Author: Terense Kemp

The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association will host its second conference call in the O&P Issue Updates Series on Wednesday, March 14 at 3 pm EST. Thomas V. DiBello, CO, FAAOP, AOPA president, and executive director Thomas F. Fise, JD,…

Hanger Orthopedics announced the recipients of the first James Edward Hanger Awards of Excellence at its annual Education Fair and National Meeting in Las Vegas. The categories include collaboration, customer service, clinical excellence, leadership, pioneering innovation and strategic flexibility. Hanger’s…

Fast Company magazine named Össur among the “Most Innovative Companies in the World” in its annual rankings. The company was ranked 7th among all global health care companies. Included in Össur’s 750 registered patents and designs are the Flex-Foot Cheetah…

In a statement released by the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics, Peter W. Thomas, JD, general counsel for the NAAOP, discussed the recent advancements for the Medicare Orthotic and Prosthetic Improvement Act. Senators Olympia Snow (R-Maine),…

A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that people with hearing loss are at a greater risk for falling. Frank Lin, MD, PhD, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, studied data from…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the 2012 Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for off-the-shelf (OTS) orthotics usually covered under the Social Security Act. OTS orthotics require minimal self-adjustment and do not require expertise in trimming,…

The Amputee Coalition has submitted a presidential proclamation request to designate April as Limb Loss Awareness Month. In order for the proclamation to be passed, the Amputee Coalition is requesting that supporters contact that White House and ask that the…

Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Portugal have demonstrated that through brain plasticity, the same brain circuits used to learn motor skills can be used to master purely mental tasks as…

The FBI arrested Jacques Roy, MD of Rockwell, Texas on charges that he defrauded Medicare for nearly $375 million in billings for nonexistent home health care services since 2006, according to a press release from the Centers for Medicare &…

The Justice Department has reached a settlement with 14 hospitals over allegations that the hospitals submitted false claims to Medicare. The settlements will total more than $12 million, according to a press release. The settlements resolve allegations that the hospitals,…