Got FAQs? – February 2019
Count on Got FAQs? to help answer your toughest billing questions. This month's column addresses changes to HCPCS codes...
Is It Practical to Add a PT to an O&P Facility?
In a field driven increasingly by bureaucracy and documentation, and a steady stream of new regulations and audits, the...
Jodie O’Connell-Ponkos: Prosthesis Helps Equestrian Do What She Loves
Since she lost her hand in a meat grinder accident in 1995 at the age of 16, it has...
Partnering With Therapists: Improving Patient Access and Outcomes Through Collaboration
Nicolas Ferrara, DPT, once treated a patient with a transtibial amputation who had constant skin breakdown and ongoing issues...
The Matrix of an O&P Team
It is not hard to find me when you enter our O&P office—I am your greeter, your go-to for...
Therapeutic Gait Training: What Prosthetists Need to Know
Of the estimated 1.6 million people in the United States living with limb loss, approximately 1.3 million (86 percent) have...
Walking a Mile—Carefully: Empathy in Clinical Encounters
The theme of walking in someone else's shoes is woven throughout Mary Lathrap's 1895 poem "Judge Softly." This metaphor...