Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Health Care Legislative and Regulatory Update

• BLOG: OIG's 2013 Work Plan Released

• October 9, 2012
• Physicians and other providers should be familiar with the programs and operations outlined in the 2013 Work Plan.
  Ted Lotchin, JD, MPH, can be reached at...More »

• Breaking News

• AMA, medical societies urge Congress to stall 2% cut in Medicare payments

• HemOnc Today, October 25, 2012
• The American Medical Association and more than 100 additional medical societies urged Congress to pass legislation that would forestall a 2% cut in...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Advocacy efforts can protect O&P practices against Medicaid cuts

• O&P Business News, October 2012
• BOSTON – Strong advocacy efforts and building relationships with Medicaid officials may help minimize or prevent threatened cuts to Medicaid...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• AOPA honors Guth with Legislative Advocacy Award

• O&P Business News, October 2012
• BOSTON – Thomas Guth, CP, received the Legislative Advocacy Award at the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association National Assembly here....More »

• Cover Story

• O&P in the Balance

• O&P Business News, Fall 2012
• The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is officially the law of the land, according to the recent Supreme Court decision upholding most of the...More »

• Health Care Legislative and Regulatory Update

• New public-private partnership fights fraud through information sharing

• August 24, 2012
• Utilizing a provision of the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services announced the formation of a...More »

• Health Care Legislative and Regulatory Update

• New initiatives from fraud-detecting government contractors create threats for physicians

• August 8, 2012
• Somewhere between the extreme of having your Medicare contractor ask you for records to confirm the medical necessity of services provided and being...More »

• Association News

• House VA Health Subcommittee holds hearing on prosthetic procurement

• O&P Business News, Fall 2012
• A third hearing of the House VA Health Subcommittee on the changes the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to implement on procurement of prosthetics,...More »

• Health Policy

• US Senate introduces diabetes care act

• Endocrine Today, August 2012
• In an effort to aggressively change the current diabetes trend, co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire) and Susan...More »

• Pennsylvania passes licensure law

• July 10, 2012
• Gov. Tom Corbett recently signed into law House Bill 48, which amends the Medical Practice Act, adding definitions and providing for licensure of...More »

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