October 2007
The O&P EDGE
edit post Dennis Gordon: Triple Amputee Isn’t Spinning His Wheels by Sherry Metzger, MS October 1, 2007 Dennis Gordon just wants to be an ordinary guy. But nothing about this
Medicare Coding & Billing: Not Just a Job…an Adventure!
Judith Philipps Otto
If you’re looking for adventure in exotic and unexplored new territory, fraught with unexpected pitfalls, hazardous traps, ever-changing challenges to your skill and alertness, and the perpetual risk of seizure
Controlling A/R with Finance Options
Kim M. Norton
Offering alternatives can keep the red off your face and away from your bottom line. Patients today are faced with more financial responsibility than ever, but so too are practitioners.
6 Steps to a Successful Phone Screen
Kelly Ann Smith
First Contact: Dialing Your Future Employees (and Weeding Out Others) You need to hire a new employee soon, and it can’t be just any warm body, but wading through the
From Disability to Hyper-Ability?
Brady Delander
Rapidly advancing technology blurs the line of equality in competition. South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius (left) competes next to Italy’s Marco Moraglio in a mens 400m race. Pistorius has magnified the
Evolution
Karen Henry
As we close out this issue of The O&P EDGE , we’re well into the planning season for our next year of editorial content. Planning for the future inevitably leads
Everybody Needs to Be EDGY about This
The O&P EDGE
Being edgy is hard on your health at least that’s what Doc is always telling me. I’ve been doing pretty good not letting things get to me. Pretty good indeed…until
Sports News
The O&P EDGE
CAF, PC Athletes Take on the Big Apple’ The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), San Diego, California, traded sandy beaches and surfboards for skyscrapers and subway trains, as CAF representatives, athletes,
Paddy Rossbach, RN: Consumer Power
Miki Fairley
Paddy Rossbach is truly a Renaissance woman-a passionate driving force for amputees’ quality of life, a staunch, outspoken consumer advocate, an organizer, a mover and shaker-and a noted horsewoman in
‘Smart Brace’ Brightens Scoliosis Treatment Outlook
Miki Fairley
Young scoliosis patients can unintentionally compromise the effectiveness of their orthosis as their energetic lifestyles and daily activities can cause it to loosen. Now a solution is at hand-a “smart
