Today, AOPA sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services urging them to include O&P providers among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, AOPA attended today’s meeting and submitted comments with the same request to the CDC’s Advisory Council on Immunization Practices, the group charged with making recommendations for […]
AOPA, in collaboration with other healthcare organizations, has actively supported the inclusion of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to serve as certifying practitioners under the Medicare diabetic shoe benefit. The Social Security Act states that the certifying physician must be the MD or DO that is managing the patient’s systemic diabetic condition. This […]
On October 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Single Payment Amounts (SPAs) for select Off-the-Shelf (OTS) knee and OTS spinal orthosis codes included in the Medicare DMEPOS competitive bidding program scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2021. AOPA has continually expressed a need for CMS to delay implementation of […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update on the economic factors that are used to calculate the Medicare O&P fee schedule. The annual Medicare fee schedule increase for O&P services is based on a combination of change in the Consumer Pricing Index for Urban Areas (CPI-U) from June to June […]
Welcome to AOPA Connection, your one-stop-shop for all things AOPA. Logging into AOPA Connection you will instantly have access to all your AOPA benefits, including: AOPAversity Your Membership Record Your Individual Profile Event Calendar Bookstore (including past purchases) Co-OP But, it doesn’t stop there! We are pleased to introduce a new benefit accessible through AOPA […]
The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) represents a vast majority of the orthotics and prosthetics profession who aim to better the lives of individuals with limb loss and difference and those whose lives are improved by orthotic devices. As such, AOPA affirms that discrimination in all forms is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. […]
Congress has passed a short-term spending bill to keep government programs operating at 2020 funding levels through December 11. Included in the 115-page bill are important revisions to the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments Program (AAP) that extends the deadline for providers to start repaying Medicare advance payment loans. AOPA worked closely with our congressional champions […]
On October 5, 2020 we will be launching our new association management software (AMS) that will offer many new capabilities to AOPA members. During the roll-out of the new platform, the current AMS will be offline from September 24, 2020 to October 1, 2020. AOPA members will be familiar with our current AMS if you […]
Recently, AOPA asked the DME MACs to clarify this existing language in the AFO/KAFO Policy Article related to custom fabricated braces: In addition, if the item is custom fabricated, a complete and clear description of the item, including what makes this item unique, and a breakdown of charges (material and labor used in fabrication). This […]
On September 19, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released guidance articulating how to account for lost revenues and expenses and addressing recipient reporting requirements for those receiving Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments. The guidance applies generally to PRF recipients that received one or more PRF payments exceeding $10,000. The $10,000 reporting threshold […]
