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  Duckworth, McCain Awarded for Advancing Disability Rights U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) received the United States International Council on Disabilities Dole-Harkin award in recognition of their efforts to promote and expand rights for people with disabilities. Senator McCai...
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  DJO Moving Global HQ to Texas DJO Global, Vista, California, announced its plans to relocate its global headquarters from the San Diego, area to Dallas by early 2019. DJO's bracing and supports business unit and consumer business unit will relocate to Carlsbad, California. DJO...
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  3D-printing Company Receives CE Marking for Prosthetics Software WiDE, Riga, Latvia, has received a CE marking for software that allows users to customize prostheses and orthoses for 3D printing. CE marking is a certification mark that indicates conformity with health, safety, and environmental protection stand...
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  Clinician Joins Handspring Kinsey Herrin, MSPO, CPO/L, has joined Handspring Clinical Services, headquartered in Middletown, New York, at its new office in Atlanta. Herrin will work with Laura Katzenberger, CP/L, the company's director of clinical services. Herrin is a memb...
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  WillowWood Secures DOD Research Grant WillowWood, Mt. Sterling, Ohio has secured a $2 million Department of Defense (DOD) clinical translational research grant to develop and validate a self-adapting myoelectrically-controlled ankle utilizing continuously variable ankle stiffness. The...
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  An Open Letter About Discrimination in O&P The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics (ABC); the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC); the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP); the American Orthotic & Prosth...
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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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  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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  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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  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...