All replies so far have been cheers. The one with value came from a national group with lobbyist that is looking into the legal aspects of approaching a congressman with such a request. To make sure that it is legal.
I do not see a negative in this approach. If you are shipping direct to patients, you too should be interested in the results of such a study or demonstration. Or either you simply do not care for the bracing industry at all. People that are shipping braces, know that they will miss the mark more than a practitioner with hands on. Their practice leads to patients stating, “braces do not work” and this devalues our entire industry. I have been in this industry for 17 years and I can tell you that I cannot ship any brace with a clean conscious. Our patients have demonstrated that they do not understand proper placement or positioning even after being shown in person.
I would petition you to do more than request the responses, I would encourage you as a manufacturer to back this effort.
Carey Jinright, LO, MSM
“WDJD”
Be an example, not an excuse!
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> On Apr 17, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Bremer Group
>
> We, at The Bremer Group, are interested in the replies. We are a
> manufacturer of TLSOs and LSOs and our President is a CPO/LPO and has an O&P
> shop too. We are watching this closely and making decisions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Caron Bremer
>
> The Bremer Group Company
> 11243-5 St. John’s Industrial Parkway S.
> Jacksonville, FL 32246
> www.bremergroup.com
> 800-428-2304
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> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 12:56 PM
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> Subject: [OANDP-L] A thought outside the box
>
> Just a thought. Has any practitioner or national O&P organization ever
> offered to “ship” a congressman or senator a brace for their parent?
>
> Follow me for a moment. Could we petition our representatives to allow
> their parents to be a “typical mail order patient?” Have them take their own
> measurements, and we will send them a brace for them to fit on themselves.
> They can choose, the spine or the knee.
>
> This follows the mail order plan that congress is wanting to pursue through
> bidding! I would hope that a few manufacturers would even join in on this
> demonstration!
>
> In exchange for our cost of the brace, the “patient” only has to report to a
> local O&P facility within their area for the fitting process to be graded.
> This would be a great test of the system that they would like to implement!
> It will cost our industry a great deal more if we do not stop the process
> that they are aiming to implement.
>
> Carey Jinright, LO, MSM
> “WDJD”
> Be an example, not an excuse!
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