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Healthcare Spending Grew 4.1% in 2022

WEBThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the Actuary released a report of the 2022 health expenditures in the United States.

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Patient, Client, or Customer: What Should We Call the People We …

WEBIn 1981, The O&P Almanac published an article by John Sabolich, CPO, titled “Professionalism Or What?” in which he challenged practitioners to update their …

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Medicare Audits: One More Tool Against Equity in Healthcare

WEBDecember 1, 2023. in Feature. As the United States emerged from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quickly …

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Healthcare Policy: Where It Comes From And How To Change It

WEBHealthcare Policy: Where It Comes From And How To Change It. by John Brinkmann, MA, CPO, LPO, FAAOP. February 16, 2021. in EDGE Advantage. A few …

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What’s in My Contract

WEBContract changes: Changes to the contract are regularly made, including changes to the fee schedule, ownership changes or changes of address, and procedure …

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First Hospital System Joins LLPR

WEBShe said the Colorado system is the first of more than 25 hospital systems slated to join the LLPR over the coming year. “The information we currently have on limb …

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The Spirit Catches You: Cultural Collisions and Cooperation in …

WEBIn 1980, a Hmong family relocated from Laos to Merced, California, a city about two and a half hours southeast of San Francisco. The youngest child, Lia, began …

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Maine Passes Law for Coverage of Activities-related Prostheses for

WEBby The O&P EDGE. June 14, 2022. in News. Maine passed a law requiring health insurance policies regulated by the state consider the recreational needs of people …

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Phantom Limb Syndrome Linked to Mental and Medical Health

WEBPhantom Limb Syndrome Linked to Mental and Medical Health. “The fact that people in this study with PLP [phantom limb pain] also had more depression doesn’t …

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Research Aims to Better Understand People With Disabilities

WEBThe National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), designated people with disabilities as a population with health disparities for research …

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O&P and Healthcare: Where Are They Heading

WEBMiki Fairley. September 1, 2004. in Feature. “Forecasting the future of healthcare and health policy is. an imperfect science,” health experts Robert J. Blendon and. Catherine …

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Midwestern University Adds O&P Program

WEBMarch 1, 2023. in EDGE Direct. The Midwestern University College of Health Sciences will debut a new O&P program that is set to welcome its first cohort of 20 students in …

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Workplace Violence Against Healthcare Providers

WEBWorkplace violence has been increasing for many years, but it is hitting the healthcare professions hardest.1 A crime survey conducted in 2014 by the International …

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PECOS REGISTRATION

WEBThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working with providers to address concerns about enrollment in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and …

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Research Shows Function Improvements With Multiarticulating …

WEBJuly 26, 2022. in News. Results of a study comparing patient-reported and functional measures in unilateral transradial prosthetic users transitioning from a body-powered or …

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Challenged Athletes Foundation Running and Mobility Clinics …

WEBThe Beginning. An athlete works with a trainer while executing performance enhancement drills. On a cool, brisk morning in 2009 with a light marine layer covering …

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NYU Langone Health: Bionic Reconstruction Conference …

WEBNYU Langone Health: Bionic Reconstruction Conference (BReCON): The Future of Integrated Upper Limb Surgical and Prosthetic Intervention

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CBR 2018 Pilot Program for People with Amputations in Guatemala

WEBNews. The Range of Motion Project (ROMP) conducted a six-month community-based rehabilitation (CBR) pilot program in Guatemala in 2018 that was …

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