September 2016
The O&P EDGE
edit post What They Didn’t Teach You in the Classroom by John Pope, MS, MSPO, CSCS September 1, 2016 You hit the ground running. School gave you the tools and
Because That’s How We’ve Always Done It
Erin Cammarata
When I am hired for a consulting job, I always ask my client why some tasks are done a certain way. More often than not the response is, “Because that’s
Cast Saws Everywhere, and Not One That Cuts
Travis Petersen, BOCP, COA
If the facility at which you work is like most others, it probably owns multiple cast saws and there are a few of them that don’t work. I work at
What They Didn’t Teach You in the Classroom
John Pope, MS, MSPO, CSCS
You hit the ground running. School gave you the tools and the concepts needed to begin your residency-and now you are applying everything you learned. However, I am encountering situations
Prosthetics Versus Orthotics: Considering Opportunity Costs to Challenge a Financial Paradigm
Pete Seaman, CLP
Having been a prosthetist for about seven years, I have heard it said that the real money in O&P is generated by prosthetic deliveries. I’ve blindly accepted this premise until
Maintaining Professionalism in a Competitive Climate
Maria St. Louis-Sanchez
In the O&P world of shrinking reimbursements and an often uncertain future, practices are under more pressure than ever to attract new patients and grow their businesses. But the pressure
Mr. Houghton’s Opus: The Houghton Scale and Its Modern Applications in Prosthetic Care
Phil Stevens MEd, CPO, FAAOP
In the early 1990s, a team of British researchers set out to determine the rate of successful rehabilitation among individuals with lower-limb amputations of vascular etiologies. Led by a vascular
Educational In-services: Benefiting the Healthcare Team, Patients, and O&P Providers
Miki Fairley
The O&P EDGE interviewed O&P company owners and clinicians who provide a representative example of courses and in-services that range from offering continuing education units (CEUs) to much simpler instructional programs
Changes Proposed to Medicare Appeals Process
Peter W. Thomas and Christina
CMS Tries to Pull a Fast One on the ALJ 90-Day Decision Deadline Many O&P professionals and practices have experienced extensive Medicare contractor audits that required them to pursue the
Returning to Fall’s Schedule With New Ideas
Andrea Spridgen
We are in the last dog days of summer and the thermometer reads 90 degrees. Meanwhile, children across the country are preparing for a return to school and the routine
