Got FAQs?
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Denials are difficult to identify and time-consuming to appeal. If you have a billing question or a question about a denial, “Got FAQs?” can help you sift through the confusion
Helping Kids With Their Leaps and Bounds
Pam Martin
Advanced Biofidelic Lower Extremity Kids (ABLE Kids) Prosthesis Project aims to help kids hit the playground running. Prosthetics manufacturers have traditionally shied away from the special challenges presented by the
When We’re In the Know, So Are You
Karen Henry
One of the most gratifying aspects of my job here at The O&P EDGE is keeping pace with emerging O&P technologies. Reporting on these technologies, though, is a double-edged sword.
Tracking Functional Development: A Case Report
Tracy Slemker, CPO
Introduction Approximately 133,000 amputation-related hospital discharges occur each year in the United States, 31 percent of which are at the transfemoral level.1 The healthcare team’s primary concerns for new amputees
Society Spotlight: Tips for Success When Working with Children
Deborah Wilde, MS, CPO, FAAOP, and Sarah Thomas, CPO
Working with children who need prosthetic and/or orthotic intervention is both challenging and rewarding for everyone involved-the clinician, the patient, and the family. Achieving successful outcomes when working with children
Turning Kids on to Weight Loss: Technology Teams with Tradition
Miki Fairley
New and creative meets tried and true as video game technology, cell phone texting, and bariatric surgery team up with better nutrition and traditional exercise to help kids and teens
Orthotic Management of Low-Tone Children
The Earlier the Better
Susan Glairon
Children with low tone need early orthotic intervention to prevent gait problems down the road. When Ting Cusick arrived in the United States in 1998, the newly adopted one-year-old had
