Editor’s Note–June 2022
In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to assume that consumers want the most modern, most automatic, most high-tech option available....
Medicare and O&P Need Consistent Guidelines
After inconsistent and unclear Medicare audits of some of our claims for custom-fitted LSO codes L-0637 and L-0650, I think...
Fall Risk: A Dearth of Real-world Evidence
Prot/stock.adobe.com Most of Taavy Miller’s patients who use a lower-limb prosthesis have experienced a fall at least once, often early...
Pathology-specific Orthotic and Pedorthic Treatment, Part I
One of the early pioneers of pathology-specific orthotic design was Paul Scherer, DPM, former chair of the Department of Biomechanics...
Got FAQs? June 2022
Count on Got FAQs? to help answer your toughest billing questions. This month’s column addresses replacement of a prosthesis and...
Expressive Prosthetic Design
Image Credit: Yakobchuk Olena/stock.adobe.com Norbert Nathanson was born in 1926 without a right hand and with his feet not fully...
Finding the Right Tech for Lower-limb Patients
Patients with lower-limb amputations have more choices than ever when it comes to finding the right device for their needs....
Prosthesis Keeps Captain at the Helm
The direction of Diane Pollock’s life took a turn in 2002 when she had a transfemoral amputation of her left...
