Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Congress Passes Measure to Delay Medicare Physician Payment Cut

• February 17, 2012
• By a vote of 60 to 36, the US Senate has passed a measure that delays a 27.4% Medicare physician payment cut. President Barack Obama is expected to sign...More »

• Congress Forges Tentative Agreement on Delay of Medicare Physician Payment Cut

• February 16, 2012
• A joint House-Senate conference committee has reached a tentative agreement on a bill that delays a 27.4% Medicare physician payment cut scheduled to take...More »

• Association News

• New Medical Excise Tax Could Benefit O&P Industry

• February 7, 2012
• The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Treasury have posted the first proposed rules on the plans for the enforcement of the new Medical...More »

• Business News

• How to Make an Impact at the Grassroots Level

• O&P Business News, February 2012
• LAS VEGAS — In her panel discussion at the 2011 AOPA National Assembly, Catherine Graf, JD, director of regulatory affairs, American Orthotic and...More »

• O&P Industry Awaits Changes in Medicare, Essential Health Benefits Package

• January 17, 2012
• In a recent statement released by the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics, Peter W. Thomas, JD, general counsel for the...More »

• Cover Story

• A Fighting Chance

• O&P Business News, January 2012
• National O&P organizations and individual state associations have remained vigilant in their fight against cuts or caps of O&P benefits in difficult...More »

• Medicare Physician Payment Cut Delayed for 2 Months to Allow for More Debate

• December 27, 2011
• In an 11th-hour maneuver before adjourning for holiday recess, the US House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill that delays for 2 months a 27.4%...More »

• Field Facts

• Senate Passes Bill Delaying Medicare Physician Payment Cut for 2 Months

• December 20, 2011
• The U.S. Senate passed an amended version of a bill Saturday that postpones a 27.4% Medicare physician payment decrease scheduled to occur on Jan. 1.
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• House Passes Bill Delaying Medicare Physician Payment Cut for 2 Years

• December 15, 2011
• The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday night that forestalls for 2 years a 27.4% physician payment decrease scheduled to take effect Jan....More »

• Industry News

• HHS Awards Grants to Help States Implement Affordable Insurance Exchanges

• November 30, 2011
• The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently awarded nearly $220 million in affordable insurance exchange grants to 13 states. According to...More »

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