Award for his work using lasers to improve skin texture and flexibility for wounded warriors, according to a report from Air Education and…