Tales from the Front Lines: Strategies for Starting an O&P Practice in Uncertain Times
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was...
More Than a Supplier: Responding to Payer Requests for Component Invoices
Dealing with third-party payers can be challenging, even in the best of times. Lately, however, conversations at various O&P professional...
Prior Authorization for Medicare O&P Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a rule on May 28 that would require suppliers of certain...
Declining Amputation Rates Secondary to Diabetes and PVD
While it is generally understood within the healthcare environment that the prevalence of diabetes and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) are...
Assessing O&P Competency with the ABC Exams
Candidates take the CPM test in St. Petersburg, Florida, in January. Photographs courtesy of ABC. Three years after its...
Amputee Coalition Youth Camp / First-Ever Paraclimbing National Championship
Amputee Coalition Youth Camp: A Confidence-Building Experience Attending the Amputee Coalition's youth camp allows campers, such as (from left) Kylie...
Anita Liberman-Lampear, MA
Photographs courtesy of Anita Liberman-Lampear. Anita Liberman-Lampear, MA, president of the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA), greets new projects...
Program Profile Series: Alabama State University and Baylor College of Medicine
The O&P EDGE continues its series of National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE)-accredited master's level O&P educational programs....
Five Inexpensive Tools I Can’t Live Without!
Most people who know me know that I'm a tool nut. I've got tools I use, tools I just like...
Is There Pedorthic Life beyond the TSD Benefit?
Remember the good old days? Remember when fitting a pair of therapeutic shoes did not come with the specter of...