Take Action: Support O&P and its Patients

On August 6, the Senate introduced the Medicare O&P Patient-Centered Care Act (S. 4503). This bipartisan legislation would improve access to, and quality of, orthotic and prosthetic care while simultaneously...

Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act Introduced in the Senate

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Senators Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care…

Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act Introduced in the Senate

Contact: Joy Burwell jburwell@AOPAnet.org 757-646-4999 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act Introduced in the Senate Washington, DC (August 7, 2020) - Yesterday, Senators Mark R. Warner...

Update on CMS Resumption of Medicare Audits

On July 10, we informed you that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the resumption of certain audit activity beginning on August 3, 2020. AOPA, through its...

AOPA is Pleased to Announce the 2020 Thranhardt Award Winners

Washington, DC - Anton Johannesson, PhD, CPO, Caitlin Deom, PT, DPT, and John Frederick, CPO/L are recipients of the 2020 Howard R. Thranhardt Award. The Award, established in 1996 by…

CMS Announces the Resumption of Medicare Audits and New Implementation Date for Medicare Prior Authorization

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated its COVID-19 Reduction of Provider Burden Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document to provide updates on the resumption of Medicare audit...

Action Needed: Ask Your Senators to to Support Funding for O&P Education

This week the Senate will start debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which lays out the 2021 budget and expenditures of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and...

DME MACs and PDAC Release Joint Publication Announcing Coding Verification Requirement for Six Lower Limb Prosthetic Codes that Will Require Medicare Prior Authorization

On June 26, 2020, the Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) and Pricing, Data Analysis, and Coding Contractor (PDAC) released a joint announcement for a new coding verification...

Registration for the 2020 Virtual National Assembly is Open

Even though we won't be face-to-face, the 2020 Virtual National Assembly will have it all... The best in business education and advanced clinical programming offered in general sessions, poster presentations,...

COVID-19 Update: Paycheck Protection Program Changes

This week Congress finalized legislation to ensure that businesses that received a forgivable loan through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) can have more leeway on how to spend those funds....