February 2019
The O&P EDGE
edit post Got FAQs? – February 2019 by Lisa Lake February 1, 2019 Count on Got FAQs? to help answer your toughest billing questions. This month’s column addresses changes
Got FAQs? – February 2019
Lisa Lake
Count on Got FAQs? to help answer your toughest billing questions. This month’s column addresses changes to HCPCS codes for 2019 and changes to billing for bilateral products. Also,
Is It Practical to Add a PT to an O&P Facility?
Gretchen Wellman, CO
In a field driven increasingly by bureaucracy and documentation, and a steady stream of new regulations and audits, the burden of proof of medical necessity and K-level can weigh
Jodie O’Connell-Ponkos: Prosthesis Helps Equestrian Do What She Loves
Maria St. Louis-Sanchez
Since she lost her hand in a meat grinder accident in 1995 at the age of 16, it has never occurred to Jodie O’Connell-Ponkos to give up. Instead, when she
Partnering With Therapists: Improving Patient Access and Outcomes Through Collaboration
Betta Ferrendelli
Nicolas Ferrara, DPT, once treated a patient with a transtibial amputation who had constant skin breakdown and ongoing issues with his socket. He eventually stopped coming to Ferrara for
The Matrix of an O&P Team
Meghan L. Nero
It is not hard to find me when you enter our O&P office—I am your greeter, your go-to for most things. Every profession has someone who sits behind a
Therapeutic Gait Training: What Prosthetists Need to Know
Phil Stevens MEd, CPO
Of the estimated 1.6 million people in the United States living with limb loss, approximately 1.3 million (86 percent) have a lower-limb amputation.1-2 When these individuals fail to achieve prosthesis-assisted
Walking a Mile—Carefully: Empathy in Clinical Encounters
John Brinkmann, MA, CPO, LPO, FAAOP
The theme of walking in someone else’s shoes is woven throughout Mary Lathrap’s 1895 poem “Judge Softly.” This metaphor has become a common way of referring viewing a situation
