Tag: American Orthotic & Prosthetic Assoc (AOPA)
AOPA’s Lee to step down
December 5, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Eve Lee will step down as executive director of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, effective Jan. 22, 2025, to start a new role as CEO of the Society of Interventional Radiology.
The Executive Committee of AOPA’s board of directors is working with Lee to develop a transition plan that will be communicated to members prior to the end of the year.
“Over the past six years Eve has been an integral part of our organization, leading...
AOPA names new officers
December 3, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association has announced that Rick Riley has been elected to serve as president of its Executive Committee. Mitchell Dobson, CPO, becomes immediate past president and Kimberly Hanson, CPRH, becomes president-elect. Joining them are Matt Swiggum as vice president and Chris Nolan as treasurer. AOPA has also announced new board members: Jeff Erenstone, CPO; Deanna Fish, MS, CPO; Shane Kelly; and Andrew Steele, CPO, MBA. They join Arlene Gillis,...
AOPA calls for presentations
November 27, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association has announced that the Call for Presentations for the 2025 National Assembly, taking place Sept. 3-6, 2025, in Orlando, is now open. The program for the 2025 National Assembly will consist of general sessions, as well as five concurrent tracks, an Expo, networking events, and workshops. Experts, innovators, researchers and thought leaders are invited to submit proposals for engaging presentations that inspire and educate. Presentations...
AOPA names recipient of digital award
October 7, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association recently awarded the 2024 Professor Hans Georg Näder Digital O&P Care Award to Joshua Steer at its National Assembly. AOPA’s Digital O&P Care Workgroup chose Dr. Steer based on his research, Insights into Transtibial Prosthetic Socket Design from Expert UK Clinicians’ Digital Records. “Congratulations to Dr. Steer for being this year’s recipient,” said Eve Lee, executive director of AOPA. “We...
In brief: NCART appeals, REMSleep clears, AOPA awards
July 19, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – NCART has submitted a HCPCS coding application to formally appeal CMS’s decision to only increase the fee schedule for seat elevation systems by about $13 to $2,013.96. “While we appreciate CMS’s willingness to listen to our concerns and review the follow-up information we provided, they indicated it could not be considered, since it was not part of the public meeting process last year,” said Wayne Grau, executive director of NCART. “In addition, we...
AOPA announces award recipients
July 18, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has announced the recipients of the 2024 Howard R. Thranhardt Award are Andreas Kannenberg, MD (GER), PhD, Shane Wurdeman, PhD, CP, FAAOP (D), Tyler Klenow, MSPO, MBA, CPO, FAAOP, and Russell Lundstrom, MS. The award, established in 1996 through a gift from J.E. Hanger in memory of Howard R. Thranhardt, CP, has become one of the most distinguished honors in the orthotics and prosthetics profession, annually recognizing...
O&P stakeholders push ‘goodwill’ bill
April 5, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – O&P stakeholders will use an upcoming policy forum to press lawmakers to support legislation that will enable patients to receive high-quality care by, among other things, prohibiting “drop shipping.”
The Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act was re-introduced in the Senate in March, just ahead of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association’s 2024 Policy Forum, which takes place April 15-16 in Washington. It’s a companion...
O&P bill introduced in Senate
March 20, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., have introduced a bill that would, among other things prohibit “drop shipping” of custom orthoses and prostheses to Medicare beneficiaries.
The legislation, the Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act, is a companion to a bill introduced in the House in June 2023 and now has 35 co-sponsors.
“The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association appreciates the support...
Proposal increases access to ‘technological leap forward’
February 16, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – O&P stakeholders hailed a new proposal by CMS to expand coverage of microprocessor-controlled knees for certain K2 patients, something they say is long overdue.
Under the proposed changes, the agency will no longer limit the technology to patients classified as K3 and above.
“When this technology first came about in the in the 90s, it was really marketed and touted as kind of like the next technological leap forward for patients,” said Joe McTernan,...
CMS proposes changes to coverages for lower limb prostheses
January 24, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS and the DME MACs have published proposed changes to the local coverage determination (LCD) for lower limb prostheses, in a “major leap forward in the care of K2 patients,” according to the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA).
Under the proposed changes, the agency will now allow limited coverage of microprocessor-controlled knees for select patients who are classified as K2, instead of limiting the technology to patients classified as...