Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Complexity of Medicare Advantage Program May Overwhelm Seniors

• August 17, 2011
• Researchers from Harvard Medical School's Department of Health Care Policy found that the large variety of managed care plans offered by the Medicare...More »

• HHS Report Says Most Uninsured Unable to Pay Hospital Bills

• May 13, 2011
• A new report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that few families without health insurance have the financial assets...More »

• Association News

• CMS Proposes Payment and Policy Changes for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

• May 3, 2011
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient...More »

• Perspective

• FTC Issues New Red Flag Rules Requirements

• O&P Business News, August 2010
• The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued new Red Flag Rules that require financial institutions and creditors to develop a written identity theft...More »

• AMA Reports One in Five Medical Claims Processed Incorrectly by Commercial Health Insurers

• June 15, 2010
• On Monday, June 14, the American Medical Association (AMA) released its third annual report card on insurers. Their report revealed the mishandling of one...More »

• Cover Story

• Crisis Management: Execute Your Plan

• O&P Business News, December 1, 2009
• A practitioner and owner of a small-sized O&P facility is in his bed unaware that as he sleeps a faulty wire in his office has just sparked, causing a...More »

• Cover Story

• Safety First: Ways to Protect Patient and Practice

• O&P Business News, September 1, 2009
• Many O&P practitioners enter the profession with the goal of improving the quality of life for people with limb challenges. Part of caring for...More »

• Health Care Updates

• New Analysis Examines Fraud in Both Private and Public Health Insurance Markets

• O&P Business News, August 1, 2009
• A new report from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy challenges the notion that...More »

• Cover Story

• Cover all the Bases

• O&P Business News, July 1, 2009
• According to the National Practitioner Data Bank’s 2006 Annual Report, 15,843 medical malpractice payment reports were made that year. While this number...More »

• Insurance/Liability

• Putting a Price Tag on Your Life and Your Health: Part two

• O&P Business News, September 1, 2008
  Ken W Rudzinski, CFP, CLU, CHFC, CHRC, CASL, CAP
• In part one of this two-part series, we looked at the often-misunderstood underwriting terminology “standard” and “preferred” and how results from your...More »

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