Author: Terense Kemp

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new Consumer Assistance Grants program awards of nearly $30 million to help states and territories put patients in charge of their health care. These grants will support states’ efforts to…

    Margaret L. Gourlay Since 2002, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that women ages 65 years and older be routinely screened for osteoporosis and has suggested that a 2-year screening interval might be appropriate. However, what…

    The goal of the rotation was to show students a view of the modern pedorthic production and manufacturing facility. In July, Acor Orthopaedic Inc. began hosting a clinical rotation at their northeastern Ohio facility for Ohio College of…

CMS announced the award of $9 million in grants to help more than 50 Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) programs fight Medicare fraud. This is part of President Barack Obama’s mandate to educate seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries about how to…

Following the conclusion of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission’s fourth visit to the host city of the next Winter Paralympic Games, Dmitry Chernyshenko, president and chief executive officer of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, has declared they are…

Vitamin D deficiency puts patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at greater risk of osteoporosis, osteopenia and an overall higher rate of abnormal bone density, according to the results of a new study unveiled at the American College of Gastroenterology’s…

To focus directly on the needs of the post-mastectomy patient population, Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics is launching, as a separate patient care division, Symmetry. Symmetry will provide custom breast prosthetic solutions to women by using a precise, non-invasive scan procedure…

The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) announced that RSLSteeper has become a national patron sponsor with a donation of $5,000 for 2010. “On behalf of the board of directors and staff, we thank RSLSteeper for partnering with the Amputee Coalition…

On September 29, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced its opposition to HR 5428, the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. This comes as a surprise as the VA supported a similar bill in the 110th Congress in…

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics Inc. (ABC) announced the reinstatement of its certified orthotic/prosthetic assistant certification program. An ABC-certified assistant is an individual educated and trained to participate in comprehensive orthotic or prosthetic care. “ABC…