March 2004
The O&P EDGE
edit post Got FAQs? by Lisa Lake-Salmon March 1, 2004 The future of your practice depends on knowledgeable billing and collection information. Understanding the full aspect of billing guidelines and…
San Diego Triathlon Challenge Raises $1 Million
The O&P EDGE
Once again 100 of the world’s top challenged athletes inspired and amazed onlookers at the San Diego, California, Triathlon Challenge, a half-Ironman event on Sunday, November 2. Sponsored by the
O&P: A Profession Still in the Making
Donald E. Katz
Relative to some others in healthcare, orthotics and prosthetics is a fairly young profession, if one accepts the definition as requiring a collected body of knowledge, the development of standards
From the Editor: ‘Fostering a Culture of Professionalism’
Miki Fairley
O&P education is getting a boost. The future Academy Learning Center at St. Petersburg College in Florida will create a physical location for didactic and lab-based education, plus online learning
Thermoforming Technology: Controlling the Process
Miki Fairley
Thermoforming is a deceptively simple-looking process, says Gary Bedard, CO, FAAOP, Becker Orthopedic, Troy, Michigan, a noted thermoplastics expert. You can accomplish it with rudimentary equipment as simple as a
Plastics Technology: Vision of the Future?
Miki Fairley
“Just about everything we do in O&P could benefit from having both rigid and flexible plastic in different parts of the same device,” says Tony Wickman, RTPO, Freedom Fabrication Inc.,
Amputees in Advertising: Have Changes in Presentation Altered Public Perception?
Judith Philipps Otto
For decades, people with disabilities were hidden away in closets. But in a modern society that pretends to be enlightenedlargely by advertising messagesthe American public is progressively developing a more
Who’s Using Amputees in Advertising?
The O&P EDGE
Ideally, we would be able to publish an honor roll of mainstream advertisers who have featured amputee actors or models in their print or broadcast commercials. Such a list would
A.J. Filippis: The Family Behind the Man and the Company
Jodi Mills
You cannot speak to A.J. Filippis, CPO, president of Wright & Filippis, Rochester Hills, Mich-igan, without recognizing the value he places on family. This successful businessman and recipient of the
Two Sisters: Our Special Relationship
Danielle Andreassen
Should we accidentally fall in? I ask Jackie as we bounce up and down in the round inner tube. We were enjoying the day with our family on a middle-sized
