My views in this article reflect over 50 years of personal experience wearing upper-limb prostheses and almost a decade of experience specifically using adjustable, self-suspending, transradial socket designs. I am
In the world of O&P billing, we are conditioned to expect a clear hierarchy: More clinical labor equals higher reimbursement. Since 2014, CMS has reinforced this by differentiating between off-the-shelf
One in five infants develop plagiocephaly or brachycephaly during the first year of life.1 These asymmetric or disproportionate head shapes are often associated with prolonged periods of infants’ time spent
Days after Tre Adkins lost his left leg, his daughter walked into his hospital room to see him for the first time after his amputation and started to cry. “She
The O&P profession is a field of innovation, continuously advancing in device options, fabrication methods, and ways of fitting and training users. In this issue, we look at the impact
Effective February 27, CMS instituted the DMEPOS enrollment moratorium to manage reports of fraud and abuse within that system. The moratorium had a planned expiration after six months, which as
I entered the O&P profession more than two decades ago. At that time, nearly every device in the lab was fabricated through hands-on plaster work or traditional metal and plastic
