Author: Terense Kemp

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule that would update payment policies and rates for physicians and non-physician practitioners for services paid under the 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, with a total payment projection of $80…

Ossur Americas has named Amanda Miller as the company’s director of sales, prosthetics and government accounts. Miller assumes responsibility for managing all domestic sales activities and overseeing the company’s team of sales professionals who serve prosthetists throughout the United States.…

In a pilot study conducted at American Indian reservations in Montana, culturally appropriate diabetes prevention strategies helped young people increase their physical activity and improve their diet. Using the Diabetes Prevention Program as a model, researchers developed the JOURNEY to…

Tim Powell, CPed, now 59 years old, started out straddling fitting stools at retail shoe stores in his native St. Louis. “But when they started losing market share to self-service discounters, I knew I had to make a change,” he…

As education standards continue to evolve, so does the O&P student.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A quality in employees that is perhaps even more important than their ability is their willingness to accomplish their work, and to do it well for the company. Strong leaders will succeed in identifying this quality and…

In this time of economic hardship, business owners need to know that their businesses are running as efficiently as possible. To increase efficiency in the office, owners should put in place a number of administrative and practitioner-based procedures designed to…

    Jim Hewlett Since September 2009, most providers billing to Medicare have been required to become accredited prior to applying for their Medicare provider number or to retain their existing provider number. Many of these providers, however, might not…

Despite suffering severe injuries from a jet ski accident, wakeboarder
Mike Krohn was eager to jump back in the water.

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