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…
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
Ossur’s ‘AFO Dynamic’ Ankle-Foot Orthosis Sets New Performance Standard
Mark Muller, CPO, CPed
Ossur has now applied the advanced technology of Flex-Foot® to a full line of orthoses. At the forefront is the new AFO Dynamic ankle-foot orthosis, made from the same pre-impregnated
The Cornell Brothers
PEL Supply Co.
A funny thing happened to Keith and Ken Cornell on their way to dental school. Ken was in the placement office of Saint Anselm College, a small Catholic college in
Lisa McFall, RFOM, CMF, COF
The O&P EDGE
Southeastern Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc. Chattanooga, Tennessee In what area of O&P would you most like to see improvement? I’d like to see less politics and more patient care. Who
