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  Barriers, Enablers Affect Lower-limb Amputees Community Walking Since walking in the community is essential to participate in work, leisure, social activities and family roles, a study explored potential barriers and enablers for people with lower-limb amputations who use a prosthesis to walk in public. The st...
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  AbilityLab Testing Rehab Assessment Tool The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, is launching a quality assessment tool that measures patients' rehabilitation and recovery progress to guide physicians and insurers. The research hospital has spent $6 million and eight years developing and r...
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  NAAOP Webcast: DOJ Dismantles DME Healthcare Fraud Scheme The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics& Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released its latest webcast in which generalcounsel Peter Thomas, JD, comments on what the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)called "one of the largest he...
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  Össur, Reports Full Year 2018 Financial Results, 2019 Outlook Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, has announced its financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2018, as well as projections for 2019. Highlights for 2018 include: Gross profit margin in 2018 totaled $387 million, or 63 percent of sales comp...
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  Hanger To Report 1Q Earnings May 9 Hanger, Austin, Texas, will report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, after the market closes on Wednesday, May 8. Hanger's management team will host a conference call with the financial community to discuss the financial...
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  Massive Medicare Fraud Scheme Exposed The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced multiple indictments and law enforcement actions related to one of the nation's largest healthcare fraud schemes. The announcement came Tuesday, April 9, and stems from an investigation that resul...
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  Össur to Report 1Q Earnings April 30 Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, will host a conference call beginning at 9 a.m. CEST (3 a.m. ET) on April 30 during which Jon Sigurdsson, president and CEO, and Sveinn Solvason, CFO, will discuss the results of the first quarter, which ended March 31.