October 2010
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edit post ACA: Building Empowered Patients One Conference at a Time by The O&P EDGE October 7, 2010 “You’re only as strong as the person next to you.” -Marlon Shirley
ACA: Building Empowered Patients One Conference at a Time
The O&P EDGE
“You’re only as strong as the person next to you.” -Marlon Shirley Marlon Shirley was referring to building a strong family and peer-support network when he said these words to
The RACs Are Coming: Preparing for Medicare Claims Denials of O&P Care
Peter W. Thomas and Christina
Fraud and Abuse Implications of Future CMS Activities In recent years, heavy emphasis has been placed on catching fraud and abuse in the Medicare program and moving away from the
The Ertl Procedure: Philosophy, Misconceptions, Realities
Jan Ertl, MD; William Ertl, MD; and Christian Ertl, MD
The originators of the Ertl procedure advocated for a multidisciplinary, team approach. The Ertl procedure originated in post-WWI Hungary, growing out of the need for a surgical reconstruction that would
The Poetry of…Feet?
Phil Stevens MEd, CPO
When researchers conduct studies to evaluate different medical interventions, they can observe countless parameters. However, some parameters will be more relevant to the immediate concerns of individual patients than others.
Lower-Limb Overhaul: A VA Case Study
Gordon Zernich, CP, BOCP
On April 22, 1968, the year of the Tet Offensive, the U.S. Army’s First Infantry Division, Second Battalion, conducted a search-and-destroy mission near Cau Dinh, South Vietnam. Upon hearing the
Got Purpose?
Karen Henry
If you live in a major metropolitan area (and perhaps even if you don’t), I’m sure you’ve seen the current fad in merchant marketing-the dancing sign-holder. What surely started as
IPC Swimming Championships
Pistorius Breaks Own 400m Record
The O&P EDGE
Day two at the 2010 IPC World Championships. Photograph courtesy of the IPC. IPC Swimming Championships: Biggest Ever With a total of 649 athletes from 53 countries competing in 181
J. Martin Carlson, CPO, FAAOP: A Quiet Leader
Laura Hochnadel
“Quiet leadership is what moves and changes the world.” -Joseph L. Badaracco, the John Shad Professor of Business Ethics, Harvard Business College, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Every profession and industry
West Point Bionic Foot Achieves Powered Running
Morgan Stanfield
Over the past few millennia, lower-limb prostheses have evolved by leaps and bounds. We know that the oldest-known surviving ones, Egyptian big toes made of linen and glue, were followed
