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  Osseointegrated Joint Restores Wrist-like Movements for Transradial Amputees One of the biggest challenges to regaining a high level of function after a transtibial amputation is the inability to rotate one's wrist. A new artificial joint restores wrist-like movements, which could improve the quality of life fo...
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  OIG: CMS Overpaid DMEPOS Suppliers The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has concluded from a three-year record review that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) improperly paid $34 million to durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS)...
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  OPAF Introduces 2019 Officers The Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) and The First Clinics announce its officers for 2019. ·         Lesleigh Sisson, CFm, returns for her second term as OPAF President. Sisson is president of O&P Insight, Las Vegas.
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  NUPOC Names New Director J. Chad Duncan, PhD, CRC, CPO, has been named the new director at the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC). He will assume the role on January 1.
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  Blatchford Agrees to Sale of Majority Interest Shareholders have accepted an offer from CBPE Capital for the purchase of a majority interest in Blatchford, headquartered in Basingstoke, England, which designs and manufactures the Endolite range of lower-limb prostheses. Terms of the transactio...
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  NAAOP Accepting 2019 Policy/Advocacy Fellowship Applications The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) is seeking applications for its annual health policy/advocacy fellowship. Two fellows will be selected for summer 2019. The NAAOP Fellowship is a paid, ten-week prog...
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  Study: Myoelectric Control Possible Without Surgery, Training Researchers from the National Center for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique/CNRS), Paris, and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France, have developed a device capable of detecting movements made within the residu...
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  SBA Seeking Small Business Person of the Year Nominations The U.S. Small Business Administration is seeking nominations for the 2019 National Small Business Week Awards, including the Small Business Person of Year Award that will be awarded to someone from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia,...
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  DJO Global Sold for $3.15B Colfax Corporation, Annapolis, Maryland, announced that it will buy DJO Global, Vista, California, in a $3.15 billion cash transaction. DJO Global, which employees 5,000 people worldwide, is owned by private equity funds managed by Blackstone Grou...
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  BOC Elects Board, Executive Committee The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) board of directors announced the election of its 2019 executive committee and the election of two new members of the board. The executive committee is made up of the officers of the board. The recentl...
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  Deadline Extended for Comments on Orthoses Competitive Bidding The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting comments about including some off-the-shelf (OTS) spinal and knee orthoses in the next round of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competiti...
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  AOPA Calls for Papers The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has issued a call for papers for the 102nd Annual AOPA National Assembly to be held September 25-28, 2019, in San Diego. The submission deadline is March 25, 2019. Papers are being accepted for...
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  AOPA Calls for Papers The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has issued a call for papers for the 102nd Annual AOPA National Assembly to be held September 25-28, 2019, in San Diego. The submission deadline is March 25, 2019. Papers are being accepted for...