Wright & Filippis has added three new members to the company’s leadership team. Robert H. Barrow, an experienced health care executive who most recently served as chief executive officer of Doctors Hospital of Michigan, has been named vice president of…
Month: April 2014
Spinal stimulation helps paraplegic patients regain movement
Paraplegic patients can regain voluntary movement through the use of electrical spinal stimulation, according to a National Institutes of Health study. The study is a continuation of a 2009 pilot trial involving one paralyzed individual, in which electrical spinal stimulation,…
O&P community meets for AOPA Policy Forum
More than 100 supporters gathered at the annual AOPA Policy Forum in Washington DC April 2-4 to discuss a recently passed Medicare bill that will prevent policy changes and reimbursement cuts for O&P providers. “Practitioners from all over the country…
OPAF now accepting applications for Dale Yasukawa Scholarship Fund
The Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) Dale Yasukawa Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications from Northwestern University students currently enrolled in the O&P program. The chief purpose of the scholarship is to encourage student participation in their local annual…
MyoPro coded as exercise equipment
The four Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) have determined the Myomo MyoPro must be coded as A-9300, exercise equipment. The MyoPro is an upper extremity device that incorporates muscle sensors and an electric motor to augment patient-initiated…
Researchers identify skin cells used for touch sensations
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center used optogenetics, a method that uses light as a signaling system to turn neurons on and off on demand, to show that Merkel cells in the skin can sense touch. Their study results, published…
Ottobock relocates fabrication, after-sales service operations
Ottobock announced the relocation of its fabrication and after-sales service operations from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City. The move to Salt Lake City is part of an expanded investment by Ottobock in the US and North America that includes the…
Ottobock relocates fabrication, after-sales service operations
Ottobock announced the relocation of its fabrication and after-sales service operations from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City. The move to Salt Lake City is part of an expanded investment by Ottobock in the US and North America that includes the…
Women less likely to hold leadership roles in mixed-sex businesses
Women who start new businesses with men experience limited opportunities to move into leadership roles. Similarly, women who co-found a business with their husbands have fewer chances to be in charge, according to study results published in the American Sociological…
DARPA launches Biological Technologies Office
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has created a new division, the Biological Technologies Office (BTO), to investigate projects incorporating biology, engineering and computer science. The new division expands on the work of DARPA’s Defense Sciences Office (DSO) and…