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  California O&P Company Expands Capstone Orthopedic, Castro Valley, California, and its principal partners purchased Douglass Certified Prosthetics & Orthotics in Seattle. This marks the first time Capstone, which has ten locations in California, has expanded outside the state....
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  Classification Tree Predicts Prosthesis Users’ Functional Potential The fourth part of the Mobility Analysis of AmpuTees (MAAT 4) study, published online February 11 in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, developed a classification tree analysis to determine the probability of a lower-limb pros...
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  Cigna Adopts Personal Exoskeleton Coverage ReWalk Robotics, Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Yokneam Ilit, Israel, announced that Cigna Corporation, a private health insurance company, has revised its policy regarding coverage of exoskeleton medical devices for individuals with spinal cord...
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  US ISPO Names Interim Director The U.S. Member Society of the International Society of Prosthetics & Orthotics (US ISPO) board of directors has named George Gondo interim director of US ISPO. Gondo comes on board following the departure of Dianne Farabi who announced her retire...
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  Midwest Orthotics Rebrands Midwest Orthotics and Technology Center, headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, has rebranded as Transcend Orthotics & Prosthetics. The company, which had six different names and 13 locations, is making an effort to combine all its clinical offices...
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  Judge Certifies Class Action In Prosthetics Suit A California federal judge has certified a class of more than 1,000 UnitedHealth Group beneficiaries accusing the insurer of denying benefits for prosthetic limbs in violation of federal benefits law. Two previous certification bids failed. Accord...
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  Parental Support Needed For Children With Limb Differences Rehabilitative care for children with limb differences often includes the provision and use of a prosthesis. However, there is little research about how parents experience and respond to their child's limb difference and prosthesis use. A study pu...
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  Leimkuehler O&P Hires Paul Leimkuehler, CPO/L, has joined the staff at LeimkuehlerOrthotic & Prosthetic Center, which has three locations in Ohio. Leimkuehlerstudied at Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center and receivedhis orthotics certifica...
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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...