The White House just announced that CMS “will not finalize” the July 16, 2015 Draft LCD. That may be clarified further when comparable announcement text from both CMS and from the DME MACs are released and can be analyzed. The White House report appears to confirm the information that AOPA shared at the recent San […]
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Obama White House Disappoints With Interim Response to “We the People” Petition on LCD
October 19, 2015 at 8:32 am
AOPA Reacts Over 100,000 people took President Obama at his word when they shared their names, email addresses and trust in/commitment to government, signing on in 17 days to surpass the 100,000 signatures required to prompt direct White House intervention and action on the draft lower prosthetic LCD. Others were skeptical, seeing the We the […]
2015 National Assembly Highlights
October 13, 2015 at 2:47 pm
The 98th Annual AOPA National Assembly October 7-10 held in conjunction with the Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetics drew 2,200 O&P professionals to San Antonio, Texas. Whether it was the magnet power of San Antonio, the programming, the convenient facilities or all of the above, the initial feedback has been […]
Lower Limb LCD Policy Updates: What Has Happened after the Comment Period Closed and the August 26 Events
September 22, 2015 at 2:43 pm
AOPA updated you on all the events on the LCD Policy Proposal – the comments we submitted and helped members and patients submit, the rally at HHS, the meetings we had with CMS, the open DME MAC meeting, the PR campaign, etc. But what has happened since the closing of the comments on August 31st? […]
AOPA President Charlie Dankmeyer, Jr. CPO Publishes Op-Ed in Washington Times
September 8, 2015 at 9:17 am
Read AOPA President Charlie Dankmeyer, Jr., CPO’s Opinion Editorial on the LCD Draft in the Washington Times “Like my peers, I have spent my 40-plus-year career working to move persons with limb loss out of the shadows of society, away from the public notion that they are “disabled” …people wearing prostheses today are a health […]
AOPA Submits Comments on LCD Draft Policy
August 31, 2015 at 9:35 am
AOPA submitted comments on the LCD Policy on Friday, August 28. Read the comments here. Researchers Referenced in CMS’ Bibliography in Support of LCD Submitted a Letter Objecting to their Use of their Work. Read their comments here. Today is the last day to submit comments on the policy. You can quickly submit a letter from www.AOPAvotes.org.
Click here to view 2 powerful videos from the August 26 public hearing at CMS and afternoon rally at HHS
August 28, 2015 at 2:59 pm
The August 26 rally at HHS caught the attention of top CMS officials who met with O&P representatives at 4:00 PM that afternoon. Adrianne-Haslet delivered a powerful testimony during the CMS Public Meeting on the morning of August 26.
Update on AOPA’s Amputee Rally and CMS Meeting on LCD Policy
August 27, 2015 at 3:46 pm
We started with a Tuesday press advisory which included AC and AOPA—Senator Bob Kerrey, Charles Dankmeyer, Adrianne Haslet, Drs. Paul Pasquina and Stephen Fisher, and Amputee Coalition President Dan Berschinski. It began the tide of press interest which carried over to the August 26th events. The DME MAC hearing attracted roughly 200 amputees, to hear […]
AOPA and the Amputee Coalition Host News Conference
August 25, 2015 at 2:54 pm
AMPUTEES, EXPERTS: DON’T “TURN BACK THE CLOCK” ON STANDARD OF CARE FOR TWO MILLION AMERICAN AMPUTEES Former Senator Bob Kerrey, Boston Marathon Survivor Join Amputee Coalition and AOPA in Urging Medicare to Rescind Draft Rule Imposing “Serious Setback” for Amputees. WASHINGTON, D.C – August 25, 2015 – A double amputee who has worn advanced prosthetic […]
AOPA Airs TV and Print Advertising Messages on LCD/Medicare Cutbacks
August 24, 2015 at 9:23 am
TV ads—directed to policymakers—appear in Washington, DC market on Sunday 8/23 ABC Sunday morning news, e.g., “This Week with George Stephanapoulos,” and Mo-WE on CNN, Fox, MSNBC morning new programs; print ad appears in the Washington Post and Hill on multiple occasions. Please recognize that advertising operates with the challenge of conveying a very complicated […]