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  OPAF Seeks Nominations for Board OPAF and The First Clinics are seeking individuals to serve on the OPAF board of directors. Board members serve one-, two- or three-year terms and are required to attend at least one of the two board meetings held in conjunction with the American...
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  CMS Seeks Input on Patients Over Paperwork Initiative The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking ideas from the public on how to continue the progress of the Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients over Paperwork initiative. The RFI on Pat...
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  Scientist Wins Grant to Study Phantom Pain The European Pain Federation (EFIC) and German pharmaceutical company Grünenthal have awarded a grant for a research project focusing on phantom pain among people with lower-limb amputations. The project was one of five winning grants that will r...
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  ABC Posts 2018 Annual Report Online The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC) 2018 annual report is available on the ABC website . This year's report is a video summarizing ABC's activities in 2018. It highlights the organization's successes...
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  O&P Woman of the Year Nominations for 2019 Now Open The Orthotic Prosthetic Group of America (OPGA), Waterloo, Iowa, has announced that the nomination period for the O&P Woman of the Year Award is now open. Karen Edwards, director of the Össur Women's Leadership Initiative and a senior area manager...
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  AOPA Calls for Volunteers The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has opened its annual call for volunteers to serve on its committees and workgroups. Employees of all AOPA member companies are eligible to volunteer. The two-year terms of service will begin...
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  Academy Calls for Abstracts for 2020 Annual Meeting The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) has issued a call for abstracts for consideration and presentation at the 46th Annual Academy Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium, March 4-7, 2020, in Chicago. The submission dead...