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  Team Össur’s Blades Featured in Kennedy Center Exhibit The Cheetah prosthetic running blade, developed by Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, is featured in an exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC through August 30. The exhibit, "Artful Innovation: Inclusive De...
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  AOPA Honors Award Winners The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) will honor recipients for their advocacy and work in O&P during the AOPA World Congress in Las Vegas, September 7-9. Recipients of the Ralph R. (Ronney) Snell Legislative Advocacy award...
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  Zahedi Named AOPA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has honored Saeed Zahedi, OBE, FREng, BSc, PhD, FIMechE, CEng, RDI, with its 2017 Lifetime Achievement award. Zahedi Zahedi, a biomedical engineer and innovator, is currently the tech...
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  New Coding Redetermination Project for Custom Diabetic Inserts A-5513 The Pricing, Data Analysis and Coding (PDAC) contractor announced that based on a previously published coding clarification , it was initiating a coding redetermination project for diabetic inserts described by Healthcare Common Procedure Coding S...
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  In Memoriam: Roland H. Daniel RolandH. "Rollie" Daniel, 94, of Minnetrista, Minnesota, passed away March 31.
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  Allard USA Adds to Sales Force Allard USA, Rockaway, New Jersey, announced that Kelly Millard has been promoted to national sales manager. Prior to her promotion, she was the western plains district manager and western team leader for Texas. She brings more than 25 years of sal...
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  Coapt & WillowWood Partner on Prosthetic Liner Coapt, Chicago, and WillowWood, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, have formed a partnership to develop an upper-limb prosthetic liner that will combine WillowWood's interface materials and design with Coapt's pattern recognition method. The new liner for patter...
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  Myomo Reports 2Q, YTD Financial Results Myomo, Cambridge, Massachusetts, reported financial results forthe three months ending June 30 and year-to-date (YTD). Financial highlights include: ·          2Q total revenue was$307,000; an inc...
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  ÖSSUR Names 2017 #MyWinningMoment Contest Winner Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland,announced that Alexander Schwartz, a bilateral amputee who was born with fibular hemimelia, is the winner of its 2017 #MyWinningMoment online contest. Össur received more than 400 entries for this year's contest....
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  UF Expands Rehabilitation Robotics Team Daniel Ferris, PhD, has joined the faculty of the University of Florida (UF) Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. Ferris led the Human Neuromechanics Laboratory at the University of Michigan, where he spent 16 years. His research includes impr...
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  ReWalk Posts 2Q, YTD Financial Results ReWalk Robotics, Yokneam Ilit, Israel, and Marlborough, Massachusetts, announced its financial results for the three- and six- month period ending June 30. Financial highlights are as follows: ·        ...
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  House Approves Bill That Recognizes O&P Notes On July 25, the U.S. House of Representatives acted to adopt the Medicare Part B Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R. 3178).
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  DME MACs Clarify Requirements for A-5513 The Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) issued a joint publication on July 13 that addressed the proper use of diabetic shoe insert Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code A-5513 (for diabetics o...