EXTENSION AND RE-OPENING OF THE INVITATION TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR ORTHOTICS 2020 RFPS

AOPA, under the auspices of its Orthotics 2020 program, circulated a request for proposals early in 2018 relating to 5 subject areas for original orthotic papers, with the original deadline...

DME MACs Announce the Retirement of the Dear Physician Letter for Artificial Limbs

Recently, each of the four DME MAC contractors has published a revised version of the Dear Physician letter regarding artificial limbs. The revised version of the letter states that the...

Additional TPE Program Results Reported by Noridian

Earlier this week, AOPA provided a summary on the first report of results of Target, Probe, and Educate (TPE) audits by Noridian Healthcare Solutions, the Jurisdiction D DME MAC contractor....

Initial Report on TPE Program Suggests Positive Results

Noridian Healthcare Solutions, who serves as the Jurisdiction A and Jurisdiction D Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor, has released results for its initial audits under the Target, Probe, and...

AOPA-Funded Systematic Review is Now Complete

In 2015 AOPA awarded a grant to Michael Dillon, PhD of La Trobe University for his project “Evaluating outcomes of dysvascular partial foot and transtibial amputation: a systematic review for...

AOPA Confirms K0903 Medicare Fee Schedule at Same Rate as A5513

Recently, AOPA announced an important Advocacy victory regarding the Medicare fee schedule amount for K0903, the newly created HCPCS code used to describe direct milled, custom fabricated diabetic inserts.  When...

AOPA Secures an Advocacy Victory on Reimbursement for Custom Fabricated, Direct Milled Diabetic Inserts

AOPA is very pleased to announce an advocacy win regarding the fee structure for K0903/A5513. AOPA has confirmed with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that the Medicare...

So Congress (and the federal law) now says our orthotist/ prosthetist notes are officially part of the medical record for purposes of medical necessity determinations… now what?

What the new law says The statute, as enacted, is comprised of one sentence which states: *SEC. 50402. ORTHOTIST'S AND PROSTHETIST'S CLINICAL NOTES AS PART OF THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORD. ...

Opportunities for Clinical O&P Research Support from AOPA

The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association is proud to announce 5 Requests for Proposals for separate research grants. As part of AOPA's Orthotics 2020 initiative, we are committed to making...

Update: Orthotist/prosthetist notes will be considered part of the patient’s medical record by CMS!

It's official! As a follow-up to yesterday's announcement, with the overnight action of both Senate and House in enacting the Continuing Resolution and the spending bill, and with President Trump...