Michael Burton, who owns and operates Burton Business Services, discusses the reality of residency at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium.
Month: February 2013
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that WillowWood, in partnership with The Ohio State University and The University of Akron, secured a new contract to develop a more comfortable and useful prosthetic system to help transfemoral amputees at…
Technical advancements in orthoses create reimbursement challenges
ORLANDO, Fla. – Although advancements in orthoses provide increased function and mobility for many patients, they also present reimbursement challenges for practitioners. Kimberly Hanson, the director of reimbursement for Ottobock North America, discussed how to manage these issues at the…
The Amputee Coalition announced that it has signed its first peer support affiliation agreement with MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. The agreement allows MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital to use Coalition materials and guidelines for peer visitation and to have an official…
BETH Project wins MIT Accelerate contest
The Benevolent Technologies for Health (BETH) project was awarded the $10,000 Daniel M. Lewin Prize in the Accelerate phase of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) $100K Entrepreneurship Contest, according to a press release. The BETH project developed a low-cost,…
Myoelectric orthosis can improve function in patients with severe arm dysfunction
ORLANDO, Fla. – Jonathan Naft, CPO from Geauga Rehabilitation Engineering in Chardon, Ohio spoke at the American Academy Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium about how myoelectric arm orthoses can be used as a therapeutic tool to improve function for patients…
Hanger welcomes new practitioners
Hanger Clinic has hired eight new clinicians, according to a company press release. Randy Johnson, CPed attended Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, Wash.and will join the Belleville, Ill. patient care clinic. Harold Johnson, CO received his bachelor’s degree in…
ABC gives Virostek William D. Beiswenger Volunteer Award
The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, Inc., (ABC) bestowed Donald D. Virostek, CPO, with the William D. Beiswenger Volunteer Award for his volunteer work supporting ABC’s mission and for embodying the spirit of the award. Beginning…
NAS releases prepayment review of spinal orthoses
Jurisdiction D DME MAC Medical Review Department completed a widespread prepayment probe review of spinal orthoses L0631 and L0637. The L0631 review involved 101 claims of which 96 were denied, resulting in an overall error rate of 96%, while the…
Shoe orthoses reduced diabetes-related amputations
Long-term use of shoe orthoses significantly reduced diabetes-related amputations, according to study results recently presented at the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics World Congress in Hyderabad, India. Researchers studied 114 Swedish patients with diabetes and a risk of developing…