As oil prices and health benefits drive up costs and eat away profits, O&P facilities have to decide how to cut expenses or pass cost increases on to the consumer.
Author: Terense Kemp
Ensure Uninterrupted Cash Flow with NPI
Beginning May 23, Medicare will only accept and send National Provider Identifier (NPI)-only transactions. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that Medicare is receiving more than 98% of claims with an NPI. Still, CMS is concerned that…
Prosthetic Hand Has Grip Function Like a Natural Hand
The “Fluidhand” from Karlsruhe, Germany is an innovative prosthetic prototype being tested in the Orthopedic University Hospital in Heidelberg. Unlike its predecessors, the Fluidhand can close around objects, even those with irregular surfaces. A large contact surface and soft, passive…
People with Lower Incomes and Less Education are in Pain More Often
A novel study that attempts to paint the most accurate and detailed description yet of how Americans experience pain has found that a significant portion of the population — 28 percent — are in pain at any given moment and…
Starting an O&P Practice: Fitting the Pieces
Throughout this series, O&P Business News has highlighted the steps to opening a new O&P practice. As with any puzzle, a business needs basic elements to be complete. For starters, a product. O&P businesses have a multifaceted product — business…
Rugged Terrain: A Race to the Finish
In 1988, at the tumultuous age of 14, Matt McCluskey was like any young teenager in St. Louis. He dabbled in team sports, including baseball and soccer, and excelled at wrestling as a junior high school athlete. However, something was…
ACPOC Members Travel to Montreal
The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC) 2008 Annual Meeting was held April 9 through April 12 in Montreal. Hosted by The Centre de réadaptation Marie Enfant, this year’s meeting featured more than 200 health professionals — including orthotists, prosthetists,…
Mending Lives Shattered by War
A former central fabrication facility owner and Army sergeant helps the growing number of amputees in Iraq.
By Jennifer Hoydicz
Small-Business Economic Outlook Negative
America’s small businesses are anxious about the economy and fear a recession is on the horizon. The past year has not been a good one for the small-business economy, and projections for the next 12 months are even less optimistic.…
Putting the Patient in Charge: Maintaining the Residual Limb
The care of the residual limb begins directly following amputation, setting the groundwork for healthy outcomes.