Month: November 2015

Hanger Inc. recently announced the solicitation of consents from holders of its $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount 7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2018. Hanger will amend and waive certain provisions of the indenture pursuant to which the notes were issued, according…

SAN ANTONIO — Jeff Lutz, CPO, zone vice president for Hanger Inc., says documentation requirements have changed the field of O&P.

SAN ANTONIO — Jeff Lutz, CPO, zone vice president for Hanger Inc., says documentation requirements have changed the field of O&P.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Megan O’Shea, student in the Orthotics and Prosthetics program at University of Hartford, received the Robert Frank Award at the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting.

CMS recently announced all Recovery Audit Contractors may continue their active recovery auditing activities, including sending additional documentation requests. The announcement became effective as of Nov. 13, 2015. According to a CMS update, the announcement marks the end of a…

SAN ANTONIO — According to Matthew Parente, MS, PT, CPO, program director of Prosthetics and Orthotics for University of Hartford and national clinical education specialist for Hanger Clinic, two things set O&P apart from other health care professions: technology and…

SAN ANTONIO — According to Matthew Parente, MS, PT, CPO, program director of Prosthetics and Orthotics for University of Hartford and national clinical education specialist for Hanger Clinic, two things set O&P apart from other health care professions: technology and…

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing a lower limb prosthesis based on features of the human reflex, which they hope can increase users’ balance and improve current prostheses. “Powered prostheses can help compensate for missing leg muscles, but if…

Bionik Laboratories Corp., a Canadian medical device company, recently announced its financial results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2015. Among its recent accomplishments are developments in the progress of its primary product, ARKE, a robotic lower-body exoskeleton that allows…

Bionik Laboratories Corp., a Canadian medical device company, recently announced its financial results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2015. Among its recent accomplishments are developments in the progress of its primary product, ARKE, a robotic lower-body exoskeleton that allows…