The Sam E. Hamontree, CP(E), Business Education Award was created to recognize the best business education paper, idea and/or proposal submitted for presentation. This award is a counterpart to the Thranhardt Award given each year to the best clinical abstract(s).
2021 – Present
2025 Curt Bertram, CPO, FAAOP and Lesleigh Sission, CFo, CFm “Lessons Learned from an Audit”
2024 Ashlie White, MSHLS, MA “Prevalence of Limb Loss and Limb Difference in the United States: Implications for Public Policy”
2023 Andreas Kannenberg, MD (GER), PhD and Gerald Stark, PhD, MSEM, CPO/L, FAAOP (D), “Clinical Quality Improvement as a Foundational Business
Strategy”
2022 Stacy Toner, “The Three Things you Have Control Over to Speed up your Cash Flow”
2021 Rebecca Snell, “Adverse Outcomes Audit: Using Simplified Six Sigma as a Loss Control Measure”
2010 – 2020
2020 Dale Berry, CP, LP, FAAOP, “Prior Authorization, How to PROVE Medical Necessity”
2019 Mark Ford, “The Operating Performance Benchmarking Survey: What It Can Do for You”
2018 Lesleigh Sisson, CFom, “Top 10 Ways to Get and Keep Your Money”
2017 Ryan Ball, “Competitive Differentiator: Executing a Data-Drive Growth Strategy in O&P”
2016 Molly McCoy, CPO, “Documentation Changes That Work! Proof that Better Documentation Leads to Overturn of Denials”
2015 Thomas McGovern, “Control Your Marketing Message by Controlling the Medium”
2014 Mike Mallaro, “Building a Stronger Business: Megatrends Impacting Your O&P Practice and What You Need to Do Now to Optimize Your Business”
2013 Donald E. Katz, MHA, CO/L, FAAOP, “Using Lean Principles to Document Changes in Staff Workflow and Patient Services”
Call for Nominations
Deadline for Nominations: July 31, 2025
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