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November 15, 2008	O&P Business News November 15, 2008
Cover Story Limb Regeneration: Replacing What Was Lost Feature Articles Patient Receivable Management After the Golden Era Take a Load Off Business Briefs Medicare Hosts Conference to Promote Electronic Prescribing Field Facts Remembering Alexander Thomas LeTourneau Health Care Updates American Pain Society Hails Enactment of Military Pain Laws Online Exclusive Elderly Women Can Increase Strength But Still Risk Falls Six Illnesses Common Among Older Americans Cost $196 Billion Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic Announces OrthoLux Lite Code Verification New Epirus Foot Exclusively Available at SPS Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee Brio Ankle Adaptor Available from PEL Supply New EasyStand Bantam Offers Sit-to-Stand and Supine Standing KNIT-RITE Announces New Colors for SmartKnit Kids KISS WrapStrap-R Available From PEL Supply Model 2009 Launched at SPS Trans-Femoral Rotator Launches at SPS CareCredit Helps During a Slow Economy Trulife Introduces Easily Adjustable Stance Flexion New Echelon Foot Available at SPS Wear Confidence with the Accent from College Park
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November 1, 2008	O&P Business News November 1, 2008
Cover Story Navigating the Rough Waters of Medicare Coding and Billing Feature Articles Beijing 2008: Enabled by the Drive to Succeed Joining Forces Association News ABC Announces Modification for Certification Exam Candidates Field Facts OrthoCare Innovations Receives NIH Award Research Grant Awarded to Georgia Tech Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics Program Online Exclusive Many Patients Misunderstand Written Screening Tests Narcissistic People Most Likely to Emerge as Leaders Products & Services Heel Relief Shoe Available from PEL Supply New Echelon Foot Available at SPS College Park Unveils Onyx Foot ACOR Comfort Street and Broadway Shoes Available through PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Announces a Reduced Price on the TorsoLux MICA Corporation Releases New Ankle Module Model 2009 Launched at SPS New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 Now Available PEL Supply Offers Foot and Arch Fabricating Catalog
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October 15, 2008	O&P Business News October 15, 2008
Cover Story Powered O&P Feature Articles Election 2008: Impact on Health Care Limb Banks: Spreading Hope Field Facts St. Petersburg College Dedicates New Home for O&P School Association News Historic Bipartisan Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate Requires Meaningful Health Insurance Coverage for Amputees Health Care Updates Diversity Better Prepares Medical Students to Care for Minority Patients Online Exclusive American Diabetes Association Survey Identifies Issues Every Man with Diabetes Should Know Hospital Bills Jumped $70 Billion in One Year Products & Services New Sher-Sport Orthotic From Sroufe Healthcare Presenting the New AdaptiveBike ACOR Launches Modular Orthotic Fitting System Get Back in the Game With the D2 Night Splint Knit-Rite Offers the Ohio Willow Wood Fusion Foot Medi USA Receives Favorable Medicare Billing Approval for M.4 OA College Park TruStep Foot Now Available HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrthoLux Plus CareCredit Resource Center helps Patients get Recommended Technology Vasyli Medical Launches the Armstrong Diabetic Orthotic Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 Available through SPS
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October 1, 2008	O&P Business News October 1, 2008
Cover Story Using Accreditation Standards to Increase Productivity and Revenue Feature Articles Congress Overrides President’s Veto to Enact Medicare Legislation Limb Donations: Amputees Bank on Them Field Facts CMS Pilot Program Saves Nearly $700 Million in Improper Medicare Payments Health Care Updates Arsenic Exposure Could Increase Diabetes Risk Cognitive Problems Associated With Diabetes Duration and Severity Online Exclusive OSU to Host National Personalized Health Care Conference Emotional Intelligence Training Might Help Doctors Relate to Patients Products & Services PAL Health Technologies Announces Launch of the Xtremityscan System New Alps AKDT Liner Available From SPS Summit Lock Available From PEL Supply Genesis II Series Feet Provide Most Natural Range of Motion Available New 3X-Large Size Hip Abduction Orthosis Available Medi Launches Mediven Sheer & Soft Close Contour Available From PEL Supply New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 Now Available College Park Introduces Venture Foot Medi USA Receives Favorable Medicare Billing Approval for M.4 OA New Fusion Foot Available Through SPS
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September 15, 2008	O&P Business News September 15, 2008
Cover Story Using Accreditation Standards to Increase Productivity and Revenue Feature Articles Congress Overrides President’s Veto to Enact Medicare Legislation Limb Donations: Amputees Bank on Them Marketing Myths ABC Celebrates 60 Years Business Briefs CMS Pilot Program Saves Nearly $700 Million in Improper Medicare Payments Health Care Updates Americans Made More Than One Billion Hospital and Doctor Visits in 2006 Association News BOC International Moves to New Headquarters Online Exclusive Researchers Urge Backpack Safety Instead of Style for Kids ‘Chilling’ Hardship Rates among Families Raising Disabled Children Products & Services PEL Supply Offers HealPRO Bionix HP Knee Available From Swanson Orthopedic and Prosthetic Center Knit-Rite Introduces the New Shorty Soft-Sock at the AOPA Assembly Premier O&P Launches Premiere AFO Gauntlet Silvermax AFO Liner Sock Available from PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Improves the ACE Brace PAL Health Technologies Announces Launch of the Xtremityscan System New Accessories Available on LimbLogic VS New Vista TX Expands to New Heights New Fillauer DuraShock Shorty from PEL Supply Comfort Products Now Offers the X-Silver AK Shrinker Silver Liner Sheath Available From Comfort Products Genesis II Series Feet Provide Most Natural Range of Motion Available Silipos Introduces New DuraGel Size College Park Unveils Accent Foot Swede-O Launches the New Strap Lok Ankle Brace
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September 1, 2008	O&P Business News September 1, 2008
Cover Story The Generational Melting Pot: Managing a Multigenerational Workplace Feature Articles Putting a Price Tag on Your Life and Your Health: Part two A Smile at the End of the Day Business Briefs CMS Issues New Rule for Rural Health Clinics Hanger Announces Second Quarter Results Association News McGill and Turner Elected to NAAOP Board Online Exclusive OPAF Hosting Events in Chicago for the AOPA National Assembly Health Insurance Premiums Have More than Doubled Since 1996 Products & Services Comfort Products Offers the X-Silver AK Shrinker PEL Supply Features New Unloader One M-Spine Brace Now Available Through SPS AKDT Liner Available From SPS Bell-Horn Introduces the Spinallite Comfort Osteoporosis Orthosis Tensitube Tubular Elastic Bandage From PEL Supply Adjustable Extension Available on Extender Knit-Rite Introduces the Shorty Soft-Sock Genesis II Series Feet Provide Most Natural Range of Motion Available Redesigned StepLock Handle Available From PEL Supply Silver Liner Sheath From Comfort Products College Park Unveils Onyx Foot MediUSA LP Gets Favorable Billing Approval for M.4 OA Swede-O Launches Thermoskin AP Rigid Lumbar Support
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August 15, 2008	O&P Business News August 15, 2008
Cover Story Ability to Choose: Tunable Prostheses Feature Articles Bluetooth Technology in O&P Devices An Undeniable Destiny Business Briefs Bulow Biotech Prosthetics Care & Research Center Opens in Nashville Field Facts Ossur Appoints New President Pedorthics Kentucky Hopes Third Time is the Charm for Licensing Bill Online Exclusive Arimed O&P Donates Care for Palestinian Child HHS, Providence Health & Services Agree on Corrective Action Plan to Protect Health Information Products & Services LimbLogic VS Enhancements Available From PEL Supply Medi USA LP Receives Favorable Medicare Billing Approval for M.4 OA SPS Launches Stealth LSO HOPE Orthopedic Offers the VertaLux Lite Spinal Orthosis Higher Weight Limit on OFM2HD Available at SPS Comfort Products Offers the X-Silver BK Shrinker C.A.S.H. II Orthosis Available From PEL Supply Tribute Foot Available From College Park
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August 1, 2008	O&P Business News August 1, 2008
Cover Story Wound Care Feature Articles Starting an O&P Practice: Completing the Puzzle Through the Stages: Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction Field Facts Freedom Innovations Appoints Lee Kim Chief Financial Officer Danforth and Taylor Join Norpro Prosthetics and Orthotics Hanger Welcomes New Hires, Announces Promotions Online Exclusive Mergers and Acquisitions Lead to Long-Term Management Turmoil Out-of-pocket Health Care Costs for Disabled Children Vary Widely by State Products & Services Ossur Introduces the Iceross Seal-In Liner PSI Liner Available From PEL Supply College Park’s Trés Foot Available Knit-Rite Introduces the Dobbs Dynamic Clubfoot Bar Medi Launches Mediven Sheer & Soft Compression Hosiery UCO International Introduces American Made EZFit Premolded Foot Orthotic Linkage Knee Available From SPS Comfort Products Offers the X-Silver BK Shrinker Ossur Unveils New Mauch Knee HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the TorsoLux Orthosis KiddieGAIT Available From PEL Supply Silver Liner Sheath Available From Comfort Products ECO1 Available From SPS Genesis II Series Feet Available PEL Supply Offers Techform I Casting Tape
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July 15, 2008	O&P Business News July 15, 2008
Cover Story Update: Prosthetic Parity across the Nation Feature Articles Leader of the Pack Growing by the Waistline: BMI and Amputees Association News ACA Members Head to Atlanta NAAOP Government Relations Report Congress Considers Changes to Competitive Bidding for DMEPOS Health Care Updates Blacks Have Higher Amputation Rates Online Exclusive Number of People With Diabetes Increases to 24 Million Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Result From Senior Falls Products & Services Accent Foot Available From College Park SPS Launches Runway HX Dynamic Walk AFO From PEL Supply New Children’s Book Features Bear With Prosthetic Leg HOPE Orthopedic Offers the OrthoLux Lite Euro International Launches Euro SporTec Golf Insole PEL Supply Offers Equalizer Air Walker SPS Launches Lyn Valve RV Slide
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July 1, 2008	O&P Business News July 1, 2008
Cover Story WRAMC’s Amputee Center: When Heroes Need Heroes Feature Articles Courage Fuels the Fire Inside Going Back for the First Time Association News Academy Issues Call for Papers Field Facts Theresa Bonnema Joins APO Health Care Updates High School Knee Injuries Compared by Sport and Gender Online Exclusive States Fail to Protect Consumers Against Insurance Company Abuse AMA Launches Online National Health Insurer Report Card Products & Services Transfemoral Rotator (TFR) Launches at SPS Camber Axis Technic from PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic’s LumboLux Available in Larger Size Ossur Unveils New Mauch Knee Waterproof Adaptskin Available from SPS Renegade MX Provides Wide Range of Motion VistaTX Collar Available from PEL Supply Becker FullStride Is Now Available in “B” Size Air-Lock Available from PEL Supply Ossur’s Proprio Foot Provides Stability and Safety Onyx Foot Ideal for Active Users OTS to Activate New Feature on Web site Quick Release Nylon Available from PEL Supply
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June 15, 2008	O&P Business News June 15, 2008
Cover Story Pain Uncovered: Management and Treatment Options for Amputees Feature Articles Treating the Whole Patient One Man’s Legacy: Improving Communication in O&P Clinical Matters Breaking Down the Door Field Facts FOOT Foundation Provides Services in Guatemala Health Care Updates Gender Bias May Affect Care of People with Osteoarthritis Business Briefs Freedom Invests to Accelerate Growth Online Exclusive New Procedure Corrects Foot Pain Without Orthotics OTC Insoles May Contribute to Osteoarthritis Products & Services PEL Supply Offers California Compressor Combo C3 Premier O&P Creates the Shark Cutting Tool TRS Introduces the Sure-Lok Cable Lock System SPS Offers Free Koozie Party Cooler Tidwell’s Orthotics Now Offers Custom Foot Orthotics Ossur’s Proprio Foot Provides Stability and Safety Acor Launches Line of AFO Gauntlets New ALPS AK Liner Available from PEL Supply Medi USA Launches the Heavy-Duty OM8HD Knee KX06 Linkage Knee Available at SPS SPS Now Stocks Swede-O Products Knit-Rite Offers the Proteor Keasy Soft Liners Becker Offers the Camber Axis Technic HOPE Orthopedic Offers New Extender, Model STP Ossur Introduces the Iceross Seal-In Liner
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June 1, 2008	O&P Business News June 1, 2008
Cover Story New Technology Puts Amputees Back in the Game Feature Articles Below the Belt: Common Athletic Injuries The Climb to Success Field Facts Casey Thomas Receives Certificate in Orthotics Association News ACA and UNOC Serving Needs of Upper Extremity Amputees Health Care Updates Yoga Poses Can Prevent Falls Business Briefs As Gas Prices Climb, Employee Productivity Plummets Online Exclusive Strike Force Targets Medicare Fraud By Los Angeles Area Health Care Companies Oscar Pistorius Eligible to Compete in Beijing Olympics Products & Services SPS Launches Plié MPC Knee Ossur Unveils New Mauch Knee New Sher Brand E-Z Post Orthotic From Sroufe Healthcare Becker Offers the Camber Axis Technic Ossur’s Proprio Foot Provides Stability and Safety Suction Suspension Solution Offered Through SPS KiddieGAIT Manages Pediatric Muscle Tone Ossur Introduces the Iceross Seal-in Liner OTS Redesigns StepLock Handle PEL Supply Offers Innovator X Elbow Brace HOPE Orthopedic Features the Improved ACE Brace Alpha Flex Sleeve Available from PEL Supply
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May 15, 2008	O&P Business News May 15, 2008
Cover Story The Costs of Doing Business Feature Articles Rugged Terrain: A Race to the Finish Starting an O&P Practice: Fitting the Pieces Field Facts Prosthetist LeRoy Oddie Joins Freedom Innovations Association News ACPOC Members Travel to Montreal Business Briefs Ensure Uninterrupted Cash Flow with NPI Health Care Updates Work Schedule Adjustments Benefit Shift Workers Online Exclusive Prosthetic Hand Has Grip Function Like a Natural Hand People with Lower Incomes and Less Education are in Pain More Often Products & Services KX06 Linkage Knee Available at SPS Knit-Rite’s Pediatric O&P Catalog Now Available HOPE Orthopedic Introduces New TorsoLux Orthosis SPS Offers the QuikDraw with Rigid Anterior Panel Bracemate Body Sleeve Available from PEL Supply Ossur Unveils New Mauch Knee PEL Supply Offers Diabetic Foot Care Program SPS Now Stocks Swede-O Products Ossur Introduces the Iceross Seal-in Liner SPS Features OWW LimbLogic VS PEL Supply Now Offers the BlueRocker in Extra Small SPS Offers Free Koozie Party Cooler
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May 1, 2008	O&P Business News May 1, 2008
Cover Story Putting the Patient in Charge: Maintaining the Residual Limb Feature Articles Mending Lives Shatterd by War Building a Shoe Right Out of the Gait Field Facts Jeff Shaw Joins Orthologix Association News AOPA Urges Diligence at Policy Forum Health Care Updates Minority Children Experience Disparities in Health Care Online Exclusive Economic Burden of Health Insurance Increasing Small-Business Economic Outlook Negative Products & Services Ossur Unveils Iceross Seal-in Liner SPS Launches Ossur’s Proprio Foot U.S. Orthotics Offers the KW6 Anterior Opening Knee Support Sroufe Introduces New Diabetic Insoles HOPE’s Hip Abduction Orthosis Now in Size 3X-large Dynamic Walk Available at SPS Knit-Rite Offers the CompreFit Universal Ossur’s Proprio Foot Provides Stability and Safety APU Bariatric PRAFO Available From PEL Supply TFR Available From PEL Supply i-LIMB Hand Available Through SPS
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April 15, 2008	O&P Business News April 15, 2008
Cover Story The Great Outdoors Feature Articles Racing from the Top: Challenge Aspen Ski Team River Rehabilitation Clinical Matters Let the Games Begin Field Facts PrimeFare West 2008 Meeting a Success Business Briefs Corporate Pension Plans Being Re-evaluated Health Care Updates CDC Study Underscores Impact of Older Adult Falls Online Exclusive Amputee Coalition of America Calls for Prosthetic Parity AAOP Launches Recommended Reading List Products & Services Ossur Introduces the Iceross Seal-in Liner PEL Supply Offers the DuroFlex Foot PRS Offers a Transtibial Version of U-Flate Skin Sleeves SPS Launches Freedom�s New Runway HX Knit-Rite Expands Its Liner-Liner Sizes U.S. Orthotics Inc. Launches New E-store Dynamic Walk Available at SPS Coyote Design Introduces the HandsFree Valve Ossur�s Proprio Foot Provides Stability and Safety The SafetyStride Available from PEL Supply Advance SoleTech Walking Shoes Available from Knit-Rite HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the New OrthoLux Plus
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April 1, 2008	O&P Business News April 1, 2008
Cover Story Instilling Confidence in Parents of Children With Limb Loss Feature Articles Current Trends in Washington: A Survey of O&P Government Relations Issues Measuring In-Socket Skin Temperature Field Facts 2008 Hanger Education Fair: A Record-Setting Event Business Briefs Major Universities Partner to Support Vets with Disabilities Association News AAOP Hosts 34th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium in Orlando Online Exclusive Warrior Weekend Helps Soldiers Relax and Recover Kaiser Permanente Lends Helping Hand Products & Services Baby Bear Pavlik Harness Available from PEL Supply Ossur Unveils New Mauch Knee HOPE Orthopedic Offers a New Extender Child Crawling Prosthesis Promotes Bi-manular Activity Free Koozie Party Cooler From SPS Becker FullStride Now Available In “B” Size Ossur Introduces the Iceross Seal-in Liner U.S. Orthotics Offers 82-XPA Lumbosacral Support SPS Offers the QuikDraw with Rigid Anterior Panel i-LIMB Hand Available Through SPS 2008 Pediatric Catalog Available from PEL Supply Child’s Play 4-Bar Knee Available from PEL Supply
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March 15, 2008	O&P Business News March 15, 2008
Cover Story State by State: Licensing in O&P Feature Articles CMS Proposes New Protections for Beneficiaries Using DMEPOS Suppliers Congress Increases Scrutiny of Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors Association News BOC Elects Kenney, Lawson to Board Field Facts Touch Bionics Adds to Teams Business Briefs DME Company Owners Sentenced for Medicare Fraud Online Exclusive Baby Boomers Confused About Medicare More Consumers Buying Medicines by Mail Products & Services Comfort Products Offers the X-Silver Shrinker Fillauer Offers the New DuraShock Pylon Tube Clamp Wrap-around Neoprene KW6 is Available from U.S. Orthotics Becker Introduces the Camber Axis Technic SPS Offering a Discount on Air-Lock and Small Air-Lock TFC Offers Best of Carbon and Plastic Ossur Unveils New Mauch Knee Free Accessory Package with Trautman Floor Carver Get the Camber Axis Technic Joint at SPS PEL Offers Royce Medical’s DH Offloading Shoe SPS Launches Freedom’s New Runway HX TiMed Brings Manufacturing to the U.S. Hope Orthopedic’s LumboLux Available in Larger Size Grace Prosthetic Fabrication Inc. Launches Online Store
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March 1, 2008	O&P Business News March 1, 2008
Cover Story Outcomes Research and Evidence-Based Practice in O&P: Forging Ahead Feature Articles New Jersey Passes Parity Legislation Part One: Putting a Price on Your Life and Your Health Starting an O&P Practice: Puzzling Money Matters Clinical Matters Life Lessons: Part Two Business Briefs Touch Bionics Expands U.S. Presence Association News BOC Elects Four Board Members Online Exclusive Costs Rise for Back and Neck Problems Avoiding Disability May Be Key to Longevity Products & Services TRS Introduces the Sure-Lok Cable Lock System Bowman Releases the O&P Hub Version 4.0 U.S. Orthotics Inc. Launches New E-store ESP Introduces the AEGIS SoFlex BK Liner SPS Offers the QuikDraw With Rigid Anterior Panel Comfort Products Conducts Patient Trial Evaluation ESP Expands Product Line With the AEGIS TF Liner SPS Features OWW LimbLogic VS HOPE Orthopedic Now Offers the OrthoLux Lite ESP Introduces New Lyn Valve RV Slide SPS Introduces the Kinetic Foot Euro International Offers Walk Aid Products Ossur Introduces the Iceross Seal-in Liner New Load Response Knee Joint Available From PEL Supply DuraLite Foot Available From PEL Supply
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February 15, 2008	O&P Business News February 15, 2008
Cover Story Protecting Your Business from Fraud Feature Articles Pedorthics on the Hill: H.R. 2888 The i-LIMB: Revolutionizing the Evolution Business Briefs Langer Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Acquires Three Practices Association News Allen Named President of ABC Online Exclusive Diabetes Rates Increase Among Older Americans Online Advertised Job Vacancies Decrease in November Products & Services Comfort Products Offers the X-Silver Shrinker Agility MPC Knee Available From SPS U.S. Orthotics Offers 82-XPA Lumbosacral Support Sroufe Introduces New Tri-Laminate Orthotics EasyStand Tray Options Fit the User’s Unique Needs Comfort Products Conducts Patient Trial Evaluation LowPro Summit Lock Available From PEL Supply U.S. Orthotics Inc. Launches New E-store X-Silver BK Shrinker Available From PEL Supply Spinomed III Approved for L-Code Medicare Billing Acor Launches Innovative AFO Gauntlets
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February 1, 2008	O&P Business News February 1, 2008
Cover Story Walter Reed’s State-of-the-Art Biomechanics Lab Feature Articles CMS Releases Mandatory Accreditation Deadline Making the Most of Your Regional Meeting Clinical Matters Life Lessons: Part 1 Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results Arise Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc. Opens Online Exclusive More Small Businesses to Seek Additional Credit in 2008 Nearly One in Five Americans Cannot Afford Health Care Products & Services SPS Launches Agility MPC Knee SPS Offering a Discount on Air-Lock and Small Air-Lock Mid-Profile OrthoLux Offered by HOPE Orthopedic Grace Prosthetic Fabrication Inc. Launches Online Store SPS Introduces Darco Web Ankle Support Self-Gripping PVC Straps in Stock at SPS C.H.E.C.K. Now Available From PEL Supply ESP Introduces the AEGIS SoFlex BK Liner New ALPS AK Liner Available From PEL Supply ESP Expands Product Line With the AEGIS TF Liner AAOP Launches Online O&P Licensure Tool Kit Lyn Valve RV Slide Available From ESP
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January 15, 2008	O&P Business News January 15, 2008
Cover Story Progression of Perception: How Media Shapes the Way the World Sees Amputees Feature Articles Starting an O&P Practice: Creating a Checklist CAD/CAM Has Use Beyond Prosthesis Design and Fabrication Field Facts Endolite North America Names New General Manager Remembering J. Harvey Lett Clinical Matters CAD/CAM: Going Digital in 2008 Online Exclusive DJO Incorporated Closes Merger Transaction With ReAble Therapeutics AACPDM Issues a Call For Papers Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic Offers Extender With Adjustable Extension Arizona AFO Inc. Offers Pink Ankle Orthosis to Raise Awareness Becker Offers the SafetyStride PEL Supply Offers Newport Universal Hip LimbLogic VS on Back Order Until March Pedifix/Gelsmart Launch the GelStep Insole Knit-Rite Offers O&P Enterprises’ OPCheck Sheets Seattle Kinetic Foot System Available From PEL Supply
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January 1, 2008	O&P Business News January 1, 2008
Cover Story Starting an O&P Practice: Compiling the Pieces Feature Articles Presidential Vetoes and Congressional Leaders Stymie Health Care Initiatives Amputee Coalition of America Awarded New Four-Year Grant Field Facts Airborne Amputees Complete Their Inaugural Jump Association News Pedorthic Footwear Association Holds Annual Symposium Health Care Updates Depression and Suicide Study of Veterans Provides New Data Online Exclusive CDC Study Finds No Real Increase in Obesity Among Adults CMS Begins Medicare Provider Satisfaction Survey Products & Services Sroufe Introduces New E-Z Form Moldable Urethane The O&P Hub Version 4.0 Released New EasyStand Evolv XT Stands ‘Extra Tall’ Disabled Drew Shoe Introduces New Therapeutic Footwear SPS Offers the Aulie Knee Tri-Planar PRAFO Orthosis Available From PEL Supply LimbLogic VS Available From PEL Supply Becker Offers the SafetyStride SPS Offers Ossur’s Proprio Foot SPS Introduces SPINOMED III New 3X-Large Size Hip Abduction Orthosis Available
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December 15, 2007	O&P Business News December 15, 2007
Cover Story Family Ties Feature Articles Are You a Clutter Cutter? L6704 Fills a Need Field Facts CAF’s San Diego Triathlon Challenge Cancelled Health Care Updates U.S. Health Rankings Show a Decline in Overall Health Business Briefs CMS Awards Two Contracts to Process Medicare Claims Online Exclusive Many Employers Not Implementing Programs to Improve Health Benefits Use of Pedometer Results in Healthy Outcomes Products & Services Ossur’s Mauch Knee and Mauch Knee Plus Offer Improved Durability Poly-Gel Introduces HealixCare LimbLogic VS Available From Knit-Rite PEL Supply Offers Close Contour Series Knee Joints Knit-Rite Presents the Aspen Vista Cervical Collar RCAI Presents the Hyperextension Orthosis New Sher Brand Spinner Display Available From Sroufe DS Plates and Insoles Available From Euro International HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the New OrthoLux Lite EasyStand With New Rotating Seat Solves Transfer Issues RCAI Unveils the Burn Adaptable Resting Hand Kinematic Arts Unveils New P&O Apparel Line
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December 1, 2007	O&P Business News December 1, 2007
Cover Story O&P Politics: Are You in the Game or Standing on the Sidelines? Feature Articles Retirement: Planning for the Longest Vacation of Your Life Lifting Spirits Association News ABC and BOC Reach Settlement Agreement New Jersey Chapter of the Academy Holds Annual Meeting Business Briefs Pediatric Prosthetics Inc. Joins With Creative Orthotics & Prosthetics Online Exclusive Employees Who Believe They Are Ethical People May Not Be Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System Updated Products & Services Euro International Presents EuroPET-Stiff Trulife Matrix AFO Available From Knit-Rite Knit-Rite Presents the ES Dynamic Foot PEL Supply Announces New Aetrex Shoe Program The Ratchet POP Knee Brace Available From RCAI Ohio Willow Wood Offers LimbLogic VS New RCAI Boxer Brace Now Available Knit-Rite Introduces the SmartKnit Walking Boot Interface Sock The SmartKnit Hallux Soccus Available From Knit-Rite Anatomical Concepts Presents the Bariatric PRAFO Keeping Pace Children’s Footwear Available From PEL Supply PEL Supply Offers Renia All Purpose Cement
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November 15, 2007	O&P Business News November 15, 2007
Cover Story Veteran Certified Pedorthists Share Strategies for Success Feature Articles Retirement: Planning for the Longest Vacation of Your Life Distribution and Cost of Wheelchairs and Scooters Studied Field Facts Vidovic Named New Marketing Associate for PEL Supply Association News O&P Wins Big at AOPA National Assembly Business Briefs Ukrainian Children Receive Prosthetic Limbs Online Exclusive Businesses Urged to Recognize the Impact of Obesity Study Highlights Impact of Chronic Conditions on Working America Products & Services SPS Provides Options With Contour TLSO PEL Supply Offers Foot and Arch Fabricating Catalog APU Bariatric PRAFO Available From PEL Supply Comfort Products Introduces the Improved X Silver Shrinker Euro International Inc. Introduces Velluxia Endolite TT PRO Puts a Spring in Your Step Vasyli Medical Launches Dananberg Orthoses SPS Offers Ossur’s Mauch Knee Plus
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November 1, 2007	O&P Business News November 1, 2007
Cover Story Diabetes and Niche Marketing Feature Articles United Nations Observes World Diabetes Day Taking the Wheel: Personnel Management Field Facts Lawrence R. Lange Remembered Business Briefs CMS Issues Final Rule Prohibiting Physician Self-Referral ISU Receives Grant to Develop ‘Smart’ Prosthetic Hand Online Exclusive New Diabetes Tool Available Online U.S. Invests $9.3 Billion in Research to Improve Health Globally Products & Services Euro International Inc. Announces the New KINEGEN Air New Diabetic Insoles Available From Sroufe PEL Supply Introduces Tamarack’s ShearBan Low Friction Interfaces ALPS PadSil Available From PEL Supply Ohio Willow Wood Launches Lightweight, High-Activity Foot CareCredit Adds Features to its Web site Otto Bock HealthCare Introduces the Sensor Walk
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October 15, 2007	O&P Business News October 15, 2007
Cover Story Growth of the O&P Profession Feature Articles Taking the Wheel: Business Organization Rebounding From Disaster Field Facts Boone Appointed New Editor-In-Chief Michael Dean Named Director of Clinical Services for Fillauer Business Briefs HOPE Orthopedic and Townsend Design Form Alliance Online Exclusive CMS Selects Wisconsin Company to Administer Medicare Claims Acupuncture Treatment May Be More Effective in Treating Lower Back Pain Products & Services GelSmart and PediFix Offer Free Sample Program Ossur Introduces the New Iceross Synergy Darco Air Traveler Walker Available From PEL Supply New 3A800 Knee Joint Offered by Euro International Inc. Esprit Foot Available from PEL Supply Sher Brand Sheet Goods Available From Sroufe HOPE Orthopedic Announces an LP-Front Chairback Brace CareCredit Reduces Financial Risk and Increases Cash Flow Comfort Products Offers the X Silver Shrinker
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October 1, 2007	O&P Business News October 1, 2007
Cover Story Orthotic Management of Scoliosis Feature Articles Taking the Wheel: Your Business Finances ‘Look at This Kid Go’ Field Facts Kara Davis Named Outstanding O&P Student of the Year Business Briefs BridgePoint Medical, LLC Acquires O&P Facilities in Tennessee Association News ISPO Hosts 12th World Congress in Vancouver Online Exclusive Congress Returns to Packed Fall Agenda OPAF’s First Volley Receives Racquets From Billie Jean King Products & Services PEL Supply Releases New Tool Catalog Supplement AliMed Designs the D2 Night Splint Sher’s New Foundation Lateral Wedge Available From Sroufe Fabtech Systems Introduces Quick Fit Pad System Aetrex Launches Their ‘Essence Collection’ of Footwear KISS Suspension System Available From PEL Supply Ossur’s Mauch Knee Offers Improved Durability Knit-Rite Unveils ST&G Polycentric Pneumatic 4-Bar Knee HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the New OrthoLux Lite
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September 15, 2007	O&P Business News September 15, 2007
Cover Story Contracting in O&P: Strategies for Success Feature Articles Powered Orthosis May Help Hemiparetic Patients Regain Motion eX2: Going Extreme Times Two Where Science and Art Converge Government Relations Report Congress Approves Major Health Care Legislation Association News Sevier, McLeod Appointed to BOC Board Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Announces Second Quarter Results Online Exclusive Strong Competition Holding Down Cost of Medicare Part D OIG Reports on State Medicaid Agencies’ Initiatives on Management of Health Information Products & Services JMS Plastics Introduces Bambootec Cloth HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrthoLux Plus Acor Offers New Therapeutic Comfort Footwear and Accessories Catalog Keasy Thermoformable Cone Liners Available From PEL Supply KeepingPace Children’s Footwear Available From PEL Supply PEL Supply Offers Pacific Collar With Thoracic Extension The SmartIP Available From Endolite DuraShock Pylon Available From PEL Supply PMT Introduces the New TX Cervmax Collar Fabtech Systems Offers the ES Dynamic Foot
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September 1, 2007	O&P Business News September 1, 2007
Cover Story O&P Overseas: Lessons on Working Abroad Feature Articles Undeniable Drive Creating a Future Prosthesis for Today’s Military Amputees Field Facts Remembering Walter H. Mahnke Association News Safko Becomes BOC President Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Reaches Agreement With Teijin Limited Online Exclusive CMS Extends Deadlines for Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Small-to-Midsize Firms Often Form Alliances to Kickstart Growth Products & Services Aetrex Launches Their ‘Essence Collection’ of Footwear PEL Supply Offers Aspen’s New Contour LSO New Sher 470 Series Orthotics Available From Sroufe Knit-Rite Introduces the ST&G Polycentric Pneumatic 4-Bar Knee OTS Offers New Close Contour Series CareCredit’s No Interest Financing Increases Treatment Acceptance HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the Improved OrthoLux Plus Improved King Pin Knee Joint Available From PEL Supply Ossur’s Mauch Knee Offers Improved Durability
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August 15, 2007	O&P Business News August 15, 2007
Cover Story Navigating the Medicare Coding Process Feature Articles Merger Brings O&P Services to Clinics Nationwide Keeping an Eye on the Prize Association News Amputee Coalition of America Meets in Atlanta ABC Files Trademark Infringement Complaint Against the BOC Business Briefs HHS Introduces Demonstration Project to Target Fraudulent DMEPOS Suppliers Online Exclusive OPAF Issues a Call for Nominations for Board of Directors CMS Proposes Payment Changes for Physicians’ Services in 2008 Products & Services Improved Golf Grip Available From Troppman PEL Supply Offers Adjustable Prosthetic Fitting Stool Cast Clothing Company Introduces Custom Adaptive Clothing PMT Corporation Welcomes the Cervmax CTO Fabtech Systems Offers ‘HotShot’ Laminating Resin System Endolite Introduces the BRIO Adjustable Heel LumboLux Available From PEL Supply Sroufe Offers Sher Brand Casting Foam Kits South West Using Carbon Fiber in Orthoses
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August 1, 2007	O&P Business News August 1, 2007
Cover Story High Tech Developments in O&P Feature Articles Beyond the Picket Fence: Marketing to a Culturally Changing Nation Undercover as a Discreet Amputee Association News 2007 ISPO World Congress Heads to Vancouver Business Briefs Most Call Centers for U.S. Consumers Are Not Abroad Health Care Updates EuroPCR Presents Guidelines to Avoid Amputations Online Exclusive Estimated 15,000 Children Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes Annually CMS Issues Final Citizenship Guidelines for Medicaid Eligibility Products & Services Knit-Rite Announces the New SmartKnit AFO Liner PEL Supply Offers Thermoformable Composite Material Fabtech Systems Offers ‘HotShot’ Laminating Resin System Arizona AFO Updates Web site Sroufe Introduces the New Sher Anterior Night Splint HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the Improved OrthoLux MP PMT Corporation Introduces the New TX Cervmax Collar ALPS Thermoliner Available From PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the Improved Chairback Brace
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July 15, 2007	O&P Business News July 15, 2007
Cover Story Update: The National Battle for Prosthetic Parity Feature Articles Breaking Out of Her Shell Walking in Their Shoes: Childhood Obesity Linked to Foot Pain Field Facts PEL Supply Promotes Alan Gracon Business Briefs Pediatric Prosthetics Inc. Begins Trading on the OTC Bulletin Board Health Care Updates Diabetes May Increase Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment Online Exclusive Academy Issues a Call for Papers CastScope Security System Aims to Improve Screening of Passengers With Prostheses Products & Services Kinematic Arts Develops SocketScape New FullStride Available From PEL Supply Endolite Introduces the Esprit Foot HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrthoLux Plus Fabtech Systems Offers ‘HotShot’ Laminating Resin System PEL Supply Offers New Shock Absorber New Sher 460 Series Orthotics Available From Sroufe Knit-Rite Announces Sole Tech Walking Comfort Footwear Euro International Inc. Introduces the PEROMAX AFO
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July 1, 2007	O&P Business News July 1, 2007
Cover Story Strength in Innovation Feature Articles Mercy Ships Sets Sail on New Steps Program Carving Her Own Path Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Announces First Quarter Results Survey Reveals Workers in it for the Long Haul Health Care Updates Vaccination Laws for Health Care Workers Vary Widely by State Online Exclusive HHS Announces Additional $195 Million in Grants for Gulf Coast Region AMA Survey Finds Medicare Cuts Will Hurt Seniors Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic’s LumboLux Now Available in 4X Size PEL Supply Offers New Integrated Ankle Joints New TLSO Product Released by RCAI Fabtech Systems Offers Specialized Training RCAI Presents a New LSO Comfort Products Introduces Healthy Soles Diabetic Socks Altimate Medical Unveils a Self-Propelled Mobile Stander BK Lyn Valves Available From PEL Supply
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June 15, 2007	O&P Business News June 15, 2007
Cover Story All Aboard: The Evolving World of Travel for Amputees Feature Articles Top Five Reasons to Use an E-mail Newsletter An Uphill Battle Association News PrimeFare Goes West Field Facts Remembering Donald C. Truesdale Shriners Hospital Hosts First Volley Clinic in Philadelphia Online Exclusive Strike Force Formed to Target Fraudulent Medicare Billing Hanger Orthopedic Group Receives Ratings Upgrade Products & Services Fabtech Systems Offers Aluminum FabPlates Improved Golf Grip Now Available From Troppman Endolite Aqualimb Available From PEL Supply Vista Collar Available From PEL Supply College Park Unveils Jet Black Foot Shell HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrthoLux II New EasyStand Catalog Features More Standing Options Knit-Rite Introduces the KISS Suspension System CareCredit 60-Month Payment Plan Helps Patients Comfort Products Introduces Healthy Soles Diabetic Socks
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June 1, 2007	O&P Business News June 1, 2007
Cover Story Functional Electrical Stimulation for Multiple Sclerosis Feature Articles Traversing Rough Terrain Tony Barr Remembered Field Facts Harry J. Lawall, Sr. Remembered Fillauer Companies Inc. Announce Management Changes Health Care Updates Lawn Mower Injuries Crop Up With Change of Season Online Exclusive Youth Web Site Created to Track AbilityTrek 2007 Hanger Orthopedic Group Announces Dismissal of Class Action Complaints Products & Services Fabtech Systems Offers Aluminum FabPlates PEL Supply Offers New Pediatric UFO HOPE Orthopedic Offers Mid-Profile Orthoses HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrlandoLux JSB Offers an Economical Engineered Orthotic Silver Liner Sheath Available From PEL Supply Improved Golf Grip Now Available From Troppman PEL Supply Offers New General Purpose Gel Liner PEL Supply Offers TiMed Flexible 3-Prong Connector Orthotics Choice Adds Spinal Orthoses to Product Line Comfort Products Introduces Silver Liner Sheath Comfort Products Introduces X Silver Shrinker College Park Unveils Jet Black Foot Shell
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May 15, 2007	O&P Business News May 15, 2007
Cover Story Using Central Fab Facilities Feature Articles Ripple Effect Competitive Bidding Update Understanding the Importance of Thorough Documentation Association News ACPOC Members Meet in Atlanta Business Briefs CMS Clarifies Guidelines for NPI Deadline Implementation Online Exclusive Innovative Neurotronics Enhances its Management Team Surgeon Develops Treatment for Foot Deformity Products & Services Fabtech Systems Offers Specialized Training HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrlandoLux HOPE Orthopedic Offers Mid-Profile OrthoLux Improved Golf Grip Now Available From Troppman Levy and Rappel Introduces Molded Leather AFO New Product Catalog Available From Sroufe Healthcare Brightree Presents Medicare Eligibility Web site Tamarack 742-95 Available From PEL Supply G&W Announces Adjust-a-Lift Brightree Delivers Internet Solutions for O&P Practitioners PEL Supply Offers Full Line of ToeOFF Products Fabtech Systems Offers Uni-Forged Aluminum Prosthetic Components BioQuest Features PerfectStride Prosthetic Foot System Model 719 Sher Comfort Orthotic Available From Sroufe Healthcare Products Freedom Fabrication Presents the Arch Xpress Model III College Park Unveils Jet Black Foot Shell
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May 1, 2007	O&P Business News May 1, 2007
Cover Story Maintaining Professional Discipline Feature Articles Taking a Closer Look at Orthopedics and Prosthetics Giving it a Shot Field Facts Michael Burton Named Director at Florida Brace Association News Academy Hosts 33rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium in San Francisco Disabled Sports USA and Wounded Warrior Project Announce 2007 Sports Project Schedule Online Exclusive ABC Approves Formal Name Change Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Receives a Rating of Stable Products & Services College Park Unveils Jet Black Foot Shell Active Standing for Youth With EasyStand Evolv Glider HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrlandoLux p.w. minor Adds New Styles to Orthopedic Lines WPC Compressor Available From Westcoast Brace & Limb Endolite Offers the SmartIP Knee Trailblazer MA Foot Available From PEL Supply New Iceross Synergy Available From Ossur PEL Supply Offers Darco Peg-Assist System
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April 15, 2007	O&P Business News April 15, 2007
Cover Story Management of Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency Feature Articles The Will to Win Push Marketing, Pull Marketing Association News 2007 ISPO World Congress Headed to Vancouver Challenged Athletes Foundation Forms Florida Chapter Business Briefs Medicare Announces Additional Collaborative in California Online Exclusive Hanger Announces Completion of Amendment to Senior Secured Credit Facilities Registration Begins For Gait Society Symposium Products & Services