Prosthetics Versus Orthotics: Considering Opportunity Costs to Challenge a Financial Paradigm
Having been a prosthetist for about seven years, I have heard it said that the real money in O&P is...
Maintaining Professionalism in a Competitive Climate
In the O&P world of shrinking reimbursements and an often uncertain future, practices are under more pressure than ever to...
Mr. Houghton’s Opus: The Houghton Scale and Its Modern Applications in Prosthetic Care
In the early 1990s, a team of British researchers set out to determine the rate of successful rehabilitation among individuals...
Educational In-services: Benefiting the Healthcare Team, Patients, and O&P Providers
The O&P EDGE interviewed O&P company owners and clinicians who provide a representative example of courses and in-services that range from...
Changes Proposed to Medicare Appeals Process
CMS Tries to Pull a Fast One on the ALJ 90-Day Decision Deadline Many O&P professionals and practices have experienced...
Returning to Fall’s Schedule With New Ideas
We are in the last dog days of summer and the thermometer reads 90 degrees. Meanwhile, children across the country...
Jeff Schmidt’s Mission to Conquer the Kona Ironman
Schmidt is thumbs up and ready to go before the 2012 Ironman World Championship in Kona. Photographs...
Using Retail to Balance the Bottom Line
Many pedorthists have relied mainly on insurance reimbursements to drive their practices. A physician writes a prescription for whatever he...
The Effectiveness of Foot Orthotics, Part II
The medical terrain continues to change rapidly, and additional overhauls are expected as the Affordable Care Act, accountable care organizations,...
Because That’s How We’ve Always Done It
When I am hired for a consulting job, I always ask my client why some tasks are done a certain...
