Month: March 2015

States that expanded Medicaid under the ACA have significantly higher rates of diabetes diagnoses compared with patients in states that did not expand coverage, according to new data. “This seminal study demonstrates that the ACA promotes earlier diagnosis of one…

Progressive O&P, based in Albertson, N.Y., announced it is leading a campaign to change the “one prosthesis per limb per lifetime” restriction under New York state’s benchmark health insurance plan. The One Limb for Life campaign is supported by groups…

Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Mark Warner, D-Va., have introduced legislation to apply accreditation and licensing standards for O&P devices under Medicare. The goal of The Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2015 is to guarantee product quality for…

Hanger announced it has received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange that the company is not in compliance with the exchange’s continued listing requirements. The notice is a result of Hanger’s failure to timely file its Annual Report…

Hanger announced it has received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange that the company is not in compliance with the exchange’s continued listing requirements. The notice is a result of Hanger’s failure to timely file its Annual Report…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — O&P professionals spent the second day of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association Policy Forum, here, meeting with members of Congress to discuss O&P-related issues and ways in which lawmakers can help. A group led by Robert…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — O&P professionals spent the second day of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association Policy Forum, here, meeting with members of Congress to discuss O&P-related issues and ways in which lawmakers can help. A group led by Robert…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former congressional staffer offered a list of “dos and don’ts” to O&P professionals here as they prepared to meet with lawmakers as part of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association Policy Forum. Never assume a senator,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former congressional staffer offered a list of “dos and don’ts” to O&P professionals here as they prepared to meet with lawmakers as part of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association Policy Forum. Never assume a senator,…

Diabetes is associated with significant reductions in life expectancy and increases in health care expenditures over a lifetime, according to recent findings. “Our results provide evidence that the health and economic burden of diabetes is substantial over the life span,”…