Licensure: Setting O&P Professionals Apart from General Providers - January 2006

Complete Professional Office Services

At Complete Professional Office Services You Are the Most Important Person!

O&P BILLING ON THE CUTTING EDGE!

• Increase Earnings
  
• Speed up Cash Flow
  
• Increase Co-pay and Patient Payments
  
• User-friendly Custom Reports
  
• Up-to-date Receivables on QuickBooks®
  
• Eliminate Personnel Training

For more information, contact:

John Dolza
810.629.6424
cposervices@earthlink.net

PEL Supply Offers Entegra Hydraulic 180 Knee

The new Entegra Hydraulic 180 Knee System, manufactured by Hosmer, is a standard 180mm hydraulic knee unit offering swing and stance phase hydraulic control and a sturdy thru bolt design. The system offers total knee flexion of 115¾, and a choice of four proximal adapters. According to Hosmer, the top of the knee and corresponding adapters have been uniquely designed to provide 360 degrees of rotation. It also offers an adjustable yield rate. The entire system has a weight of only 40.7 oz. (1153g) and is rated to 220 lbs.

For more information, contact:

PEL Supply Company
800.321.1264
www.pelsupply.com

New Advancements with OMEGA Tracer

With OMEGA® Tracer® 8.0 practitioners gain the latest CAD advancements in a familiar package!

• Alpha® DESIGN" AK Liners: control gel placement and thickness for custom transfemoral liners.
• Integration with OPIE Practice Management Suites: allows OMEGA Tracer patient files to be added to OPIE Suite's digital patient records.
• Enhanced Alpha DESIGN Liner Modification Tools: provides ability to modify any aspect of previously created DESIGN Liners without losing existing gel patterns.
• Advanced Dual Model View: compares two shape files side-by-side for clinical analysis of patient progress.

For more information, contact:

Ohio Willow Wood
800.848.4930
www.owwco.com

Get the Rebel Series at SPS

Townsend Design's Rebel Reliever OA is a lightweight aircraft aluminum brace that mirrors the low-profile design of the Rebel Series functional knee braces. The Rebel Reliever OA brace features the patent-pending Loadshifter Relief Mechanism for achieving optimum corrective force. The angle of the thigh shell can be shifted to increase correction and amplify the three-point pressure needed to reduce load on the affected compartment.

The Rebel ACL brace is designed to provide stabilization before or after surgery, to help prevent anterior tibial translation.

Townsend's braces are prefabricated in standard sizes, XS to XXL.

For more information, contact:

SPS
800.767.7776
www.spsco.com

Presentation Charts Make Fee Discussions Easier

CareCredit® offers O&P practices a Patient Presentation Chart to help make presenting payment options easier and more effective during patient fee discussions.

The presentation chart provides details on CareCredit's No Interest and Low Interest payment plans and helps patients determine the plan that will work best for them by selecting the monthly payment amount that fits comfortably into their budgets. The presentation charts are available to enrolled practices at no cost and are part of CareCredit's practice resource center, which includes promotional, marketing, and patient education materials that practices can use to maximize growth and increase revenue.

For more information, contact:

CareCredit
800.300.3046
www.carecredit.com

Ossur Updates Iceross Dermo Liner

New from Ossur is the Iceross Dermo Cushion Liner featuring a Dermo Gel Silicone with Active Skin Care. This new cushion liner features a soft 15mm thick distal padding without the umbrella and matrix, making it a perfect solution for patients who want all the advantages of Iceross Dermo materials in a dedicated cushion liner.

In addition, it is retrofitable to the improved Iceross Dermo Locking Liner, which now features a Distal Umbrella, without a removable threaded insert.

For more information, contact:

Ossur
800.233.6263
www.ossur.com

Make SPS Your One Stop for BREG

You can now purchase BREG products such as the X2K®, SlingShot 2, Venture Walker, CROM (Controlled Range of Motion) Walker, Patellar Tracking Orthosis (PTO), and Airmesh® from SPS.

BREG's extensive product offerings, including postoperative pain management products, CPM devices, and a full range of soft goods and functional knee braces, are designed to meet the changing needs of customers worldwide. Whether you require "off-the-shelf" convenience or variable design options to complement different activity levels and price points, BREG has the bracing to allow your customers to excel.

For more information, contact:

SPS
800.767.7776
www.spsco.com

OCSI/NEUROFLEX • Therapy in Motion

Ongoing Care Solutions/NeuroFlex Inc. offers a complete line of orthotics, including the New & Improved HKO (Hip & Knee Orthosis) and the CHAMP W.H.F.O. (Wrist, Hand, Finger Orthosis).

• HKO available in standard and extra-large sizes
• HKO features new, easy-to-use, spring-loaded adjustment, allowing abduction of hips and knees up to 45 degrees
• HKO can be used in a bed and/or wheelchair
• CHAMP available in extra-small to extra-large, in right or left models
• CHAMP is a prefabricated W.H.F.O. to treat wrist, finger, and thumb contractures
• CHAMP easily bends to accommodate radial/ulnar deviation and wrist drop

For more information, contact:

Ongoing Care Solutions
800.375.0207
www.ongoingcare.com

Improve Gait & Decrease Energy Cost

The UltraSafeStep^TM AFO Orthosis:

Floor Reaction Design

• Dampens and redirects GRF through forward progression for smoother and more efficient gait
• Dual medial and lateral stirrups support mid-foot and transfers GRF to toe lever

Adjustable range of motion and dynamic response for stance

• Dorsiflexion and plantarflexion range from 040 degrees
• Adjustable response at initial contact and terminal stance
• Adjustable dampening muscle compensation

Prevents toe drag

• Returns ankle to neutral and assist foot clearance during swing
• Improve initial contact and stabilize ankle complex

For more information, contact:

Ultraflex Systems Inc.
800.220.6670
www.ultraflexsystems.com

Comfort Puts Comfort First with Silver

Comfort Products is the first company to incorporate silver yarn into a sheath product.

Embedded with X-Static® silver yarn, Comfort's Silver Liner Sheath^TM helps eliminate skin problems common to many liner wearers, including dermatitis, rashes, and odor. All of this without compromising suspension!

The Silver Liner Sheath is compatible with all liners, as well as standard prosthetic socks.

Prosthetic practitioners are advised to consider the Silver Liner Sheath for their patients.

For more information, contact:

Comfort Products
800.822.7500
www.comfortproducts.com

COPE Plastics Offered Exclusively by SPS

SPS announces an exclusive partnership with COPE Plastics within the O&P industry. The partnership with COPE Plastics, an acknowledged leader in the highly competitive plastics industry, provides SPS customers an opportunity to purchase premium plastics at extraordinarily competitive prices through SPS' three distribution centers.

SPS stocks O&P staples such as Copolymer, Polypropylene, Low Density (LDPE) and High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Durrplex, Proflex in addition to COPE's premier brand names, including Vivak® (PETG), Kydex®,  Surlyn®, and Proflex.

For more information, contact:

SPS
800.767.7776
www.spsco.com

American Shoe Launches Custom AFO Gauntlet

Combining experience with advanced technology and superior materials, American introduces a custom-molded leather gauntlet for PTTD, Charcot foot, chronic ankle pain, and alignment deformities. The American AFO is reinforced with various materials depending on the level of support required.

American is committed to providing practitioners with choices. The AFO Gauntlet offers four levels of support, seven color options, and a choice of closure at any height. The standard 1 inch padded collar provides maximum comfort. Always known for fast turnaround, we deliver this product within 7-10 days.

For more information, contact:

American Shoe
866.620.7463