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Healthcare Spending Grew 4.1% in 2022

WEBThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the Actuary released a report of the 2022 health expenditures in the United States.

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Medicare Audits: One More Tool Against Equity in Healthcare

WEBDecember 1, 2023. in Feature. As the United States emerged from the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quickly …

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Patient, Client, or Customer: What Should We Call the People We …

WEBIn 1981, The O&P Almanac published an article by John Sabolich, CPO, titled “Professionalism Or What?” in which he challenged practitioners to update their …

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First Hospital System Joins LLPR

WEBShe said the Colorado system is the first of more than 25 hospital systems slated to join the LLPR over the coming year. “The information we currently have on limb …

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Making Late Entries, Addendums, and Corrections to the Medical …

WEBMedicare coverage guidelines dictate that physician notes are required for corroboration of medical necessity, and this documentation must be available to the …

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Q&A: Is the U.S. Moving Towards Single-payer Healthcare

WEBRecently, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a "Medicare for All" proposal that would create a single-payer healthcare system in the United States. …

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Research Aims to Better Understand People With Disabilities

WEBThe National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), designated people with disabilities as a population with health disparities for research …

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Phantom Limb Syndrome Linked to Mental and Medical Health

WEBPhantom Limb Syndrome Linked to Mental and Medical Health. “The fact that people in this study with PLP [phantom limb pain] also had more depression doesn’t …

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Midwestern University Adds O&P Program

WEBMarch 1, 2023. in EDGE Direct. The Midwestern University College of Health Sciences will debut a new O&P program that is set to welcome its first cohort of 20 students in …

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Medicare Salvage Billing

WEBMedicare Benefit Policy Manual . Chapter 15 â€“ Covered Medical and Other Health Services . Table of Contents (Rev. 241, 02-02-18) Transmittals for Chapter …

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The Spirit Catches You: Cultural Collisions and Cooperation in …

WEBIn 1980, a Hmong family relocated from Laos to Merced, California, a city about two and a half hours southeast of San Francisco. The youngest child, Lia, began …

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O&P and Healthcare: Where Are They Heading

WEBMiki Fairley. September 1, 2004. in Feature. “Forecasting the future of healthcare and health policy is. an imperfect science,” health experts Robert J. Blendon and. Catherine …

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PECOS REGISTRATION

WEBThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is working with providers to address concerns about enrollment in the Provider Enrollment, Chain and …

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Research Shows Function Improvements With Multiarticulating …

WEBThe O&P EDGE. July 26, 2022. in News. Results of a study comparing patient-reported and functional measures in unilateral transradial prosthetic users transitioning from a body …

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3D Printing of Upper-Limb Prosthetics: Present Reality, Future

WEBThe use of 3D printing is developing rapidly in a variety of industries, including aerospace, defense, automotive, and, notably, healthcare. At the same time, the …

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CBR 2018 Pilot Program for People with Amputations in Guatemala

WEBNews. The Range of Motion Project (ROMP) conducted a six-month community-based rehabilitation (CBR) pilot program in Guatemala in 2018 that was …

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NYU Langone Health: Bionic Reconstruction Conference …

WEBNYU Langone Health: Bionic Reconstruction Conference (BReCON): The Future of Integrated Upper Limb Surgical and Prosthetic Intervention

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OHI Secures Private Equity’s Majority Investment

WEBJanuary 2, 2023. in News. Orthotic Holdings Inc. (OHI), announced that it secured a majority investment from Summit Partners Credit Advisors, a private equity firm. OHI’s …

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