September 2014
The O&P EDGE
edit post Declining Amputation Rates Secondary to Diabetes and PVD by Phil Stevens MEd, CPO, FAAOP September 1, 2014 While it is generally understood within the healthcare environment that the
Amputee Coalition Youth Camp / First-Ever Paraclimbing National Championship
The O&P EDGE
Amputee Coalition Youth Camp: A Confidence-Building Experience This year marked the 15th annual youth camp for the Amputee Coalition. The Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp was held July 19-23 at Camp
Anita Liberman-Lampear, MA
Miki Fairley
Photographs courtesy of Anita Liberman-Lampear. Anita Liberman-Lampear, MA, president of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA), greets new projects and challenges with energy, zest, and enthusiasm, and tackles them
Program Profile Series: Alabama State University and Baylor College of Medicine
The O&P EDGE
The O&P EDGE continues its series of National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE)-accredited master’s level O&P educational programs. Alabama State University, College of Health Sciences This month we
Five Inexpensive Tools I Can’t Live Without!
Tony Wickman, CTPO
Most people who know me know that I’m a tool nut. I’ve got tools I use, tools I just like to look at, and even tools I use to make
Is There Pedorthic Life beyond the TSD Benefit?
Dennis Janisse, CPed
Remember the good old days? Remember when fitting a pair of therapeutic shoes did not come with the specter of Medicare audits, prosecution, and prison time—when it wasn’t necessary to
SOAP Notes Can Clean up Your Records
Leslie Roberts, MSS, CP
The O&P profession we have known to date is having its proverbial reset button pushed. How we have done things in the past will no longer serve to keep us
Payer Requests for Manufacturer Invoices: A Call for a Unified Response
Susi Ebersbach, MT (ASCP), MBA
The issue of how to best respond to a third-party payer’s request for a manufacturer’s invoice has been surfacing time and again since I began in O&P almost two decades
Delivering Solutions: O&P Clinic Success and the Tools for Achieving It
The O&P EDGE
For Regina Weger, SPS’ director of sales, there is no substitute for face-to-face conversations for building customer relationships. The most meaningful way to learn about a customer’s needs is in
Tales from the Front Lines: Strategies for Starting an O&P Practice in Uncertain Times
Laura Hochnadel
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,
