We know that all AOPA members are very interested in all health care reform efforts, as they have the potential to impact both the patients we serve, and how AOPA members plan and conduct their business. AOPA members who attended this year’s May Policy Forum had the opportunity to meet Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and […]
AOPA’s Centennial Celebration and World Congress in Las Vegas set a new record with over 2,500 attendees! Exhibitors and attendees came from 41 countries, making it a truly global event. AOPA is donating $5 of each registration to Hurricane Harvey relief, and is still accepting donations. Checks can be mailed to AOPA, 330 John Carlyle […]
At the 2017 AOPA World Congress, make sure to add these sessions to your personal schedule. HEAR RESULTS OF TWO GROUNDBREAKING STUDIES That Could Change Your Reimbursement World for the BETTER: RAND Corporation Economic Value of O&P Services 7:40 a.m., Friday, September 8 Oceanside D Soeren Mattke, PhD Payers, Investors, and Media Will Take Notice When […]
On July 13, 2017, the DME MACs published a joint publication that addressed the proper use of HCPCS code A5513, which is used to described molded to patient model diabetic shoe inserts. The joint publication indicated that in order to meet the requirements of the HCPCS code descriptor, diabetic inserts billed using A5513 must be […]
This afternoon, the full House of Representatives acted by consent on suspension to adopt H.R. 3178, a bill to cut red tape and make some non-controversial changes to the Medicare program. Included in this bill was a single provision on O&P– the long-awaited provision to recognize the orthotist-prosthetist’s notes as part of the medical record […]
In February, AOPA, in partnership with the Center for O&P Learning & Evidence-Based Practice (COPL), announced a Request for Pilot Grant Proposals in 16 potential areas of orthotic and prosthetic research including an open topic. A record 38 proposals were received in response to the request for proposals, and the board took the extraordinary step of […]
AOPA is getting a new logo for 2018, and we need your help! We are reaching out to the O&P Profession and designers around the world to enter a contest to design the new logo. One winner will receive $500, and the contest ends July 31, 2017. AOPA has used a different variations of the […]
In conjunction with our continuing efforts to advance the provisions of H.R. 2599/ S.1191, the Medicare Orthotics & Prosthetics Improvement Act, we are pleased to advise you that the provision which would assure that the prosthetist/orthotist patient notes are included as part of the official Medicare medical record for purposes of medical necessity determinations has […]
Listen to the audio of this news event. GROUPS: AMPUTEES HAVE MUCH TO LOSE IF HEALTH CARE REFORM UNDERCUTS KEY ASPECTS OF SAFETY NET WASHINGTON, D.C.///June 29, 2017///Many of the two million Americans who are amputees – including military veterans, accident victims, and older Americans – could lose care and the mobility and liberty that […]
Subscribe to the July-December half-year series and get 3 free webinars. This includes 2 bonus webinars added as part of Healthcare Compliance & Ethics Week, that are free to all AOPA members with no purchase required. Stay on top of all relevant reimbursement issues and earn 1.5 CE credits each month. One registration is all […]
