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In Frank Capra's 1939 blockbuster hit Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Jefferson Smith, played by Jimmy Stewart, is sent to Washington, DC, to fill out the term of a deceased...

Many professional orthotists and prosthetists spend time engaging their elected representatives in Washington DC on issues impacting reimbursement for diabetic foot services. Our arguments have assisted our lawmakers in better...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced September 24 the names of 21 nominees who were selected as members of the Competitive Bidding Program Advisory Oversight Committee (PAOC)....

In the last article, we covered the Security Rule standards categories of administrative safeguards, physical safeguards, and technical safeguards. These categories are included in Security Rule final rules and regulations,...

The landmark Medicare reform and prescription drug bill passed by the Senate November 25 is a "mixed bag" for O&P, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics...

In the last article we covered the physical safeguard standards and have technical safeguards and organizational safeguards remaining. In this article we will cover the five technical safeguard standards in...

Jay Masci, PMP In the last article, we went through the final administrative safeguards. Now we are moving on to physical safeguards. As you may remember from a previous article...

In the last article, we discussed the first four administrative safeguard standards in detail. In this article, we will cover the remaining administrative safeguard standards in detail and how each...

The Negotiated Rulemaking (NRM or NegReg) Committee on Special Payment Provisions for Prosthetics and Certain Custom-Fabricated Orthotics participated in nine meetings that totaled 19 days from October 2002 to July...

Pursuant to the federal statute, Section 427 of BIPA 2000, a qualified practitioner is defined as: A physician, a qualified physical or qualified occupational therapist, and a state-licensed orthotist or...