In today’s complex healthcare landscape, appeals have become a routine and essential part of securing reimbursement for claims. With payers frequently denying coverage for a variety of reasons, a well-crafted
When we talk about the lower limb in O&P, we often focus on the high-tech innovations such as microprocessor knees (MPKs) and powered orthoses that have marked the last 25
Communication between healthcare providers and patients or caretakers is the foundation of effective clinical care. Information exchanged during initial evaluations and follow-up appointments forms the basis for accurate identification of
As an O&P clinician, I was highly motivated by the challenge of designing devices that worked, not in replacement of, but in concert with a limb. The way patients described
In 2010, before Ben Hogan, CPO, became a clinician, he was working as a bike mechanic in Southern California when a man with a lower-limb amputation came into the shop
Over the last decade or so, microprocessor-controlled knees (MPKs) have been considered the gold standard for people with transfemoral amputations. Studies have shown that their users have reduced fall risk
