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  Product Name No Longer Required for Prior Authorization As part of prior authorization for six O&P Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes, the Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) had required that the products described by the codes be verified for...
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  CAF Announces 2021 Plans Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) announced its plans for 2021, including a spring grant distribution, in-person and virtual fundraising events in October, and the launch of a weekly video interview series called "Heroes of Sport." Registration...
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  Idaho O&P Facility Changes Hands Kootenai Prosthetics & Orthotics (KPO), Post Falls, Idaho, has changed ownership after Robert Miller, CPO, retired from clinical practice, according to the Spokane Journal. Dan Daley, CPO, and Stephen Blas, CPO, purchased the facility. Daley has w...
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  Prosthesis Use Increases Community Participation A research team investigated correlations between sociodemographic and clinical factors and prosthesis use in community ambulation among subjects with lower-limb amputations. The researchers concluded that prosthesis use increases the restoration...
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  Area’s First Full-time O&P Clinic Opens Medequip, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, added Medequip Orthotics & Prosthetics to its Avon, Colorado, location, bringing the only full-time O&P service to Eagle and Summit counties. Drew Meyer, CPO, is the location's manager. Medequip...
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  Amputees’ Sound Knees Take Higher Loads When Stepping Among people with unilateral transtibial amputations, decreased mechanical work done by the trailing limb when descending a single step could affect load development and increase injury risk on the leading limb. To study those effects, a research...
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  Minor Amputation in Adults with Diabetes May Pose Greater Risks A study compared medium-term outcomes between comparable minor and major amputations in adults with diabetes and addressed six-month readmissions, reamputations, and complications. Researchers used data from the 2016-2017 National Readmissions Dat...
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  In-person PrimeFare East, Central Scheduled PrimeCare Management Services, Germantown, Tennessee, announced that two of its Regional Scientific Symposiums have been scheduled for in-person meetings this summer. PrimeFare East will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, June 25-26, and PrimeFare C...
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  Clinical Trial Assessing Psychedelic to Treat Phantom Limb Pain The Psychedelics and Health Research Initiative (PHRI) at the University of California (UC) San Diego has received a $1.3 million grant to fund a clinical trial investigating the therapeutic potential of psilocybin in treating phantom limb pain. P...
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  Good Mental Health Crucial for Successful Rehab Veterans with combat-related amputations experience numerous challenges, yet few studies have examined patient-reported outcomes, including physical functional status, mental health screening status, and quality of life (QOL), or the relationship...
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  AOPA Seeking Proposals for 2021 Assembly The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is seeking proposals for its 2021 National Assembly. The event, being held September 9-12 in Boston, will have virtual and in-person components, if it is safe to meet in person. The deadline fo...
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  OPERF Extends Grant Deadlines The Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research Foundation (OPERF) has extended the deadlines associated with the funding cycles of its Small Grant and Fellowship Awards. Letters of intent are now due by January 29 and proposals by February 26....