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O&P News
BREAKING
NEWS: O&P Medicare Improvements Act Introduced in House
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) has introduced H.R. 2479, the O&P Medicare
Improvements Act of 2009, on May 19 - fulfilling commitments made at the AOPA
Policy Forum to introduce the bill during the month of May. The
significance of O&P legislation being introduced now is the O&P field
has specific bill numbers to reference in speaking with their Senators and
Members of Congress urging them to co-sponsor the legislation. Securing
more members of the Senate and House of Representatives sign on as co-sponsors
gives greater weight to the possibility of seeing both pieces of legislation incorporated
into any comprehensive healthcare/Medicare reform proposals expected to be
introduced very soon.
May 22, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: O&P
Parity Act Introduced in House
Both AOPA
and the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) are applauding Rep. Rob Andrews
(D-NJ) who introduced House bill H.R. 2575, the Prosthetic and Custom Orthotic
Parity Act of 2009. This year’s bill has been modified to include
orthotics as well as prosthetics, and in doing so has earned the endorsement of
more than 20 disability groups, including the American Diabetes Association
(ADA), Easter Seals, National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA), Spina
Bifida Association (SBA) and United Cerebral Palsy (
Surety
Bonds: New Information on Who is Exempt
Aon Affinity Insurance Services has recently advised us that they are now ready
to accept applications for the
May 22, 2009
AOPA has
submitted comments to the Senate Finance Committee on the impact of Post-Acute
Care Bundling on amputee patients. This proposal, published by the
Finance Committee, would assign an additional payment to the hospital which
would be required to provide for any additional care a patient requires for the
first thirty days after hospital discharge. AOPA's comments
underscored the fact that this policy would deny the patient the right to
select their own provider this first thirty-day period
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