Month: October 2008

For the second of this two-part series, O&P Business News maps out the O&P mission.

White medical students who attend schools with greater racial and ethnic diversity among the student body are more likely to rate themselves as highly prepared to care for minority populations, according to a study in the Journal of the American…

In addition to dealing with the day-to-day aspects of diabetes management that involve blood glucose, nutrition and lifestyle management, men in the United States with diabetes are also grappling with other physical, emotional and sexual health issues according to survey…

Hospital charges – what patients are billed for their rooms, nursing care, diagnostic tests and other services has jumped from $873 billion in 2005 to $943 billion in 2006, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The steep…

Many people — both in the O&P profession and outside it — still see electronic orthotic and prosthetic devices as the future. O&P Business News spoke with a number of professionals who say these devices are, in fact, the now…

Although both presidential candidates say they will reform health care and broaden access, their plans have significant differences.

A historic bipartisan bill was introduced on Sept. 19 in the U.S. Senate that would require health insurance companies to provide meaningful coverage for prosthetic care. The bipartisan bill, S. 3517 the “Prosthetics Parity Act of 2008,” is co-sponsored by…

In the past 15 years, the number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

Hanger’s David Osborne, CPO, succumbed to a long battle with cancer on Aug. 20. Osborne became a part of the Hanger family in 2003 when his company, Northwest Prosthetics & Orthotics Associates was acquired by Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics. He…

After ACCORD, ADVANCE, and the VA Diabetes Trial, clinicians question intensive glucose control.