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Spring 2010	O&P Business News Spring 2010
Editorial OPBN Sending News via Many Forms of Media Foot Traffic Foundations for Life Pediatric Portal First Part of the Long Journey Cover Story O&P Point of View: 2010 Outlook Clinical News Hand Amputees Experience Distorted Near-Space Perception Pistorius Limited by Prostheses, Study Says Gel Liners Crucial to Amputee Skin Care Rare Lower-Body Amputation Effective as Last Resort for Bone Infection Differences in Quality of Life Between Limb-Sparing Surgery and Amputation for Sarcoma Patients Full Weight-bearing Rehabilitation has Low Re-rupture Rate for Achilles Tendon Injuries Congress Allocates $1.6 Million to WPI for Research on Advanced Implantable Neuroprosthetics Business News Gain Physician Trust by Improving Presentation Skills Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Austin, Texas New Billing Myths Challenge O&P Industry Give Your Patients the Platinum Customer Service Experience Technological Integration into Clinical Practice Saves Time and Money Health Care Updates CMS Issues Annual Report On National Health Spending Americans Born in the South at Higher Risk of Dying From Stroke as Adults Smoking Cessation May Increase Risk Of Developing Type 2 Diabetes Osteoarthritis Increases Aggregate Health Care Expenditures ASA Urges Americans to Fight Back Against Pain Study Shows How Gene Action May Lead To Diabetes Prevention or Cure Drinking Coffee and Tea Regularly Reduces the Risk of Diabetes ‘Silent Strokes’ Linked to Kidney Failure in Diabetics Association News Second Adaptive Sport Added to Winter X Games Ramos Joins BOC Board as Public Member ACA Accepting Scholarship Applications IDF Awards US $2 Million To 9 Global Diabetes Research Projects OPAF Welcomes New Member to Board Of Directors Field Facts Hanger Orthopedic Group Donates to Haiti Relief Efforts Orthocare Innovations Announces New Software Architect Physician Who Brought Arthroscopy to North America Dies at 78 DS/USA Announces 2010 National SkiTour Series New Director of Sales at PEL Supply Company Rebuilding Lives On a Different Track Chronicles The Preservation of Civil War Medicine Marketing with Mansfield A Lesson from the Travel Industry Playbook Products & Services TRANSCONNECTOR™ Available from PEL Supply Össur Launches the Next Step in Ankle Injury Recovery: The New Rebound® Hinged Ankle Brace DURAFLEX™ as a Flexible Inner Socket by Guard Industries, Inc. Acor® offers over 100 different shoe styles! Becker offers the SafetyStride™ FINALLY!! O&P Board Study Resources We can help you PASS your BOARDS G.S. Machine, Inc. has been specializing in carvers/routers designed in the Orthotic and Prosthetic industry since 1989. Arizona AFO “think pink” 2010 campaign Fillauer LLC and Hosmer distribute the new Dynamic Walk Single Side by Centri® Orthomerica Introduces New Spectrum™ AFO System Aetrex Launches New Boss Runners HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar Fusion™ Foot from PEL Supply Össur Launches New Rheo Knee® with Multiple Advantages	O&P Business News Spring 2010
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February 2010	O&P Business News February 2010
Editorial OPBN Unveils New Web Site; New Features Tech Views The Future of Technician Credentialing Practice Matters A Juggling Act Cover Story The Breaking Point: Patient/Practitioner Conflict Clinical News Study Compares Safety of Prosthetic Knee Joints Researchers Find Mastectomy Not Overprescribed Researcher Trips Amputees to Improve Prosthetic Design Case Study Finds External Shoe Modification Reduces Pressure in Metatarsalgia Patients Business News Creation of Patient Registry Meets Industry’s Need Two of Nation’s Largest Electronic Health Record Systems Announce Partnership Significant Changes Expected in the Wake of Health Care Reform Health Care Updates HHS Awards $17 Million in Initiative to Fight Infections Eating Right Will Keep Your Good Bacteria Healthy Association News BOC Elects Chairperson and Four Officers WWP and ACA Work Together to Train Military Amputee Peer Visitors Field Facts Hanger Announces New Practitioners and Promotions NUPOC Names New Associate Director Rebuilding Lives The Quiet Professional Chronicles The Legacy of a Hero Marketing with Mansfield Marketing is Like Flossing Products & Services Orthomerica Introduces Orlando® KAFO/HKAFO Lower extremity fracture bracing system Aetrex Launches New Boss Runners FINALLY!! O&P Board Study Resources. We can help you PASS your BOARDS KiddieGAIT™ SoftSHELL™ available from PEL Supply Össur Launches New Rheo Knee® with Multiple Advantages G.S. Machine, Inc. has been specializing in carvers/routers designed in the Orthotic and Prosthetic industry since 1989. HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar Becker Offers New Locking Knee Joint Selection Matrix New ShearBan® Ovals Available from PEL Supply Renewing Lifestyles Dycor’s “K Series” Feet DURAFLEX™ as a Flexible Inner Socket by Guard Industries, Inc. Össur Launches the Next Step in Ankle Injury Recovery: The New Rebound® Hinged Ankle Brace	O&P Business News February 2010
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January 2010	O&P Business News January 2010
Editorial OPBN puts news in perspective Foot Traffic A Multitude of Measurers Pediatric Portal The Consequences of Obesity in Children with Spina Bifida Cover Story Fight Back This Flu Season Clinical News Study Sparks Debate Over Disabled or Too-Abled Virtual Rehabilitation May Improve Therapeutic Output, Compliance Technique Advancements in Foot Orthosis Design Provide New Insight Study Offers Hope for Sensory Control Business News Deadline to Enroll for Internet-Based PECOS Delayed Until April Share Outcomes to Build Referral Trust Report Highlights Need for Health Care Reform Parity Legislation Signed in Illinois Health Care Updates Relapses Affect Disability Level for People With MS Most Women Will Ignore New Mammogram Recommendations Association News ABC Welcomes Three New Board Members OPAF Awarded Grant Funding First Volley Scores USTA Serves Grant Doty Named ABC President OPT Texas Hosts First Volley Tennis Clinic Field Facts Gilberto Mejia Receives the Volunteer of the Year/Medical Diplomat Award AOPA Partners With Cailor Fleming Insurance Northwestern Director of Prosthetics Honored NUPOC Hires New Assistant Director Rebuilding Lives Back on Top Chronicles Before Civilized Warfare Marketing with Mansfield Business Alliances: The Pros, the Cons and the Payoff Products & Services New Winter Boot Available from PEL Supply Becker Offers New Locking Knee Joint Selection Matrix Össur’s New Iceross® Cushion Liner and Iceross® Sleeve G.S. Machine, Inc. has been specializing in carvers/routers designed in the Orthotic and Prosthetic industry since 1989. DURAFLEX™ as a Flexible Inner Socket by Guard Industries, Inc. New from Comfort Products: HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar Össur Launches the Next Step in Ankle Injury Recovery: The New Rebound® Hinged Ankle Brace Orthomerica® Introduces Special Pricing on the HealPRO™ (Positioning Recumbent Orthosis) FINALLY!! O&P Board Study resources. We can help you PASS your BOARDS Renewing Lifestyles Dycor’s “K Series” Feet PEL Supply Offers New Stock Spinal Orthoses Aetrex Launches New Boss Runners Celebrating 11 Years of Service	O&P Business News January 2010
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December 15, 2009	O&P Business News December 15, 2009
Cover Story Stamp of Approval Feature Articles The House Moves on Health Care Reform Yankees Fan Fits Feet to Footwear in the Tar Heel State Association News ABC Publishes Practice Analysis Field Facts United States Sports Academy Honors Kevin Carroll In Memoriam: Gerald Tindall Online Exclusive Moderate-to-Heavy Exercise May Reduce Risk of Stroke for Men Slight Majority of Americans Against Health Care Reform HHS Employs New Tougher Standards in Calculation of Improper Medicare Payment Rates for 2009 Public May Find It Hard to Follow Measures to Limit Spread of Infection Products & Services Ossur’s New Iceross Cushion Liner and Iceross Sleeve Now Available HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar JMS Plastics Introduces the Superstep Dycor’s “K Series” Feet Now Available PEL Supply Offers New OAK Orthotic Knee Joint ALPS Liberty Liner II Available from PEL Supply Aetrex Raises Ambulators to a New Level of Comfort, Protection and Fashion	O&P Business News December 15, 2009
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December 1, 2009	O&P Business News December 1, 2009
Cover Story Crisis Management: Execute Your Plan Feature Articles CAF Celebrates Ability: San Diego Triathlon Challenge Three Marketing Beauty Secrets Business Briefs PrimeCare Network Changes Ownership History The Experiences of a Medical Hero Health Care Updates IDF Study Reveals That People in Developing Countries Pay More for Diabetes Care and Have Poorer Results Online Exclusive U-M Receives $1.8 Million to Develop Therapy for Neuropathic Pain Scientists Visualize How Bacteria Talk to One Another Good News on Multiple Sclerosis and Pregnancy Depression Patients More Apt to Receive Opioids for Chronic Pain Products & Services Fillauer Coneiak Polishing Arbors Available from PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar ALPS Launches Extreme Cushion Liner and Sleeve The New Vari-Flex with EVO Technology Available from Ossur Introducing the Harmony P3 Vacuum System from Otto Bock The Arizona Partial Foot AFO Now Available PEL Supply Offers Trulife’s New Green Dot Keyless Valve System	O&P Business News December 1, 2009
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November 15, 2009	O&P Business News November 15, 2009
Cover Story Stress Fractures in Athletes Feature Articles Simple Security for the Small Business A Walk in Their Shoes Field Facts Jim Allsup Receives 2009 Advocacy Award Pedorthics Missouri Pedorthist Stuck with Her ‘Grownup Job’ Health Care Updates CMS Round 1 Rebid Timeline Set Online Exclusive Study Suggests Physicians Have Less Respect for Obese Patients Fitness Levels Decline With Age, Especially After 45 CMS Announces Payment, Policy Changes for Physicians’ Services to Medicare Beneficiaries in 2010 Fight Back Aches and Pains With Extra Vitamin D Products & Services Save on Hapad Products from PEL Supply Dycor’s Lisfranc/Chopart Energy Return Foot Enhances Flexibility The New Vari-Flex with EVO Technology Available from Ossur PEL Supply Offers Diabetic Foot Care Program SureFit, Inserts that Fit, Available from SPS Aetrex Raises Ambulators to a New Level of Comfort, Protection and Fashion PEL Supply Stocks Diabetic Socks	O&P Business News November 15, 2009
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November 1, 2009	O&P Business News November 1, 2009
Cover Story Roadblocks to Licensure Feature Articles Prevention Through Education Find Your Recipe for Marketing Success Association News Rio de Janeiro Elected to Host 2016 Paralympic Games History Amputee Poet-Novelist was ‘the Indiana Jones of French Literature’ Health Care Updates Breast Reconstruction Varies by Race Online Exclusive Study Examines Mastectomy and Breast-Conserving Surgery Rates More Than Two Million Seniors Treated for Falls in Hospital Emergency Departments Healthy Neighborhoods May Be Associated With Lower Diabetes Risk Secretary Sebelius Awards $40 Million to States to Find and Enroll Children in CHIP, Medicaid Products & Services Dycor’s Titanium Pyramids Now Standard with Dynamic Response Feet ALPS Launches Extreme Cushion Liner and Sleeve PEL Supply Offers Thermoplastic Adaptor for LimbLogic VS Aetrex Raises Ambulators To A New Level of Comfort, Protection and Fashion The New Vari-Flex with EVO Technology Available from Ossur HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar Tamarack ShearBan Low Friction Interfaces Available from PEL Supply Orthomerica Introduces New Molded Inner Boot	O&P Business News November 1, 2009
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October 15, 2009	O&P Business News October 15, 2009
Cover Story The Future of Mind-Controlled Prostheses Feature Articles Skin Care for All Seasons A New World Association News Members of Congress Receive Legislative Awards from National Amputee Organizations History Aussie Lost His Arm but Gained an Honored Spot in History Down Under Business Briefs Is Your Business Ready for a Flu Outbreak? Online Exclusive Americans Increasing Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Electronic Prescriptions Help Prevent Injuries and Reduce Costs Commission Approves Proposed ADA Regulations for Public Comment Are Parents Underestimating the H1N1 Flu? Products & Services The Aligner Carbon Fiber AFO for PTTD Now Available Introducing a New Era in Spinal Bracing from HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Orthomerica Introduces the Stock Spinal Program PEL Supply Releases New Tools and Materials Catalog Aetrex Raises Ambulators To A New Level of Comfort, Protection and Fashion Cascade Dafo Announces Expanded Digital Capabilities PRAFO 650ACK Available from PEL Supply Soleus Now Available from College Park Becker Introduces New Model 1017-A38 Automatic Angled Lever Lock Knee Joint Ossur’s New Iceross Cushion Liner and Iceross Sleeve Now Available The Noodle Carbon Fiber AFO Available from Kinetic Research Acor Expands Accommodative Foot Orthoses	O&P Business News October 15, 2009
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October 1, 2009	O&P Business News October 1, 2009
Cover Story Post-Mastectomy Care: Changing Reality for Patients Feature Articles Need Directions? How to Drive Traffic to Your Website On the Fast Track Tech Views The Domino Strategy: Consistency in Organization Pedorthics Handshakes, Smiles and Kind Words are the Only Tips Kentucky Pedorthist Takes Field Facts More Than 17 Million Children Live 1 Hour Away from Pediatric Trauma Care Online Exclusive Obesity, Alcohol Use and Smoking Increase the Risk of Developing a Second Breast Cancer Cascade Sponsors WRAMC Staff and Patients in Race Vaccination of Children and 70% of U.S. Population Could Control Swine Flu Pandemic Active Older Adults Live Longer and Have Better Functional Status Products & Services Orthomerica Introduces the Stock Spinal Program New Seattle Catalyst 9 Foot Available from PEL Supply Acor Launches Lifestyle Orthotics Introducing a New Era in Spinal Bracing from HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Becker Introduces New Model 1017-A38 Automatic Angled Lever Lock Knee Joint HOPE Orthopedic Offers the VertaLux TLSO with Extender PEL Supply Offers New HealPRO The Arizona Articulated AFO Now Available The Accent Foot Available from College Park Ossur’s New Iceross Cushion Liner and Iceross Sleeve Now Available	O&P Business News October 1, 2009
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September 15, 2009	O&P Business News September 15, 2009
Cover Story Protect the Bottom Line with Internal Controls in Billing Procedures Feature Articles The Sustainable Side of O&P: Part Two Special Operations Health Care Reform Ablaze on Capitol Hill Clinical Matters Plane Speak History Civil War Amputee Ended Up a Minister, Husband and Father Health Care Updates Federal Health Officials Prepare for Fall Influenza Season Online Exclusive Study Finds Aging Adults are Mentally Fit Proportion of Uninsured, Low-Income Workers Increased Baby Boomers Face Down Aging: 10 Most Common Medical Challenges Federal Guidelines Encourage Employers to Plan Now for Upcoming Influenza Season Products & Services ToeOFF T-Strap Now Available from PEL Supply Coyote Design Introduces the Silicone Bowl The Trulife Matrix Curve Composite AFO Available from Knit-Rite HOPE Orthopedic’s SpinaLux Garners L0639 Coding Ossur’s New Iceross Cushion Liner and Iceross Sleeve Now Available PEL Supply Offers New Fillauer GeriMac Knee LimbLogic VS Now for Use with Thermoplastic Sockets Acor Launches an Innovative Line of Custom Reinforced AFO Gauntlets The Accent Foot Available from College Park K3 Energy Storing Foot Available from PEL Supply Cascade Dafo Announces Expanded Digital Capabilities Waterproof LimbLogic VS Available from PEL Supply	O&P Business News September 15, 2009
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September 1, 2009	O&P Business News September 1, 2009
Cover Story Safety First: Ways to Protect Patient and Practice Feature Articles Ready for Take Off Revolutionary Prosthetic Arm Advances Field Facts OPAF Launches McKeever’s First Ride Gimson Joins Orthocare Innovations’ Corporate Board of Advisors Pedorthics Louisiana ‘Pedorthist-Psychotherapist’ was the PFA’s First Female President Online Exclusive Allied Orthotics & Prosthetics Host First Swing Learn to Golf Clinic Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Reports $0.31 EPS for the Second Quarter 2009 and Raises Full Year EPS Guidance Adolescent Growth Plate Injuries Related to Overuse CMS Announces Fiscal 2010 Payment and Policy Updates for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Products & Services Ultraflex Systems Launches UltraSafeGait New Surform Blade Holder Available from Coyote Design Ossur’s New Iceross Cushion Liner and Iceross Sleeve Now Available HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar Orthomerica Introduces the New Spectrum AFO System The Accent Foot Available from College Park PEL Supply Offers New Fillauer ParaPod JMS Plastics Supply Now Offers PolyWorks Peel & Stick Gel Sheeting X-Silver Shrinkers Available from PEL Supply	O&P Business News September 1, 2009
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August 15, 2009	O&P Business News August 15, 2009
Cover Story A Record Year for Prosthetic Parity Feature Articles The Significance of Scope of Practice Extreme Competition History Escaped Slave Made the Ultimate Sacrifice at Fort McHenry Association News OPAF Awards 2009 Dale Yasukawa Memorial Scholarship Purdue Pharma Donates $5000 to ACA Online Exclusive CAF’s Heroes, Heart and Hope Gala is a Huge Success Comfort Products Inc. Welcomes New Distributor, O&P Components Nonprofit Organizations Lead the Way in Social Media Adoption The Amputee and Prosthetic Center Named Houston’s Best Place to Work Products & Services The New Vari-Flex with EVO Technology Available from Ossur HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar The Silver Liner Sheath New From Comfort Products Orthomerica Introduces the New Spectrum AFO System Poly Gel Launches ControlTecc Breathable Foot Bed PEL Supply Offers TiMed’s Extra Heavy Duty BK-500 Kit The VFX Timing System Available from Kinematic Arts The Accent Foot Available From College Park Dycor “K Series” Energy Storing Foot Available from PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the New MRI-Compatible OrthoLux	O&P Business News August 15, 2009
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August 1, 2009	O&P Business News August 1, 2009
Cover Story An Update on Competitive Bidding in O&P Feature Articles Extreme Makeover: O&P Edition Creative Collaboration Association News ACPOC Celebrates 30 Years of Helping Children Tech Views Transtibial Diagnostic Prosthesis Fabrication Online Exclusive CVS Caremark Charitable Trust Awards $25,000 to Disabled Sports USA for Youth Programs New Analysis Examines Fraud in Both Private and Public Health Insurance Markets First Swim Clinics Hosted at ACA Conference Grants Available to Help Insure More Children Products & Services Orthomerica Introduces the New Spectrum AFO System The New Vari-Flex with EVO Technology Available from Ossur The Accent Foot Available From College Park Alps New EZ Flex Liner Available from PEL Supply Dycor Renewing Lifestyles Line Introduces the “K SERIES” K3U HOPE Orthopedic’s NINJA Raises the Bar Coyote Design Introduces New Silicone Bowl New Matrix Curve Available from PEL Supply Swede-O Launches OA Knee Brace	O&P Business News August 1, 2009
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July 15, 2009	O&P Business News July 15, 2009
Cover Story The Power of Optimism Feature Articles O&P’s Unsung Heroes Stand Out from the Crowd Clinical Matters Courage Under Fire History Amputee Lawman Survived the Notorious Bataan Death March in World War II Online Exclusive Going to Work When Sick May Lead to Future Absences Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain Problems May Allow Soldiers to Be Deployed Center for Orthotics & Prosthetics Learning and Outcomes/Evidence-Based Practice Announces Award Grants Study Confirms Effectiveness of Schanzer PIII CLI Risk Score Products & Services PEL Supply Offers New LOMBAR Brace SoleTech Releases Fully Adjustable Night Splint Orthomerica Introduces HealPRO The Accent Foot Available From College Park The New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 is Now Available PEL Supply Offers Comfyprene Hand, Thumb Orthosis New from Comfort Products: A Family of Suspension Sleeve Products HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the NINJA Poly Gel Launches ThermoTecc ‘Professionals Choice’ Heat Moldable Foot Device System Dycor Introduces the New “K Series” K2 Energy Storing Foot	O&P Business News July 15, 2009
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July 1, 2009	O&P Business News July 1, 2009
Cover Story Cover all the Bases Feature Articles The Lesson of the Buffalo Fed by the Strength to Excel Tech Views Facility Accreditation and the Technician: More Than Jumping Through Hoops Pedorthics Kentucky Pedorthist Gave Up Software for Footwear Health Care Updates Stroke Survivors Improve Balance with Tai Chi Online Exclusive Intervention Helps Reduce Pain and Depression New Center Aims to Improve Soldiers’ Recovery Medicare Plan Choices Spell Confusion Survey Suggests Higher Risk of Falls Due to Dizziness in Americans Older Than 40 Products & Services Trulife Seattle 5-Bar Knee Available from PEL Supply The Accent Foot Available From College Park Orthomerica Introduces HealPRO Coyote Design Introduces the Modification Handle HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the NINJA The New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 is Now Available Sternal Pad Kit Option Available for Contour TLSO PO-2 Oven Available from PEL Supply Poly Gel Launches HealixCare Tri-Laminated Sheets	O&P Business News July 1, 2009
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June 15, 2009	O&P Business News June 15, 2009
Cover Story Patients Elect for a Better Life Feature Articles Seeking Hard-to-Find Residencies Back to Work Association News ABC/NCOPE Awarded ISPO Category I Recognition ACA Names Marshall Cohen Development Committee Chair History Few Movie Fans Knew Herbert Marshall Was an Amputee Actor Online Exclusive Pay-for-Performance Programs Stimulate Changes in Medical Practice AOPA Applauds Introduction of Medicare O&P Improvements Act of 2009 Potentially Deadly Infection Linked to Common Foot Conditions Disabled Sports USA Participants Twice as Likely to be Employed as Adults with Disabilities Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the NINJA Bell-Horn Orthopedics Introduces the Cruciform Spinal Brace PEL Supply offers Techform II Casting Tape New from Comfort Products: A Family of Suspension Sleeve Products The New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 is Now Available New Element Foot System Available from PEL Supply Levy and Rappel Launches LevyAFO 9.0 Orthomerica Introduces the New California LOMBAR Alpha Flex Sleeve Available from PEL Supply The Accent Foot Available From College Park	O&P Business News June 15, 2009
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June 1, 2009	O&P Business News June 1, 2009
Cover Story Facing a Technological Drought Feature Articles Tweeting for Fun and Profit Leap Into a New Life Tech Views To CFab or Not to CFab Field Facts In Memory of Siegfried W. Paul Remembering a St. Louis Legend, Charlie Taggart Online Exclusive New Handcycling Program for Injured Military Key Contributions in Paralympic Movement Honored with 2009 Amazing Awards Medicare Announces Funding for SHIPs Sharing Information in the Workplace Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic Announces the TorsoLux The Accent Foot Available From College Park New SilverMax AFO Liner Socks Available from PEL Supply Coyote Design Introduces the Modification Handle Model 1017 Knee Joint Available from PEL Supply Orthomerica Introduces the New California LOMBAR Dycor Introduces the New “K Series” Flexible Keel Foot Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee Orthomerica Receives FDA Clearance for The STAR Family of Cranial Remolding Orthoses for Postoperative Craniosynostosis Choice Material For Covering Orthotics Now Available	O&P Business News June 1, 2009
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May 15, 2009	O&P Business News May 15, 2009
Cover Story ‘But How Come?’ Addressing Child Curiosity Feature Articles Support for Parents Unmatched Determination Demanding Precision Clinical Matters The 21st Century Prosthetist Online Exclusive Sustained Physical Activity Better for Preventing Obesity in Kids Study Finds Incorrect Shoe Size Puts Children at Risk Patients Suffer as Result of Insurance Pricing Scheme Even Young People are Vulnerable to Stroke Products & Services Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee SureFit Diabetic Shoes Available Through SPS HOPE Orthopedic Announces the SpinaLux Bell-Horn Orthopedics Introduces the Cruciform Spinal Brace Cascade Dafo Announces New Brace Innovations Comfort Products Introduces the X-Silver AK Shrinker The Accent Foot Available From College Park SureFit Custom Inserts Available Through SPS New Transfer Lites Available from PEL Supply	O&P Business News May 15, 2009
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May 1, 2009	O&P Business News May 1, 2009
Cover Story A Struggle to Stay Positive Feature Articles AOPA’s Big Picture: Promoting the O&P Profession No Longer ‘Sick and Tired’ Tech Views O&P By The Numbers History One-Armed ‘Pirate’ Portrait Prominently Placed in Famous New Orleans Museum Field Facts UNH Program Develops Paralympic-Level Winter Athletes Online Exclusive PrimeFare West Seminar Goes International Beverage Consumption a Bigger Factor in Weight Products & Services PEL Supply Offers Tamarack Flexure Joint The 4XL OrthoLux Lite Now Available from HOPE Dycor Presents the K1 “K Series” Flexible Keel Foot Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee Mighty Mite 4-Bar Knee Available from PEL Supply Camp XXI Lumbosacral Supports Available from PEL Supply Orthomerica Receives FDA Clearance for the STAR Family Coyote Design Introduces the Modification Handle The Accent Foot Available From College Park JMS Plastics Launches J-Foam EVA	O&P Business News May 1, 2009
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April 15, 2009	O&P Business News April 15, 2009
Cover Story A Natural Musician Feature Articles Will Break for Prosthetics Life on Canvas Health Care Updates One in Four Americans Lacks Timely Access to Optimal Care Text Messaging Reminders Effective in Improving Sunscreen Use Low Fruit, Vegetable Intake is a Worldwide Problem Online Exclusive Addressing Ownership of Electronic Health Information Spring Arrives Bringing Allergies Products & Services Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee Comfort Products Introduces the X-Silver AK Shrinker Bell-Horn Orthopedics Introduces the SI Belt PEL Supply Releases New Tools and Materials Catalog SureFit Diabetic Shoes Available Through SPS HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the ProLux LSM BambooLon Covering Now Available from JMS Plastics SureFit Custom Inserts Available Through SPS Fabtech Systems +PLUSeries Available from PEL Supply The Accent Foot Available from College Park	O&P Business News April 15, 2009
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April 1, 2009	O&P Business News April 1, 2009
Cover Story Allied Tug-of-War Feature Articles New President and Congress Move Quickly on Health Care Get Connected Tech Views Prosthetic Check Socket Considerations Pedorthics St. Louis Pedorthist Likens His Practice to Tending Bar Business Briefs Growth in National Health Expenditures to Slow by 2009 Online Exclusive Vitamin D Deficiency in Teens Young Athletes Most at Risk of Knee Injuries Reap Big Benefit from Warm-Up Exercises Products & Services Coyote Design Introduces the Modification Handle Bell-Horn Orthopedics Introduces the Flex Power Plus Spinal Brace Dycor’s New Dynamic Response Feet with Titanium Pyramid Now Available HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the Minnie Alps New EZ Flex Liner Available From PEL Supply Orthomerica Introduces the New Molded Inner Boot PEL Supply Offers Newport Hippie JMS Plastics Supply Inc. Now Offers Supreme O&P Lab Equipment Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee The Accent Foot Available from College Park	O&P Business News April 1, 2009
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March 15, 2009	O&P Business News March 15, 2009
Cover Story Snapshot of an Industry Feature Articles Beyond the Battlefield: Veterans Embracing Orthotic Technology AOPA’s Big Picture: Providing for O&P History A Kentucky Rebel Lost His Leg but Won a “Sweet Girl” Business Briefs Business Professor Warns of Post Downsizing Stress Syndrome Health Care Updates Surgical Safety Checklist Drops Deaths and Complications Online Exclusive Lifestyle Intervention Program for Diabetics Improves Mind, Body and Wallet Staying One Step Ahead of Osteoporosis Products & Services Comfort Products Introduces the X-Silver AK Shrinker Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee PRAFO 650APU Available from PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Announces New Improved TorsoLux Otto Bock HealthCare Releases E-MAG Active Orthomerica Introduces the New Molded Inner Boot The Accent Foot Available from College Park JMS Plastics Launches J-Foam EVA PEL Supply Offers New Ossur CTi OTS Knee Brace	O&P Business News March 15, 2009
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March 1, 2009	O&P Business News March 1, 2009
Cover Story O&P Innovation Links Humans With Animals Feature Articles Choose Wisely O&P Match Game Clinical Matters Planting the Seeds Business Briefs Health Spending Growing Faster than Economic Growth Health Care Updates Treating Gum Disease Linked to Lower Medical Costs for Patients with Diabetes Online Exclusive A Guide for Developing Social Skills in Students with Disabilities Parents of Children With Disabilities Face More Daily Stress Products & Services Fusion Foot Available from PEL Supply The OrthoArmorMST Available from Bell-Horn Comfort Products AFO Liner Socks Available Model 2009 Knee Joint Available from PEL Supply Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee Centri Dynamic Walk AFO Available from PEL Supply No Interest Financing Offered Through CareCredit ALPS Launches EZ Flex Liner Hosmer Sfx Available from PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the ProLux TLSO New Saturday Shipping Service at SPS Orthomerica Introduces the New Molded Inner Boot The Silver Liner Sheath new From Comfort Products	O&P Business News March 1, 2009
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February 15, 2009	O&P Business News February 15, 2009
Cover Story Weathering the Storm: Staying Competitive in an Uncertain Business Climate Feature Articles AOPA’s Big Picture: Protecting O&P History Proves That Some Revered Gods and Goddesses Were Also Amputees Clinical Matters Get Ready for a New Kind of Patient Health Care Updates Study to Identify Traumatic Brain Injury Therapies Clinical Pharmacists Can Reduce Drug Costs Online Exclusive Older Adults at High Risk for Drug Interactions CMS Announces Results of Hospital Quality Reporting Products & Services The New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 is Now Available Body Armor Cast Shoe Available from PEL Supply The VertaLux TLSO with Extender Now Available College Park’s New Onyx Foot Now Available Orfitrans Stiff Antibacterial Available from PEL Supply Free Golf Shirt with Knit-Rite Duralite or Fusion Order PEL Supply Offers Diabetic Foot Care Program Comfort Products AFO Liner Socks Available New Fiberglass Casting Tape Available from Coyote Design Becker FullStride Now Available in “B” Size	O&P Business News February 15, 2009
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February 1, 2009	O&P Business News February 1, 2009
Cover Story Botox and Stroke Rehabilitation Feature Articles Focusing on Shear Force What it Feels Like to Buy Low Tech Views Prosthetic Socket Fabrication: Today’s Resins and Thermoplastics Ensure Better Results Health Care Updates Simple Steps to Help Your Skin Weather the Winter Season Business Briefs Work Health Promotion Programs Show Benefits Online Exclusive CMS Launches Fourth Annual Medicare Health Care Provider Satisfaction Survey Five Treats for Healthy Winter Feet Products & Services The Accent Foot Available from College Park New Trulife C39 Available from PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Improves the ACE Brace Free Golf Shirt with Knit-Rite Duralite or Fusion Order Bell-Horn Orthopedics Introduces a New Line of Modular Spinal Therapy Braces Comfort Products Now Offers the X-Silver AK Shrinker New Alps AK Extreme Liner Available from PEL Supply New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 is Now Available from Ossur APU/PS/B Available from PEL Supply New Fiberglass Casting Tape Available from Coyote Design	O&P Business News February 1, 2009
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January 15, 2009	O&P Business News January 15, 2009
Cover Story Powered by Mere Inches Feature Article Democrats Take Over Reins of Power Field Facts WWP and ACA Train Military Amputee Peer Visitors Disability Rights Legal Center Honors Ossur Business Briefs CMS Issues Improper Payment Rates for Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Online Exclusive Smart Ways to Downsize and Things to Avoid Surgeons See Increase of Foot Pain in January Products & Services The Trulife Polycentric Pneumatic 5-Bar Knee Available from Knit-Rite New Line of Spine Braces from Bell-Horn Orthopedics Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee HOPE Orthopedic Announces a New Improved TorsoLux The Silver Liner Sheath New From Comfort Products Swede-O Launches Thermoskin Range of Motion Hinged Elbow for Rehabilitation Nolaro24 launches the RX24 Quadrastep System New From Knit-AFO Liner Socks Available from Comfort Products Poly Gel Launches HealixCare VEVA Laminated Sheets	O&P Business News January 15, 2009
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January 1, 2009	O&P Business News January 1, 2009
Cover Story The Sustainable Side of O&P Feature Articles How to Secret Shop Your Business Outlook on the Future Tech Views New Year, New Momentum for Technician Advancements Field Facts First-Ever Paralympic Biathlon Program Created Penn State Program to Help Wounded Warriors Online Exclusive Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease Linked Ditch the Gym for a Healthy Outdoor Workout this New Year Products & Services Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee Darco International Inc. Announces the Body Armor Cast Shoe HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the ProLux Knit-Rite announces the Trulife Seattle Natural Stance Flexion Knee PEL Supply Offers New Extension Compression Orthosis X-Silver AK Shrinker Available From PEL Supply	O&P Business News January 1, 2009
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December 15, 2008	O&P Business News December 15, 2008
Cover Story Microprocessor Knees through Different Eyes Feature Articles Culture Shock: The Slow Progression of the Medical Error Prevention Field Triathlon Challenge: Looking Past Disability Field Facts VA Announces Expansion of Disability Evaluation System Pilot Seven Paralympic Swimmers Named to USA Swimming’s All-America Team Health Care Updates Non-Surgical Clubfoot Treatments Bring High Level of Success Online Exclusive Diabetes Medications Carry Different Risks of Heart Failure, Death Lug Your Luggage Safely Products & Services Ossur Launches the New Flex-Foot Assure for the Diabetic and Vascular Amputee New ALPHA MAX and ALPHA AK in Stock at SPS HOPE Orthopedic Announces its OrthoLux Lite Promotion Bell-Horn Offers Spinal Braces SPS Releases New Prosthetic Catalog PEL Supply Offers New Fillauer External Locks New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 Now Available New Green Dot Keyless Valve System Increases Amputee Ease of Use	O&P Business News December 15, 2008
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December 1, 2008	O&P Business News December 1, 2008
Cover Story Orthotic Management of Pathologic Gait Feature Articles Avoid Kickbacks and Other Common Legal Troubles Fifty Years Strong Field Facts New Book Provides Support for Wounded Veterans Fillauer Honored with the Governor’s Award for Trade Excellence Health Care Updates First Gene for Clubfoot Found Online Exclusive Depression Can Hamper Glucose Control in People with Diabetes Chronic Pain Might Contribute to Suicidal Thoughts Products & Services New Infant Cranial Interface Available from Knit-Rite New Flex-Foot Assure Available from SPS MICA Corp. Releases New Ankle Module PEL Supply Offers New California CPO New Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In X5 Now Available Knit-Rite Offers ACOR QuikStrip Wheels SWASH Orthosis Available From PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Announces an OrthoLux Lite Promotion Sroufe Healthcare Offers New Gridiron Orthotic	O&P Business News December 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News November 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News November 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News October 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News October 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News September 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News September 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News August 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News August 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News July 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News July 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News June 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News June 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News May 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News May 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News April 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News April 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News March 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News March 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News February 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News February 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News January 15, 2008
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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	O&P Business News January 1, 2008
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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	O&P Business News December 15, 2007
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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	O&P Business News December 1, 2007
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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	O&P Business News November 15, 2007
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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	O&P Business News November 1, 2007
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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	O&P Business News October 15, 2007
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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	O&P Business News October 1, 2007
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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	O&P Business News September 15, 2007
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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	O&P Business News September 1, 2007
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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	O&P Business News August 15, 2007
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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	O&P Business News August 1, 2007
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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	O&P Business News July 15, 2007
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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	O&P Business News July 1, 2007
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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	O&P Business News June 15, 2007
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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	O&P Business News June 1, 2007
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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	O&P Business News May 15, 2007
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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	O&P Business News May 1, 2007
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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 Aetrex Introduces iStep Flat Panel Technology Package RCAI Offers the Adaptable Resting Hand Orthosis p.w. minor Adds New Styles to Orthopedic Lines The Swedish AFO Now Available From RCAI PSL Fabrication’s Blog is Expanding HOPE Orthopedic Offers Mid-Profile OrthoLux HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrlandoLux Becker Launches the Tamarack 742-95 Fabtech Systems Offers Specialized Training New Iceross Synergy Available From Ossur RCAI Introduces the Finger Extension Orthosis Endolite Presents the Aqualimb	O&P Business News April 15, 2007
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April 1, 2007	O&P Business News April 1, 2007
Cover Story Ramped Up Feature Articles Setting the Stage for Success Amputee Soccer: A Fun Outlet for the Competitive Spirit Field Facts Annual Hanger Education Fair Focuses on the Future Arkansas Licensure Act Signed Into Law Association News OPAF Receives Donation to Dale Yasukawa Scholarship Fund Online Exclusive Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Seeking an Amendment to Its Senior Secured Credit Facilities Uninsured Receive Less Medical Care, Take Longer to Improve Products & Services New SpringFlex Carbon Foot Available From PEL Supply PEL Supply Offers New Torsion Adapter HOPE Orthopedic Offers Quick Adjustable Extension Improved Venture Foot Available From College Park HOPE Orthopedic Offers One-Stop Spinal Shopping CareCredit Adds New Features to its Web Site Fabtech Systems Offers Specialized Training PEL Supply Releases New Master Orthotic Catalog Ossur Introduces the WAVE Levy & Rappel Offers the Balancer Orthosis Aspen Unveils the Contour LSO OPTEC Introduces New Evotec LSO	O&P Business News April 1, 2007
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March 15, 2007	O&P Business News March 15, 2007
Cover Story Understanding and Managing Complex Prosthetic Cases Feature Articles Fueling the Competitive Fire University of Strathclyde Field Facts Ossur Americas Promotes Three Key Positions Don Foley, Jr. Becomes an Owner of Cailor Fleming Insurance Business Briefs Hanger Announces Fourth Quarter Results Online Exclusive Army Implements Soldier Outpatient Service and Support Improvement Plan USOC Announces Expanded Military Program to Support Physically Disabled Veterans Products & Services Alpha Interlock Suspension System Available from PEL Supply Ossur Introduces the WAVE New Endolite SmartIP Knee Available from PEL Supply New Price On Whisper and Original Evac From SPS PEL Supply Releases New Master Orthotic Catalog PEL Supply Offers California ECO LEEDer Group Partners With SPS Comfort Products Introduces X Silver Shrinker Knee Pyramid Adapter Available From Freedom Innovations Fabtech Systems Offers Specialized Training Aspen Unveils the Contour LSO OPTEC Introduces New Evotec LSO Sroufe Healthcare Offers New Air Ankle Stirrup Horton Technology Sells Products Internationally APC Launches SpringFlex Vertical Shock Carbon Foot Chesapeake Introduces the SocketCone PEL Supply Offers Oscillator Knee Comfort Products Introduces Comfort Dynamic Conforming Sheath Kinematic Arts Develops SocketScape	O&P Business News March 15, 2007
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March 1, 2007	O&P Business News March 1, 2007
Cover Story Grow Your Bottom Line by Reducing Costs Feature Articles Building a Winning Workforce Attacking the Wall Field Facts Tadd Meyer Joins Nebraska Orthotic & Prosthetic Services A Step Ahead Prosthetics to Be Featured on BBC Series Business Briefs Ossur Americas Forms Ossur Orthopaedics Division Online Exclusive Culturally Specific Diabetes Management Helps Low-Income Patients Robotic Exoskeleton Replaces Muscle Work Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrlandoLux HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the VertaLux Spinal Orthosis PEL Supply Offers Oscillator Knee APC Launches SpringFlex Vertical Shock Carbon Foot Knee Management Orthosis Available From PEL Supply Knee Pyramid Adapter Available From Freedom Innovations OPTEC Introduces New Evotec LSO Chesapeake Introduces the SocketCone Fabtech Systems Offers Specialized Training Horton Technology Sells Products Internationally Comfort Products Introduces X Silver Shrinker Aspen Unveils the Contour LSO	O&P Business News March 1, 2007
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February 15, 2007	O&P Business News February 15, 2007
Cover Story Feeling the Effects of the Big Boom Feature Articles Billion Dollar Orthosis and Support Market Still Climbing Disclosing and Apologizing: The Right Thing to Do Association News BOC Board of Directors Meets in Baltimore Field Facts Floyd Named Chairman and CEO of Benchmark Medical Business Briefs Langer Closes Acquisition of Regal Medical Supply Online Exclusive New Rehabilitation Center Opens at Brooke Army Medical Center Creatine Supplement May Help People With Muscular Dystrophies Products & Services Otto Bock HealthCare Offers the Acro Assist Small Component Delivers Big Impact WBC Industries Launches Free E-mail Newsletter PeroMAX Available From Euro International Otto Bock HealthCare Unveils the Carbon Ankle Seven Chesapeake Introduces the SocketCone American Shoe Expanding New Night Splint Available From Sroufe Healthcare HOPE Orthopedic Offers 3XL Hip Abduction Orthoses HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrlandoLux Comfort Products Introduces Comfort Dynamic Conforming Sheath PEL Supply Offers Soft 2000 Stockings Kinematic Arts Develops SocketScape PEL Supply Offers Oscillator Knee	O&P Business News February 15, 2007
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February 1, 2007	O&P Business News February 1, 2007
Cover Story Living With the Ghost: An Update on Phantom Limb Pain Feature Articles Pension Protection Act Offers Flexibility CMS Names Accreditation Organizations Field Facts Ford and Kreitzer Expand Roles at Ohio Willow Wood Association News BOC to Offer Online Fitter Courses Business Briefs Ohio Willow Wood Announces Settlement Health Care Updates High Glucose Levels Prior to Surgery Increases Risk of Pulmonary Embolism Online Exclusive Health Care Slows for Third Consecutive Year New Congress Presents Opportunities for O&P Products & Services Black Perf Wrist Splints Available From Sroufe Healthcare South West Releases the Sundance Cascade Dafo Releases Two New Custom Orthoses New Optional Titanium Pyramid for Dycor’s Socket Adaptor New Titanium Pyramid Available From Dycor Endolite TT PRO Puts a Spring in Your Step OPTEC Offers Lumbitec LSO and TLSO Ohio Willow Wood Expands Trailblazer Foot Line RCAI Presents the Pediatric Wrist Fracture Orthosis HOPE Orthopedic Offers 3XL Hip Abduction Orthoses G&W Heel Lift Offers Quality and Personal Service College Park Offers the Trés Foot Improved Maple Leaf Available From PEL Supply Freedom Innovations Launches Knee Pyramid Adapter X-Silver BK Stump Shrinker Available From PEL Supply	O&P Business News February 1, 2007
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January 15, 2007	O&P Business News January 15, 2007
Cover Story Recruiting Strategies for O&P Professionals Feature Articles La Trobe University Hand Transplantation Remains Controversial Field Facts OrPro Announces Additions to Professional Staff Association News ABC and BCP Integration Overwhelmingly Approved Business Briefs Bonuses Boost Performance 10 Times More Than Merit Raises Health Care Updates Acupuncture Beneficial for Low Back Pain Online Exclusive Congress Maintains 4.3% O&P Medicare Payment Update Incidence of Stroke Decreases During the Last 50 Years Products & Services Kinematic Arts Develops SocketScape Endolite TT Pro Available From PEL Supply PEL Supply Offers Fillauer Cylindrical Lock Motion Control Introduces New Products Endolite Offers the SmartIP Knee OPTEC Introduces ConsignPro New CareCredit Brochure Outlines Benefits of Patient Payment Plans OPTEC Introduces New Custom AFO Fabrication Services Fabtech Systems Offers Offset Tube Clamp Sroufe Presents the Chevron Lite Walker and Lite Ankle Walker Knee Pyramid Adapter Available From Freedom Innovations OMEGA Scanner and Omega Tracer 9.0 Released by Ohio Willow Wood Comfort Products Introduces X Silver Shrinker	O&P Business News January 15, 2007
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January 1, 2007	O&P Business News January 1, 2007
Cover Story Recent Advances in Osseointegration Feature Articles Reaching New Heights Mind Over Matter Association News NJAAOP Holds Annual Meeting Field Facts Jeffrey Eichhorn Speaks to the United Nations Health Care Updates Americans Wary of Comprehensive Health Care Reform Business Briefs NPI Deadline Fast Approaching Online Exclusive AOPA Issues Call for Papers Langer Inc. Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer Products & Services PEL Supply Offers New General Purpose Gel Liner Pathfinder II Foot Available From PEL Supply Motion Control Introduces New Products New CareCredit Brochure Outlines Benefits of Patient Payment Plans Sroufe Presents the Chevron Lite Walker and Lite Ankle Walker New EasyStand Youth Evolv Meets Adolescent Client Needs Knee Pyramid Adapter Available From Freedom Innovations Kinematic Arts Develops SocketScape Comfort Products Introduces X Silver Shrinker Realastic Continues to Improve Existing Products OMEGA Scanner and Omega Tracer 9.0 Released by Ohio Willow Wood Fabtech Systems Offers Offset Tube Clamp	O&P Business News January 1, 2007
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December 15, 2006	O&P Business News December 15, 2006
Cover Story Uncovering Gait Deviations Feature Articles Practitioners Insist on Fair Compensation Asking Patients, Referrers for Feedback Field Facts Sempra Energy San Diego Triathlon Challenge Raises $2.5 Million Business Briefs POINT Health Centers Enters Participation Agreement With Great-West Healthcare Health Care Updates Scoliosis Surgery Possible Without Blood Transfusion Online Exclusive CMS Announces Deemed Accreditation Organizations for Suppliers of DMEPOS O&P Shared Vision Summit Yields Great Promise Products & Services Fabtech Systems Offers Offset Tube Clamp Offering CareCredit Payment Plans Can Help Patients Comfort Products Introduces X Silver Shrinker Endolite Introduces the BRIO Adjustable Heel JSB Offers 5-Day Turnaround Kinematic Arts Develops SocketScape Motion Control Introduces New Products New SpringFlex Carbon Foot Available From PEL Supply RCAI Presents Adaptable Hand Orthoses HOPE Orthopedic Offers Extender with Adjustable Extension OPTEC Has Custom AFO Fabrication Services Realastic Continues to Improve Existing Products HOPE Orthopedic Offers Orthoses With Mid-Profile Height New AEGIS Ultimate Liner Available From PEL Supply	O&P Business News December 15, 2006
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December 1, 2006	O&P Business News December 1, 2006
Cover Story Understanding Telemedicine and E-Health Law Feature Articles Facing the Facts: Adults With Disabilities in America Making Waves Association News Pennsylvania Committee Holds Hearing on Prosthetic Coverage Bill Field Facts Rhoads Joins Ohio Willow Wood Business Briefs CEO and Directors’ Pay Both Up Again Health Care Updates New Rehabilitation Technique May Be Effective for Stroke Patients Online Exclusive Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Shown for Women With Disabilities A Healthy Population is Good for the Economy Products & Services JSB Offers the Complete Line of Richie Braces Altimate Medical Offers the Pediatric EasyStand Stander Knit-Rite Introduces the Resolve MRI Compatible Halo System American Shoe Launches New Web Site Matrix AFO Available From PEL Supply VertaLux Mid-Profile Available From PEL Supply Bulldog Tools Unveils the P20-WH	O&P Business News December 1, 2006
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November 15, 2006	O&P Business News November 15, 2006
Cover Story The Latest in Practice Management Software Feature Articles Northwestern University No Challenge Too Much For Toddler Field Facts Luitjohan Joins P&O Care Cooper Joins the SPS Management Team Limbs of Freedom Holds Clinic in Baja California Online Exclusive Otto Bock HealthCare Receives Da Vinci Award Double Amputee Everest Climb on Discovery Channel Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic Offers the VertaLux Spinal Orthosis Renewing Lifestyles With Dycor’s Custom Fabricated ‘Single Ended’ Pylons Pneumatic Walking Orthoses Available From PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Offers Extender With Adjustable Extension Kinematic Arts Develops SocketScape Endolite Offers the TT PRO Realastic Provides a Palmar Feature for Silicone Fingers OPTEC Has Custom AFO Fabrication Services Symbiotechs USA Presents the XT9 High Activity Knee PEL Supply Offers Alpha Upper Extremity Liner	O&P Business News November 15, 2006
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November 1, 2006	O&P Business News November 1, 2006
Cover Story The Making of a Good Retail Pedorthist Feature Articles How Sticky is Your Web site? Georgia Tech Association News Massachusetts and California Pass Prosthetic Parity Legislation AOPA Elects Officers and Directors Field Facts Ossur Combines Operations to Form Ossur Americas Online Exclusive CMS Aims to Improve Services to Beneficiaries, Providers and Suppliers Medicare Finds Billions in Savings to Taxpayers Products & Services PEL Supply Offers Step-Smart Brace Ohio Willow Wood Releases Upper Extremity Liner Knit-Rite Releases New Catalog South West Unveils Charcot-friendly AFO PEL Supply Offers Oscillator Knee HOPE Orthopedic Offers Extender with Adjustable Extension Dycor Introduces I-CAP Transfemoral Silicone Liners Orthofeet Introduces Athletic Shoes with Stretch Symbiotechs USA Presents the XT9 High Activity Knee Kinematic Arts Develops SocketScape	O&P Business News November 1, 2006
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October 15, 2006	O&P Business News October 15, 2006
Cover Story Running at the Speed of Science Feature Articles Why Patients File Lawsuits Eastern Michigan University Field Facts McLellan Added to P&O Care Management Team Langer Inc. Appoints New Chief Financial Officer Kreitzer Joins Ohio Willow Wood Online Exclusive Calcium Supplements Fail to Prevent Bone Fractures in Children Search on for Treatment of Slow-Healing Wounds Products & Services OPTEC Introduces New SALO LSO and TLSO Renewing Lifestyles With Dycor’s Custom Fabricated ‘Single Ended’ Pylons Silver Liner Sheath Available From Comfort Products OTS Offers the Reverse StepLock Freedom Launches Versa Clamp for Silhouette Foot PEL Supply Offers Mercury Hi-Activity Knee HOPE Orthopedic Offers Complete Spinal Solution PSL Fabrication Offers Lottery Realastic Now Offering SensiTouch Foot Insert Ossur Introduces the Proprio Foot Keasy Thermoformable Cone Liners Available From PEL Supply	O&P Business News October 15, 2006
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October 1, 2006	O&P Business News October 1, 2006
Cover Story Understanding the Details in Managed Care Contracts Feature Articles Spreading the Good Word of Great Customer Service Defying Expectations Self-Management Important in Improving Outcomes Association News Tyler Wilson Resigns From AOPA Field Facts Gary Mahler Named New President at PEL Supply Business Briefs Advanced Arm Dynamics Awarded WRAMC Contract Online Exclusive Study Shows Cutting Employee Incentives Hurts Government Web Site Helps Businesses Find Federal Compliance Information Products & Services Renewing Lifestyles With Dycor�s I-CAP Transfemoral Silicone Liners PEL Supply Offers Mercury Hi-Activity Knee Freedom Launches Versa Clamp Silhouette Foot Ossur Introduces the Proprio Foot PEL Supply Offers Fillauer Cylindrical Lock Symbiotechs USA Presents the XT9 High Activity Knee HOPE Orthopedic Offers the VertaLux Spinal Orthosis OPTEC Introduces New Evotec LSO OPTEC Introduces Lumbitec LSO and TLSO Patient Payment Plans Benefit Practices and Patients Dyna-Lock Available From Scott Orthotic Labs Ossur�s Power Knee Now Available Endolite Offers the TT PRO New Trailblazer Foot Available From PEL Supply	O&P Business News October 1, 2006
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September 15, 2006	O&P Business News September 15, 2006
Cover Story Psychology of Traumatic Amputation Feature Articles Medicaid Patients Come in from the Cold Is a Master�s Degree in O&P the Best Career Path? Extremity Games Exceed Expectations Business Briefs Sroufe Healthcare Products purchases Sher� Company Hanger acquires Temple Medical and Regional Artificial Limb & Brace Company Association News OPAF hosts two events across the country Online Exclusive Standard paper extensions for DMERCs to end on Oct. 1 CMS places brief hold on Medicare payments New Products & Services Ohio Willow Wood releases upper extremity/pediatric lock Ossur�s Power Knee� available in September American Shoe launches new Web site Endolite offers the SmartIP knee OPTEC introduces new custom AFO fabrication services OPTEC introduces ConsignPro Ossur introduces the Proprio Foot� HOPE Orthopedic introduces the VertaLux� mid-profile HOPE Orthopedic offers mid-profile OrthoLux� OPTEC introduces new Evotec LSO Keasy Thermoformable Cone Liners available from PEL Supply PEL Supply offers Alpha� Upper Extremity Liner OPTEC introduces Lumbitec LSO and TLSO	O&P Business News September 15, 2006
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September 1, 2006	O&P Business News September 1, 2006
Cover Story Deciphering Liability Insurance Feature Articles Technology Exchange in India: A Step Toward Quality Care Access New Society Forms for the Women in O&P Field Facts P&O Care hires Manuel Rivera Association News Fedder retires as chief executive officer of BOC Business Briefs Pediatric Prosthetics triples revenues in third quarter Health Care Updates Smaller bowls and spoons may curb consumption Online Exclusive Innovative Neurotronics receives 2006 U.S. Orthopedics Product of the Year Award CMS announces payment reforms for inpatient hospital services New Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic offers the VertaLux� Spinal Orthosis Atlas announces new model Witzel IR1000 Infrared Oven Palmar feature on silicone fingers Becker Oregon offers the BRAE Orthosis HOPE Orthopedics LumboLux� now available with pendulous front RCAI offers new Lateral “J” Knee Brace 545-LJKB WBC now carries Alpha Finny® Casting Shears Ohio Willow Wood launches interchangeable suspension system Ohio Willow Wood launches low-profile, high-performance foot	O&P Business News September 1, 2006
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August 15, 2006	O&P Business News August 15, 2006
Cover Story Update: The Parity Issue Feature Articles The Changing Face of O&P: Trulife Group Avoiding Seat-of-the-Pants Marketing Field Facts Otto Bock appoints engineer to product development team Association News Amputee Coalition of America holds annual meeting in Minneapolis Business Briefs Medicare to run out of funds by 2018 Health Care Updates Western lifestyle, lack of sleep, low vitamin D linked to obesity Online Exclusive Medicare revises guidance for national coverage determinations Nominations being accepted for Henry B. Betts Award New Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic introduces the VertaLux� mid-profile Patient payment plans help achieve optimal outcomes WBC now carries Alpha Finny® Casting Shears HOPE Orthopedic offers mid-profile OrthoLux� Fillauer introduces the Cylindrical Lock Renewing lifestyles with Dycor’s I-CAP transtibial silicone liners Hosmer introduces the Oscillator Knee RCAI offers new Lateral “J” Knee Brace 545-LJKB TiMed offers Flexible Titanium Three-Prong Adaptor TiMED introduces Female Shuttle Lock Kit	O&P Business News August 15, 2006
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August 1, 2006 Cover Story CAD/CAM Technology in the O&P Industry Feature Stories Rebuilding Lives: The Long Road Back Best Business Practices: Open Wide: Word of Mouth Marketing Field Facts Athletes compete in Paralympic Challenge in Germany Business Briefs HHS issues citizenship guidelines for Medicaid eligibility Association News ACPOC holds annual meeting in Sacramento Health Care Updates Osteoporosis in men more debilitating than in women Online Exclusive The National Veterans Wheelchair Games held in Alaska Sadler's Ultra Challenge held in Alaska New Products & Services Hosmer introduces the Oscillator Knee New brace extension available for pectus carinatum correction Hosmer introduces the Regal Silicone Glove HOPE Orthopedic offers complete spinal solution BioSculptor offers the Bio Mill Euro International introduces new modular hip joint Freedom Innovations unveils the Senator� Prosthetic Foot Centri Dream Skin with split toe available Endolite�s Mercury Hi-Activity now available Fuchsia stops growth of bacteria and mold Realastic now offering SensiTouch foot insert Fillauer introduces the Cylindrical Lock	O&P BUSINESS NEWS August 1, 2006
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July 15, 2006 Cover Story The Difficulty of O&P Reimbursement in Nursing Homes Feature Stories Never Been Done Pick a Target Market, Then Consider the Costs Field Facts Endolite Announces Addition to Their Sales Team Business Briefs Avoiding the Liability Minefield and Reducing Your Exposure Health Care Updates Exercise Reverses Unhealthy Effects of Inactivity Online Exclusive Basketball Tops List of Sports With Most Injuries Horton�s Orthotic Lab Sponsors Fishin� at the Harbor New Products & Services PEL Supply Offers Aspen� Cervical Collars Fillauer Introduces the New Cylindrical Lock Image� Mastectomy Restorations Offer Many Features WBC Offers Ring Tabs in Assorted Color Packages CareCredit� Patient Financing Benefits Practices and Patients Hosmer Introduces the Regal Silicone Glove Becker Orthopedic Distributes SpineCor� in the United States HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the OrthoLux� Lite Mid-Profile Orthosis Pediatric PRAFO� Available From PEL Supply Fillauer Introduces the Hosmer Oscillator Knee HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the VertaLux� and VertaLux Lite� Freedom Innovations Unveils the Senator� Prosthetic Foot Innovating Solutions for Complex Foot Conditions Euro International Introduces New Children�s Connection Adapter	O&P BUSINESS NEWS July 15, 2006
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July 1, 2006 Cover Story Tips for Marketing your O&P Business Feature Stories No Couch Potato Evidence-Based Marketing: Find What Patients, Referring Doctors Want Field Facts Courtney Honored by Peers Association News ABC’s Unique Qualifications Pathways to End in 2008 Business Briefs Katrina Aid Released to 32 States to Help With Evacuee Health Costs Health Care Updates New Research Shows Second-Hand Smoke Raises Diabetes Risk Online Exclusive NSTC Launches Government-wide Initiative for HHS Research Grants Ossur Launches Web site Dedicated to Bionic Technology New Products & Services Endolite Elite Foot Shell Warranty Extended Euro International Introduces the PEROMAX HOPE Orthopedic Presents the VertaLux� Spinal Orthosis HOPE Orthopedic Offers Lite Version of OrthoLux� OrthoLux� Available From PEL Supply WBC Industries Offers Alpha Finny� Bandage Scissors Bracemasters Introduces BraceTrace� Freedom Innovations Unveils the Senator� Prosthetic Foot PEL Supply Releases Tool and Materials Catalog Realastic Now Offering SensiTouch Foot Insert	O&P BUSINESS NEWS July 1, 2006
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June 15, 2006 Cover Story Exercise a Must for Amputees Feature Stories A Fish in Water The Changing Face of O&P: Langer Inc. Continues Strategic Positioning and Growth Association News ABC to Conduct Survey of O&P Professionals Field Facts Stark Receives NIU Alumni Award Business Briefs Studying Why Workers Are Reluctant to Share Their Knowledge Health Care Updates Women May Have More Foot-Healthy Shoe Options Online Exclusive Amputee Climbs Everest Summit to Raise Funds for O&P Charity World Health Organization Releases new Child Growth Standards New Products & Services Innovating Solutions for Complex Foot Conditions WBC Offers Ring Tabs in Assorted Color Packages New 60-Month Payment Plan Ideal for Larger Fees Fillauer Introduces the New Cylindrical Lock Euro International Introduces New Children�s Connection Adapter Becker Orthopedic Distributes SpineCor� in the United States Seattle Catalyst� Foot Available From PEL Supply Friddle Launches New Web site Fillauer Introduces the Hosmer Oscillator Knee Freedom Innovations Unveils the Senator� Prosthetic Foot Renewing Lifestyles With Dycor�s Silicone Cap Liners	O&P BUSINESS NEWS June 15, 2006
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June 1, 2006 Cover Story O&P Care for Disabled Veterans Feature Stories Rehabilitating Veterans Improved Care for Everyone No Mountain Too High Business Briefs Pew Center on the States Examines Medicaid Policy Field Facts Veterans Can Now Qualify for U.S. Paralympic Team Health Care Updates Attention to Blood Sugar Today Means Healthy Feet Tomorrow Online Exclusive Medicare Proposes Competitive Acquisition Program for Certain DMEPOS Medicare Proposes Narrow Definition of Off-the-Shelf for Competitive Bidding New Products & Services Lisfranc/Chopart Dynamic Response Foot Maximizes Flexibility Realastic Offers Wide Selection of Anatomical Restorations Navigator Foot Available From PEL Supply Endolite�s Mercury Hi-Activity Now Available Freedom Innovations Unveils the Senator� Prosthetic Foot VAC-MAX 24� Vacuum Press (Table) for Two Pairs of Foot Orthotics HOPE Orthopedic Offers Tall and Short LumboLux� Models Seattle Catalyst� Foot Available From PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Offers Innovative Hip Joint	O&P BUSINESS NEWS June 1, 2006
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May 15, 2006 Cover Story Managing Infant Brachial Plexus Palsy Feature Stories The Model Patient Deciphering Health Care Contributions Association News BOC Announce Conclusion of Financial Operations Analysis Business Briefs Massachusetts Law Requires All Residents To Get Health Insurance Health Care Updates Local TV News Covers Health Often, not Well Online Exclusive OPAF Organizes Another First Volley� Clinic University of Michigan Residency Program News New Products & Services HOPE Orthopedic Offers Tall and Short LumboLux� Models Senator� Prosthetic Foot Offers Affordable Foot Option Endolite is the Newest OPIE Integrated Supplier HOPE Orthopedic Offers Innovative Hip Joint Aetrex Introduces Attractive Casual Walkers New Pediatric Night Splint Available From PEL Supply Otto Bock Fabricates Custom Fit Body Jackets BREG Introduces Line of FUSION® Functional Knee Orthoses Care Credit Offers 18-Month No Interest Payment Plan Fabtech Launches Custom Component Line The Knee Centre Introduces Prosthetic Knee Orthosis KeepingPace Children’s Footwear Available From PEL Supply Freedom Innovations Renames Freedom Series� Prosthetic Feet Freedom Introduces Low Profile Prosthetic Solution	O&P BUSINESS NEWS May 15, 2006
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May 1, 2006 Cover Story Real World Care for Difficult Amputation Cases Feature Stories Teen Athlete Bounces Back From Limb Loss Identifying Women’s Prosthetic Needs Business Briefs Patent Infringement Case Decided in Favor of Proteor Association News Call For Resident, Free Poster and Thranhardt Lecture Presentations Field Facts Nick Ackerman Honored by the NCAA Online Exclusive CMS Issues Final Rule on Power Mobility Device Regulation and Payment Arthritis Sufferers Do Not Get Enough Exercise New Products & Services New Presentation Chart Makes Presenting Financing Easier Dycor Offers Dynamic Response Syme Foot PEL Central Fabrication Specializes in Unique Products Becker Oregon Catalog Now Available Online HOPE Orthopedic’s LumboLux Provides Compressive Control Eurofoam Line Adds Three New Colors SleeveArt® Now Available in Eye-Catching Lava Design Endolite’s Navigator Foot Promotes Natural Feel SKINERGY Cosmesis Available Through Knit-Rite National Foot Announces New Product Alliance Snell Laboratory Introduces Futuristic Prosthetic Arm Low Profile, Custom-Fit Knee Orthosis Available From PEL	O&P BUSINESS NEWS May 1, 2006
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April 15, 2006 Cover Story A Survivor Story Feature Stories Amputee Athlete Overcomes Rare Cancer – Twice Young Athlete Encourages Others to Never Give Up Association News Disabled Sports USA, Wounded Warriors Ring NYSE Closing Bell Business Briefs VGM Sells Stocks to Associates Field Facts SPS Announces Recent Promotions Health Care Updates High Heels Cause ‘Pump Bump’ Online Exclusive Advancements in Military Orthopedics Aid Injured Service Personnel Feet and Ankle Injuries Increasing in Young Athletes New Products & Services VAC-MAX 24” Vacuum Press JMS Expands Line With Light Blue Perforated EVA Sheet Complete Professional Office Services Expand Offerings Dycor Offers Dynamic Response Syme Foot HOPE Orthopedic Offers 3XL and 4XL OrthoLux™ Sizes DuraGel™ Mineral Oil Gel Liner from PEL Supply Energy Prosthetics Introduces Threadless Locking Valve for Suction Sockets Darco Makes Boot for Post-operative Care Freedom Series™ and Renegade® Feet Receive Cosmetic Improvements The Darco Slim Line Cast Boot Provides Cast Protection HOPE Orthopedic Offers Tall and Short LumboLux™ Models OMEGA Carver is Full-Sized, Economical New Presentation Chart Makes Presenting Financing Easier Realastic Introduces the SensiTouch Foot Insert Improved Maple Leaf™ Available From PEL Supply Lightweight Silhouette™ Provides Natural Gait	O&P BUSINESS NEWS April 15, 2006
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April 1, 2006 Cover Story Guide to Navigating the FDA Feature Stories Warriors Battle to Regain Athletic Lives Setting Core Values, Goals Helps Practices Hit Right Targets The Changing Face of O&P: Aetrex Worldwide Business Briefs Word-of-Mouth Marketing Government Relations Report CMS Holds Meeting on Replacement of DMERCs Field Facts Altimate Medical Hires Sales Reps Association News Nominations Sought for ABC Board of Directors Online Exclusive Expanded Accounting System Improves Medicare Claims Accountability ACA Accepting Nominations for 2006 Awards of Excellence Ossur Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain Models of the Total Knee® New Products & Services Improved Maple Leaf� Available From PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Announces the New LumboLux� Freedom Innovations Introduces Parydonn� Liner PEL Supply Offers Centri® Absolute Liner HRP’s Realastic Offers Anatomical Restorations Lateral Control Now Standard on HOPE Orthopedics OrthoLux� Light Blue Perforated EVA Sheet Expands JMS Line Lightweight Silhouette� Provides Natural Gait OMEGA Carver is Full-Sized, Economical V-VAS� Orthosis for Osteoarthritis Patients	O&P BUSINESS NEWS April 1, 2006
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March 15, 2006 Cover Story Limb Salvage and Beyond Feature Stories Fortunato Overcomes the Tallest Wall of All How to Build a Marketing Plan That Works From the Ground Up Association News Four O&P Organizations Form Alliance Field Facts Hanger Education Fair Exceeds Expectations Business Briefs U.S. House Passes Tort Reform Bill Aimed at Cutting Frivolous Lawsuits Health Care Updates Obese Children Twice as Likely to Have Diabetes Online Exclusive Better Athletic Training can Curb Cheerleader Injuries Medicare Expands Coverage for Lifesaving Obesity Surgery New Products & Services System-Loc� Spinal Orthosis in Male and Female Models ACI Medical Introduces the ArtAssist® Device Becker Oregon Offers the Talon� FLA Orthopedics Offers ProLite® Universal Arm Sling Dyna-Lock TLSO Provides Easy Donning and Doffing Freedom Series� and Renegade® Feet Receive Cosmetic Improvements	O&P BUSINESS NEWS March 15, 2006
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March 1, 2006 Cover Story Developing Evidence-Based Practice in O&P Feature Stories Robinson Envisions Extreme Competition BOC Board Members Resign Academy Study: More CPOs Needed for Medicare Population Field Facts ContourMed Enhances Manufacturing, Hires Vice President Business Briefs Blue Cross and Blue Shield to Open Virtual Bank Health Care Updates Maternal Obesity Before Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Weight Problems Association News Fourth Edition of First Step Now Available Online Exclusive Paralympics Winter Games Head to Italy U.S. Paralympic Teams Announced New Products & Services PEL Releases New Master Prosthetic Catalog CamLabs� Accepts Digital Files for Fabrication Realastic Improves Look of Silicone Fingers Darco Makes Boot for Postoperative Care APE Products Inc. Offers Third Party Insurance Billing Lightweight Silhouette� Provides Natural Gait VAC-MAX 24” Vacuum Press (Table) for two Pairs of Foot Orthotics The Darco Slim Line Cast Boot Provides Cast Protection Custom Orthoses for Scoliosis Available From Orthomerica PEL Supply Offers New Pathfinder II Foot Realastic Offers Full Line of PVC Orthomerica Introduces the New Virtual V5 Hip Joint Freedom Innovations Introduces Parydonn� Liner HOPE Orthopedic Offers 3XL and 4XL OrthoLux� Sizes HOPE Orthopedic Introduces Tall and Short LumboLux� Ossur Offers Free Knee Trial SPS Introduces Endolite’s Navigator Foot Ossur 2006 Selection Charts Available Dyna-Lock� Available From Scott Orthotic Labs	O&P BUSINESS NEWS March 1, 2006
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February 15, 2006 Cover Story Prosthetic Projections and the Expert Witness Feature Stories Amped Athlete Believes There are no Limitations Reality Series Takes on O&P Field Facts Remembering Jeff Green Business Briefs Ossur Acquires Innovation Sports Inc. Health Care Updates Smoking During Pregnancy May Affect Baby�s Fingers, Toes Online Exclusive Disabled Sports USA Holds Ski Spectacular New Products & Services Freedom Series� and Renegade� Feet Receive Cosmetic Improvements APE Products Inc. Offers Third Party Insurance Billing Endurance� ZipSleeve Easy to Don and Zip JMS Offers Neolon Camouflage Cushioning HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the LumboLux� Taylor Offers Frogskin Kit PEL Supply Offers Pacific� Adjustable Collar Pre-Approval Helps Practices Overcome Cost Concerns JMS Plastics Supply Inc. Expands Line of J-Suede Dycor Offers Dynamic Response Syme Foot Lateral Control Now Standard on HOPE Orthopedic�s OrthoLux� Energy Prosthetics Introduces Threadless Valve for Suction Sockets Lightweight Silhouette� Provides Natural Gait VAC-MAX 24� Vacuum Press (Table) for two Pairs of Foot Orthotics	O&P BUSINESS NEWS February 15, 2006
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February 1, 2006 Cover Story Online Learning Opportunities in O&P Feature Stories The Changing Face of O&P: Ossur North America The Amputation That Freed the Inner Athlete Business Briefs Patent Infringement Litigation Filed Against ALPS and DAW Association News OPAF Introduces New Officers and Board Members for 2006 Health Care Updates U.S. House Again Passes Medical Liability Reform Bill Field Facts Cascade Orthopedic Supply Names New President Online Exclusive HHS Secretary Adds to Senior Staff Medicare, Health Insurance Coverage Top Health Care Issues for 2006 New Products & Services APE Products Inc. Offers Third Party Billing Ossur Updates Iceross Dermo Liner Options PEL Supply Releases New Master Prosthetic Catalog CamLabs� Accepts Digital Files for Fabrication HOPE Orthopedic Offers 3XL and 4XL OrthoLux™ Sizes CareCredit Offers 60-Month Payment Plan Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces the Diabetic Medicare Custom Shoe Package Realastics RealFlex™ Silicone Gloves Available in 24 Colors Pectus Carinatum Correction Available From Westcoast Brace & Limb HOPE Orthopedic Introduces Tall and Short LumboLux™ Freedom Innovations Introduces Parydonn� Liner Lightweight Silhouette� Provides Natural Gait	O&P BUSINESS NEWS February 1, 2006
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January 15, 2006 Cover Story Enjoying Pregnancy with the Challenges of Limb Loss Feature Stories The Impact of the Right Receptionist in an O&P Office Causes and Effects of Amniotic Band Syndrome Business Briefs CMS Final Ruling Calls for 4.4% Cut in Physician Payment Association News Academy Annual Meeting to be Held in March Health Care Updates Evidence Supports Value of Moderate Exercise for Early Knee OA Field Facts Maine Entrepreneur Joins Hanger Online Exclusive Early Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Cuts Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Half New Products & Services Lightweight Silhouette� Provides Natural Gait Lateral Control Now Standard on HOPE Orthopedic�s OrthoLux� PEL Supply Offers HippO� from HOPE Orthopedic Dyna-Lock TLSO Provides Easy Donning and Doffing HOPE Orthopedic Introduces the LumboLux� King Pin� Lock Knee Joint Available from PEL Supply Sroufe Offers Tri-Lam Diabetic Insole Bulldog Tools Inc. Introduces Titanium Adapters� Altimate Medical Offers Free DVD Freedom Series� and Renegade� Feet Receive Cosmetic Improvements	O&P BUSINESS NEWS January 15, 2006
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January 1, 2006 Cover Story O&Ps Unite: Data, Protocols and IT Are the Tools Feature Stories US ISPO Changing Directions O&P Technician Program Provides Training Association News Snell Laboratory Manager Appointed to AOPA Board Health Care Updates Internet First Stop for Health Care Decisions for 31.6 Million Americans Field Facts Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Awarded for Prosthetics Research Online Exclusive Scientists Use Stem Cells to Grow Cartilage New Products & Services Lightweight Silhouette� Provides Natural Gait Realastic Introduces the SensiTouch Foot Insert HOPE Orthopedic Adds White LumboLux� Models Buy One Silipos� Product, Get One Half Price WBC Industries Introduces New Catalog Freedom Innovations Introduces Parydonn� Liner Knit-Rite Supplies SmartKnit Sock Display and Sales Program Scott Introduces Universal Hip Joint Plug-n-Play Features Added to the California Soft Spinal System PEL Supply Distributes Clevisphere� Ankle Joint	O&P BUSINESS NEWS January 1, 2006
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December 15, 2005 Cover Story Planting the Seeds for a Successful Retirement Feature Stories Hans Richard Lehneis Remembered Business Briefs New Code G Issued for Power Mobility Devices Association News NJAAOP Sponsors Annual Atlantic City Meeting Health Care Updates FDA Approves Personal Therapy Manager Allowing Supplemental Pain Relief Field Facts CAF Raises $1 Million at San Diego Triathlon Online Exclusive T-shirts Cause Chuckles, Raise Awareness New Products & Services Make a Lasting Impression TiMed Offers Flexible Titanium Three-Prong Adaptor Sleek Silhouette� Available from SPS Freedom Innovations Introduces Parydonn� Liner Realastic�s RealFlex� Silicone Gloves Available in 24 Colors VAC-MAX Vacuum Press Table Is Largest in O&P Realastic Offers Full Line of PVC Portable PMT� Optica� Is Virtually Maintenance Free SPS Reduces Price of Amoena�s Tresia Shapes2U Breast Form SPS Offers ALPS� GP Gel Liner Freedom Series� and Renegade� Feet Receive Cosmetic Improvements APE Products Inc. Offers Third Party Billing Fred�s Legs Offers Colorful Laminating Sleeves Pectus Carinatum Correction Available From Westcoast Brace & Limb Lightweight Silhouette� Provides Natural Gait	O&P BUSINESS NEWS December 15, 2005
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December 1, 2005 Cover Story The Damaging Repercussions of Random Probe Audits Feature Stories Work Life vs. Personal Life: The New Generation Gap Fraud and Abuse Investigations Are Here to Stay Association News BOC Announces New Certification Requirements for Orthotic Fitters Health Care Updates Physical Therapists Identify Risk Factors for Hip Fractures Field Facts Reinertsen Becomes First Female Amputee to Complete Ironman Online Exclusive Group Collecting Donations for Earthquake Victims New Products & Services Biosculptor Offers Scorpion Laser Line Scanner HOPE Orthopedic Introduces Tall and Short LumboLux� Omega� Tracer� Provides New Tools and Functionality SPS Distributes Ossur�s Flex-Symes� Transfemoral Amputees Can Enjoy Custom Comfort Neuro-Lux Orthosis Provides Freedom of Movement Ohio Willow Wood Releases New High-Activity Foot HOPE Orthopedic Offers Variable Lordosis for OrthoLux� CareCredit� Adds 18-Month Payment Alternative	O&P BUSINESS NEWS December 1, 2005
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November 15, 2005 Cover Story Managing Osteoarthritis Feature Stories Shriners Dedicates Service to Tsunami Victims Entrepreneurs Use Personal Approach Reimbursement Rounds Learn the Rules of Reimbursement and Documentation Business Briefs Small Businesses Drive U.S. Economy Health Care Updates Walking, Running Most Energy-Efficient Gaits Field Facts O&P Industry Loses Influential Practitioner Online Exclusive Brain Research Provides Clues For Better Prostheses New Products & Services SPS Announces Additional 10% Off on GenuPro Brace Adaptskin� Moisturizes and Heals Maple Leaf� Orthosis Improved for Greater Adjustability WBC Industries Offers AFO Pads With Double-Thick Felt Padding SPS Offers Introductory Pricing on RELAX Night Care No More Struggling With the Endurance� ZipSleeve Ossur Releases the GII Unloader� LP Knee Orthosis for Women WBC Introduces New Catalog WBC Industries Offers Colorful Hook and Loop Straps Extended Payment Plans Increase Practice Revenue Freedom Series� and Renegade� Feet Receive Cosmetic Improvements Pectus Carinatum Correction Available From Westcoast Brace & Limb HOPE Orthopedic Introduces Tall and Short LumboLux� SPS Expands ANSWER 2� Shoe Line	O&P BUSINESS NEWS November 15, 2005
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November 1, 2005 Cover Story Being Prepared When Disaster Strikes Feature Stories Small Details Can Bring Healing to Every Environment Support Groups Provide Many Benefits for Amputees Business Briefs Aetrex Donates Shoes to Katrina Victims Health Care Updates �Smart� Ankle Brace May Help Reduce Falls Field Facts Ohio Willow Wood Adds Engineers Online Exclusive Family Businesses May Be Unprepared for Succession CMS Issues New Disaster Condition Code and Modifier for Katrina Claims New Products & Services Ossur Brings Back the Flex-Symes� With Full Alignment Capability HOPE Orthopedic Announces the LumboLux� Fillauer Offers Centri� Absolute Liner FREEDOM� Knee Immobilizer Protects Against Trauma Buy One Silipos� Product, Get One Half Price Endolite Introduces High Activity Knee AliMed� FREEDOM� Dorsal PF Night Splint Improves Patient Compliance Otto Bock Introduces Ankle Joint and AFO Strap and Liner Freedom Innovations Offers LP Symes Lightweight Silhouette� Provides Natural Gait WBC Industries Introduces New Catalog	O&P BUSINESS NEWS November 1, 2005
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October 15, 2005 Cover Story Special Care on the Sidelines Feature Stories Improperly Fit Diabetic Footwear Causes Increase in Amputations Plan for Long-Term Care Exposure Business Briefs CMS Updates Proposed Payment and Policy Changes for Medicare Physician Schedule Health Care Updates PhRMA Issues New DTC Ad Guidelines Field Facts Amy Dodson Reigns Supreme for Challenged Females at NYC Triathlon Online Exclusive Region C DMERC Temporarily Suspends Audits for Affected Facilities Meeting Needs, Bringing People Together Scientists Develop �Smart� Artificial Hand New Products & Services Aetrex� Athletic Footwear Available from PEL Supply Make a Lasting Impression HOPE Orthopedic Announces the LumboLux� Dycor� Offers Roll-On Silicon CAP Liners Freedom Innovations Introduces Parydonn� Liner Fred�s Legs Offers Colorful Laminating Sleeves Fillauer Offers Hosmer Titanium Hook 5XTi and Quick Change Wrist Freedom Innovations Introduces LP Symes MED-SURG Shoe Provides Rigid Control American Prosthetic Components Distributed by PEL Supply Xango� Uses the Power of the Mangosteen Fillauer Offers Hosmer Entegra Hydraulic 180 Knee System	O&P BUSINESS NEWS October 15, 2005
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October 1, 2005 Cover Story Determining How Much Your Practice is Worth Feature Stories Avoiding the "Big Mistake" Spreading Awareness With a Smile Business Briefs CMS Proposes 2.5% Increase in Medicare Home Health Payment Rates Association News Cathy Carter Promoted to Lead ABC Health Care Updates Yard Work, Housecleaning, Lower Blood Pressure Field Facts U.S. Congressman Pays Visit to Ohio Willow Wood Online Exclusive HHS Creates Web site, Toll Free Number for Hurricane Katrina Relief Volunteers New Products & Services Freedom Innovations Introduces High Performance LP Symes Sroufe Introduces the PneuGel� Brand Universal Wrist Splint and Wrap APE Products Inc. Offers Third Party Billing Custom AXIS AFOs Available From Scott Orthotic Labs Fred�s Legs Offers Colorful Laminating Sleeves The Hartford Offers New Property Insurance Endorsement for O&P Professionals Euro International Introduces the New Oscimed Ergo Cast Cutter Saw	O&P BUSINESS NEWS October 1, 2005
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October 2005 Cover Story Limb Salvage: A New Model for Treatment of Malignant Tumors Feature Stories Tanzania Orthopaedic Centre Offers Broad, Unique Curriculum Global Notebook Spain: Preparing to Tackle Future Health Care Challenges Technical Spotlight Liner May Help Amputees Manage Phantom Pain Online Exclusive Ossur and Victhom Enter Agreement New Products & Services New Plug-N-Play Features Added to Orthomerica’s California Soft Spinal System California Hip Orthosis Minimizes Bulk Orthotic Solutions With OMEGA™ Tracer® Freedom Innovations Introduces High- Performance LP Symes California Mid-Profile Orthosis Provides Stability Euro International Completes Lock Series 300 Orthomerica Offers Adjustable Abduction Bar	O&P WORLD October 2005
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September 15, 2005 Cover Story CMS Adopts Changes to Medicare Claims Appeal Process Feature Stories Insurance Caps and Limits Prevent Access to High-Quality Prosthetic Care From Conception to Invention: Moving Forward With An Original Idea CMS Listens to O&P's Request for Code Changes Business Briefs CMS Announces Proposed Payment Update for Medicare Physician Schedule Association News ACA Holds Annual Conference Health Care Updates New Web Service To Improve Health Care Assistance Field Facts Five Amputees and One Paraplegic Swim from New York to Connecticut Online Exclusive CMS Acts To Improve Quality Care For Chronically Ill Beneficiaries New Products & Services LumboWrap� is Comfortable, Supportive TiMed Offers Flexible Titanium Three-Prong Adaptor SPS Reduces Price of EASYLINER� Dyna-Lock Dynamic Hyperextension TLSO is Cost Effective Heelift� Suspension Boots Aid Compliance ALPS Liners Available from PEL Supply California Hip Orthosis Minimizes Bulk FLA Orthopedics Inc. Offers SoftPoint� � Semi-Rigid Orthoses Dycor Redesigns Dynamic Response Foot Breg Introduces FUSION Knee Brace Ossur Brings Back the Flex-Symes� With Full Alignment Capability EpX Suspension Sleeve Available From Knit-Rite DuraGel� Liner Offers Residual Limb Protection Dycor's Silicone Composite CAP Liners Suitable or Lower Limb Levels Freedom Innovations Introduces High Performance LP Symes QuadControl� Band Provides Improved Control Branier Offers Custom Diabetic Inserts California Mid-Profile Orthosis Provides Stability American Prosthetic Components Distributed by PEL Supply Otto Bock Health Care Announces the Nurmi Neo Bionix Prosthetic Solutions Patents RapidFit Line Comfort Products Introduces the Silver Liner Sheath� Haberman Alignment Device (HAD) Accommodates Heavy Patients	O&P BUSINESS NEWS September 15, 2005
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September 1, 2005 Cover Story The Process and Challenges of Research and Development Feature Stories Orthotic Industry Meets Challenges Posed by Obese Patients Automated Fabrication a Viable Alternative Business Briefs FLA Orthopedics Buys American Professional Bracing Association News ACA Hires New Development Coordinator Health Care Updates Study Finds Veterans With Spinal Cord Injuries More Stressed Field Facts Creative Orthotics & Prosthetics Opens New Branch Online Exclusive Gene Controlled Enzyme Associated with Better Mobility in Older Adults New Products & Services Dycor Provides Titanium Pyramid for ADL Feet Flexible Cork Orthoses Provide Comfort and Support Euro International Offers Prosthetic Products for Children Freedom Innovations Introduces High Performance LP Symes TiMED Introduces Female Shuttle Lock Kit Book Builds Confidence for Disabled Children Branier Offers Custom Diabetic Inserts Realastic Introduces Improved Features on Silicone Fingers SPS Introduces RELAX Night Care and RELAX AK Plug-n-Play Features Added to the California Soft Spinal System SPS Offers Full Line of Juzo Products Aetrex� Athletic Footwear Available from PEL Supply	O&P BUSINESS NEWS September 1, 2005
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August 15, 2005 Cover Story Management of Diabetic Foot Disease Feature Stories Orthotic Treatment of the Dysvascular Foot Patient Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Chooses Salesforce.com Over Siebel to Close Deals Faster Association News Academy Announces New Executive Director Health Care Updates Medicare Modernization Act Promises Improvement in Health Plan Coverage Options in 2006 Field Facts East Coast Hires Bonneville as Director of Clinical Education Online Exclusive Ossur Acquires Royce Medical New Products & Services AliMed� Receives Medicare Approval for Trilaminate 1 Insoles Realastic Continues Full Line of PVC AliMed Offers Viscoelastic Heel Cups Euro International Introduces New EVA Material Earthwalk� Ankle Redesigned PEL Supply Offers High-Activity Titanium Alignment Device Seattle Systems Adds Rainier Boot to Sure Step Line PG Enterprise Specializes in Children�s Shoes Freedom Innovations Introduces High Performance LP Symes SPS Provides Conversion Charts for ANSWER 2 Shoes SPS Distributes OPTEC Products	O&P BUSINESS NEWS August 15, 2005
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August 1, 2005 Cover Story Transdisciplinary Team Approach to Rehabilitation Feature Stories The Dilemma of the Uninsured in America: Solutions Mission Organization and Space Planning Business Briefs CMS Reaffirms Expanded Criteria for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Criteria Association News IAAPOC Holds Annual Meeting in New Orleans Health Care Updates Supplements Do Not Prevent Osteoporotic Fractures Field Facts Rodney Cheney Named Executive Vice President of APO Online Exclusive More Adults Go Online for Health Information New Products & Services Dycor Renews Lifestyles With Transmetatarsal Partial Foot Euro International Offers Prosthetic Products for Children Seattle Systems Adds Rainier Boot to Sure Step Line Becker Orthopedic Introduces the Pediatric Orthotic Program Sroufe Introduces the Universal Wrist Splint With Abducted Thumb SPS Offers Medico Supplies Products SPS Distributes Innovation Sports Products Ossur Offers Free Knee Trial Program	O&P BUSINESS NEWS August 1, 2005
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July 15, 2005 Cover Story What Does Attorney-Client Privilege Under HIPAA Requirements Mean to You? Feature Stories Linkia Bridges Gap Between O&P Profession and Payer Science is Catching Up With Science Fiction to Create �Smart Prosthetics� Business Briefs Fast-Growing Companies Benefiting from Sarbanes-Oxley Association News ABC Orthotic Fitter Examination Requirement to Begin in 2006 Health Care Updates Diabetes, Hypertension and Obesity Adversely Affect Joint Replacement Outcomes Field Facts Besse Receives Governor's PATH Award for Commitment to Volunteerism Online Exclusive Employers See Potential of Wellness Programs New Products & Services Anti-Adduction Orthosis Available From PEL Supply CareCredit Makes Financial Discussions Easier Euro International Completes Lock Series 300 New Liner-Liner Available From PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Introduces Improved Hip Joint Knit-Rite Offers the New Cadence HP Foot Knit-Rite Supplies SmartKnit Sock Display and Sales Program	O&P BUSINESS NEWS July 15, 2005
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July 1, 2005 Cover Story Orthotic Management and Treatment of Spinal Disorders Feature Stories Uninsured in America: The Medicaid and Medicare Rut The Power of Color Business Briefs More Employers to Offer Health Savings Accounts in 2006 Association News OPAF Hires New Executive Director Health Care Updates People With Diabetes Unaware of Diabetic Neuropathy Online Exclusive Amputees Across America Start Journey New Products & Services Get Wet With the Stay Dry Waterproof Sock From Jim Smith Sales Sroufe Introduces the PneuGel� Brand Elbow Wrap ALPS Offers Liberty Liner Realastic Prosthetics Improves Features on Silicone Fingers CareCredit Launches 18-Month No-Interest Payment Option ALPS Thermoskins Available With Hair ALPS Offers Antimicrobial Liner Sroufe Introduces the Universal Wrist Splint Bulldog Tools Has Rigid Foam Blanks Sroufe HealthCare Products Unveils New Catalog	O&P BUSINESS NEWS July 1, 2005
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July 2005 Cover Story Globalization and Health: Great Possibilities, Great Concerns Global Notebook South Korea: Striving to Provide Residents With Improved Health Care Technical Spotlight Cutting-Edge Surgery May Reduce Risk of Amputation Online Exclusive Beijing 2008 Committee Focuses on Paralympics Russia Wins; ISIHF Admits New Member at its 2005 Congress and European Championship New Products & Services Darco Releases New Med-Surg� Shoe Orthotic Services Limited Offers the Latest Technology in Cervical Support Canica Designs Safety Scalpel for DeRoyal Euro International Completes Lock Series 300 DM Systems Joins With McKesson Orthomerica Offers Adjustable Abduction Bar	O&P WORLD July 2005
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June 15, 2005 Cover Story Medicare �Direct Access�: A Trojan Horse for Physical Therapy�s Expanding Scope of Practice Feature Stories The Physiology of Volume Fluctuations How to Maximize Your After-Tax Dollars Business Briefs Medicare Makes Changes Association News Certification Policy Changes Take Effect July 1 Health Care Updates Fracture Risk Lower for Black Women Than White Women Field Facts Besser Named Manager at American Prosthetics & Orthotics Online Exclusive Myth That Exercise and Arthritis Don�t Mix Still Lingers Engineering Students Aid Disabled Kenyans New Products & Services DM Systems Joins With McKesson OCSI/NeuroFlex Offers Diabetic Footwear Dycor Offers ADL Partial Foot Orthomerica Offers Adjustable Abduction Bar Canica Designs Safety Scalpel for DeRoyal BSN medical Offers Workshops in Functional Cast Bracing Becker Announces Catalog XIX Ortho Remedy Inc. Offers Brass Shoehorn 3M� Scotchcast� Products Distributed by SPS Patients Get Optimal Care With 12-Month No Interest Financing SPS Introduces Dia-Care Diabetic Sock	O&P BUSINESS NEWS June 15, 2005
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June 1, 2005 Cover Story Rejected Claims Hold Up Business and Patient Care Feature Stories Severe Cuts in Prosthetic Benefits a Serious Setback for Amputees Adjustable Spinal Orthosis Provides Maintenance of Lumbar Curve Business Briefs Medicare Announces Draft Guidance for National Coverage Determinations Field Facts Otto Bock HealthCare Acquires Neurodan A/S Health Care Updates Study Shows Limited Use of Electronic Medical Records Online Exclusive Medicare Improves Access to Power Wheelchairs and Scooters New Products & Services More Patients Start Treatment With CareCredit� Image� Mastectomy Restorations Offer Unique Features SPS Introduces Dia-Care Diabetic Sock Elite� All Terrain Foot Available From PEL Supply HOPE Orthopedic Introduces Improved Hip Joint RTC Offers Ultrasonic Welded AFO Pads Dycor Offers Ankle Disarticulation Prosthesis	O&P BUSINESS NEWS June 1, 2005
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May 15, 2005 Cover Story Providing Customer Service in Central Fab Facilities Feature Stories Academy and ACPOC Hold Joint Annual Meetings Human Factors of Design: A Program For Success Uninsured in America: The Cost Factors Association News Academy and CAPO to Hold North American O&P Symposium Business Briefs CMS to Use Recovery Audit Contractors for Payment Accuracy Field Facts StatFab Changes Name to HOPE Orthopedic Health Care Updates Exercise Not Enough to Reduce Mild Hypertension in Older Adults Online Exclusive Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety Unveils New Web Site New Products & Services Freedom Fabrication Offers the Arch X-PRESS PW Minor Adds Depth to Canfield� Leisure DX2 PEL Supply Offers Baby Bear Pavlik Harness HOPE Orthopedic Introduces Improved Hip Joint TiMed Offers Flexible Titanium Three-Prong Adaptor Q Lok Brace Eases Pain Caused by Patellar Maltracking Dycor Introduces Knee Disarticulation Composite Socket Liner Darco Releases New Med-Surg� Shoe	O&P BUSINESS NEWS May 15, 2005
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May 1, 2005 Cover Story Choosing the Best Liner Feature Stories Unraveling the Mystery of Fibromyalgia Association News O&P Community to Educate Lawmakers at O&P Policy Forum Health Care Updates New Foot Surgery Method Eases Nerve Pressure From Diabetes Life-Changing Health Improvements Possible in 6 Weeks Field Facts M-STAR in Need of Lower Limbs Online Exclusive Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Appoints Chief Medical Officer Salk Vaccine, FDR Share Anniversary New Products & Services Didrick Medical Inc. Announces the X-Finger� Prosthesis Scott Unweighting Orthoses Expedite Healing Process Bulldog Tools Inc. Introduces Titanium Adapters Aircast� Launches Pneumatic Walking Brace Family Realastic Offers Full Line of PVC Q Lok Brace Eases Pain Caused by Patellar Maltracking	O&P BUSINESS NEWS May 1, 2005
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April 15, 2005 Cover Story Skateboarding Takes Amputees to New Heights Feature Stories From Last Picked to Olympic Championships Freefalling a Kick for Amputee Skydivers Clinical Matters Controlling Interface Translation for Maximum Efficiency Field Facts Fillauer Names Sales Manager for the South Central Area Health Care Updates New Surgical Technique Repairs Arthritic Ankle Damage Business Briefs Apex Foot Health Industries Rebrands Online Exclusive Angioplasty Prevents Amputation in Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease New Products & Services SPS Launches Exoform� Knee Immobilizer SPS Distributes Haberman Alignment Device (HAD) Scott Universal Hip Joint is Cost Effective Orthosport Offers Mastectomy Products Prosthetists Can Design Custom Alpha� Liners Ohio Willow Wood Launches OMEGA� Tracer Upgrade and Hardware FLO-TECH� O&P Systems Offers BB-d Acor Adds Three Orthoses to Sole Defense� Line	O&P BUSINESS NEWS April 15, 2005
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April 1, 2005 Cover Story Improving Outcomes With Immediate Postoperative Prostheses Feature Stories Simplify Your Life and Boost Your Net Income in 2005 Taking Baby Steps: Pediatric Prosthetics Inc. Health Care Updates Knee Injury in Women Soccer Players Linked to Early Osteoarthritis Researchers Aim to Create �Living Glue� Business Briefs Benchmark Medical Acquires Actra Rehabilitation Associates HIPAA Notices Improve Public�s Confidence Field Facts WBC Industries Hires Collins as Director of Sales Online Exclusive ACA Announces New Outreach Staff PET and CT Scans Offer Accurate Detection of Foot Infection in Diabetic Patients New Products & Services PEL Supply Company Offers New Resin Realastic�s RealFlex� Silicone Gloves Available In 24 Colors PEL Supply Company Reduces Price of Cadence HP SPS Offers Discount on ToeOff� and Ypsilon� Scott Aluminum Components are Strong, Durable Orthomerica Offers Improved TC Flex� AFO System SPS Offers 10% Discount on Air-Lock	O&P BUSINESS NEWS April 1, 2005
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April 2005 Cover Story The Role of O&P in the Rehabilitation of Burn Patients Global Notebook The United Kingdom: Striving to Modernize Its Health Care System Technical Spotlight 3-D Motion Analysis Tool Used to Diagnose Wrist Disorders Online Exclusive JCAHO to Establish Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety New Products & Services PEL Supply Reduces Price of Seattle Systems� Cadence HP Realastic�s RealFlex� Silicone Gloves Available in 24 Colors SPS Offers 10% Discount on Air-Lock Orthomerica Offers Improved TC Flex� AFO System Acor Adds Three Orthoses to Sole Defense� Line SPS Offers Discount on ToeOff� and Ypsilon�	O&P WORLD April 2005
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March 15, 2005 Cover Story Putting Feet to the Ground: Raising Your Facility�s Profile Through Public Relations Feature Stories Patient-Friendly Practice Key to Successful Business 109th Congress Starts a Contentious and Partisan Year Are You a Marketing Day Trader? Innovative Suspension System Offers Comfort and Control Health Care Updates Screening for Osteoporosis Prevents Hip Fractures in Older Adults Business Briefs Linkia Requires ABC Certification for O&P Facilities Many Health Care Organizations Not Yet Compliant With HIPAA Security Rule Field Facts PrimeCare O&P Network Elects New Board Members Online Exclusive ACA Requests Nominations for its Awards of Excellence These Bots Were Made for Walking New Products & Services Take Control with CPI�s New Adjustable Stride Control� Ossur�s Rheo Knee� Available from SPS SPS Offers New Pricing on Cadence HP Scott Orthotic Labs Inc. Launches Custom Shoe Line Baby Bear Pavlik Goes Anywhere Knit-Rite Introduces Liner-Liner Prosthetic Sock Scott Orthotic Labs Inc. Offers Criss-Cross Hyperextension Spinal Orthosis PEL Supply Offers Two Suspension Methods in One Lock Cascade Orthopedic Supply to Distribute Coyote Design Otto Bock Introduces Innovative Socket Design Software New Knee Management Orthosis Available from PEL Supply Specialized Composite Products Offered by JMS Plastic Supply Otto Bock Introduces Adjustable Prosthesis for Symes Amputees RSL Steeper and Liberating Technologies Introduce Elegance� Cosmetic Gloves Freedom Fabrication Offers the Arch X-PRESS	O&P BUSINESS NEWS March 15, 2005
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March 1, 2005 Cover Story Patient Financing in the O&P Industry: The Wave of the Future? Feature Stories Trends in Disability: Young Americans at Risk Debating the Dilemma of the Uninsured Field Facts Hanger Holds 2005 Education Fair Business Briefs HHS Proposes New Medicare E-Prescribing Rules Health Care Updates Medical Problems Often Lead to Bankruptcy Online Exclusive CDC Recommends Routine Meningococcal Disease Vaccination New Total Ankle Prosthesis Used in Brazil New Products & Services Ossur�s Rheo Knee� Now Available PW Minor Improves Xtra Depth� Collection Realastic Creates Highly Durable Silicone Stomper� Now Available from SPS SPS Releases New Catalog Hydrostatic AFOs Now Offered in Expanded Styles Bulldog Tools Inc. Introduces Titanium Adapters	O&P BUSINESS NEWS March 1, 2005
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February 15, 2005 Cover Story Government�s Fraud and Abuse Crackdown: Are You at Risk? Feature Stories Identify and Retain Your Best Employees Healing Environments: A Total Team Approach to O&P Rehabilitation and Aftercare Field Facts Otto Bock HealthCare Acquires OrthoRehab Inc. Association News Thranhardt to Receive Academy�s Top Award Business Briefs Health Care Spending in the United States Slows Health Care Updates Surgery Effective in Diabetics With CTS Online Exclusive Americans Unaware of Prescription Drug Assistance Programs New Products & Services Tamarack Variable Assist� Available from PEL Supply Endolite Introduces Special Edition Multiflex Foot Apex Introduces iStep F.I.T. Digital Foot Scanning Universal Hip Abduction Orthosis from Scott Orthotic Labs Inc. Dream Skin Leg Covering Available from PEL Supply ESK+ Available From SPS Scott Orthotic Labs Inc. Launches Custom Shoe Line	O&P BUSINESS NEWS February 15, 2005
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February 1, 2005 Cover Story Microprocessor Prosthetic Knees Feature Stories Disabled Villagers, not Doctors, Run Rural Health, Rehab Program Innovative Upper-Arm Prosthesis Gives Users Newfound Power Field Facts ACA Mourns Loss of Nancy Carroll Business Briefs HHS Issues Final Regulation on Access to Group Health Coverage Health Care Updates Study Shows Health Disparities Closely Tied to Race Association News ACA Increases Multicultural Outreach Efforts Online Exclusive Veterans disability compensation, pension increases New Products & Services PEL Supply Offers Endolite Adaptive� Bulldog Tools Inc. Introduces Titanium Adapters Orthomerica� Expands California Soft Spinal System StatFab Announces the TLSO OrthoLux� TiMed Offers Extra Heavy Duty B/K System Realastic Offers Fast Turnaround Time for Custom Partial Silicone Feet Cascade Orthopedic Supply Offers Postmastectomy Products Cascade Orthopedic Supply Offers CAMP Healthcare Orthotic Products	O&P BUSINESS NEWS February 1, 2005
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January 15, 2005 Cover Story Custom-Molded Shoes Provide Function, Fit and Improved Quality of Life Cover Story 2 As 108th Congress Wraps Up Business, Challenges to O&P Remain Feature Stories Your Bank Can Cost You Money Reimbursement Rounds Medicare Post-Payment Audits in O&P; Costly, Unrealistic and Ineffective Association News Eileen Levis Named President of Pennsylvania Orthotic and Prosthetic Society Field Facts John Siciliano Appears in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" Business Briefs Medicare, Medicaid Paid for More Than Half of Senior Health Care Online Exclusive CMS Seeks Public Comment on Standardized Quality Measures Overweight and Obesity May Adversely Affect Future Medicare Expenditures New Products & Services Apex Introduces iStep F.I.T. Digital Foot Scanning Swede-O Inc. Introduces New Thermoskin Plantar FXT� PEL Supply Offers Next Day Delivery on Casting Room Products New Infrared Oven Available from PEL Supply RELAX Liner from SPS Addresses Phantom Pain Orthomerica� Expands California Soft Spinal System SPS Offers 10% Discount on FlexiSleeve� Products Bulldog Tools Inc. Introduces Titanium Adapters Take Control with CPI�s New Adjustable Stride Control� Becker Orthopedic Offers the Ratchet Lock� Knee Joint	O&P BUSINESS NEWS January 15, 2005
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January 1, 2005 Cover Story Unchaining Yourself From Managed Care Contracts Feature Stories Balancing Managed Care and Professional Care Business Briefs Medicare Unveils New Preventive Benefits and Physician Payment Increases Field Facts Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Appoints Chief Clinical Officer Langer Inc. Appoints Kanders Chairman of the Board Online Exclusive Langer, Inc. Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock Information Technology Tops List of Health Care Industry�s Business Concerns for 2005 New Products & Services Sroufe Offers Tri-Lam Diabetic Insole Scott Orthotic Labs Inc. Offers Range of Motion Joint Acor Launches Sole Defense� Line of Comfort Footwear Altimate Medical Offers Free DVD	O&P BUSINESS NEWS January 1, 2005
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January 2005 Cover Story Noninvasive Spinal Options Set New Standard in Treatment and Rehabilitation Global Notebook Australia: A Land of Contrasts and Opportunity Technical Spotlight The Engen Modular Upper Extremity Orthotic System O&P News Latvia Recruits for Standing Ice Hockey Team ISPO Canada Adds Vietnamese Translations Online Exclusive Diverse Organizations Respond to Tsunami Disaster WHO Director-General Tours Areas Affected by Tsunami New Products & Services Bulldog Tools Inc. Introduces Titanium Adapters StatFab Offers TLSO Version of OrthoLux� WBC Offers New Alternative to Small Chafes ESP Offers High-Activity, Fully-Configurable, Titanium Alignment Device Fillauer LLC Offers the King Pin Lock	O&P WORLD January 2005
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December 15, 2004 Cover Story The APTA, AOTA, Academy Speak Out for Their Share of the O&P Pie Cover Story 2 Physical Therapists and O&P Practitioners: Fighting on the Same Side Feature Stories Battlegrounds and Common Ground in Business, Politics and Patient Care Reimbursement Rounds Medicare�s Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Program: Common Sense Does Not Apply Field Facts Ohio Willow Wood Partners With Children of the Americas Business Briefs CMS Eliminates 90-Day Grace Period for HCPCS Codes Health Care Updates Estimated Body Weight for Amputees Provides Basis for Appropriate Nutritional Evaluation Half of Americans Over 50 Will be at Risk for Fractures by 2020 Online Exclusive JCAHO Unveils Principles to Guide Pay-for-Performance Programs Research Reveals Inadequate Disaster Planning Assistance for People with Impaired Mobility New Products & Services StatFab Offers TLSO Version of OrthoLux� Ohio Willow Wood Releases Dual Suspension Lock Sroufe Offers Tri-Lam Diabetic Insole Axia� Available From SPS CPI Introduces Simplified, Accurate Exoalignment Acor Launches Sole Defense� Line of Comfort Footwear	O&P BUSINESS NEWS December 15, 2004
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December 1, 2004 Cover Story Choosing Orthoses: Prefabricated Versus Custom Feature Stories Air Force Veteran Returns to the Cockpit Initiative Expands Veterans Administration O&P Research Program Field Facts Runner�s World Salutes Eight as First Recipients of New �Heroes of Running� Awards Business Briefs Payment Rates and Policy Changes Issued for Hospital Outpatient Services Online Exclusive Amputee Coalition of America Seeks PALS Trainers OPAF Hosts World Bank Conference on Disability and Development New Products & Services Otto Bock Foot is Ready for Axtion Orthofeet Inc. Introduces Women�s Shoe With Stretch Otto Bock Offers Myoelectric Advances WBC Offers New Alternative to Small Chafes Acor Launches Sole Defense� Line of Comfort Footwear CPI Introduces Simplified, Accurate Exoalignment StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis	O&P BUSINESS NEWS December 1, 2004
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November 15, 2004 Cover Story Successful Management of Charcot Foot Cover Story 2 Balancing the Needs of the Patient With Charcot Foot Feature Stories Osteoclastic Activity and Bone Resorption Seen in Charcot Arthropathy Offloading Foot Ulcers Cheaper With Instant Total Contact Cast Clinical Matters Upper Extremity Options: Adaptive Prostheses and Components Field Facts Nationally Syndicated �Home Delivery� Films Next Step Association News ABC Inks Deal Aimed to Increase Exposure, Referrals for Accredited Facilities Health Care Updates Cold Therapy May Be Alternative to Transtibial Amputation Online Exclusive O&P Groups Sound Off on DMERC Policy Draft MPK Challenge Exceeds Goal New Products & Services Cascade Orthopedic Supply Offers RCAI Multi Podus� Boot Cascade Orthopedic Supply Distributes Juzo Shrinkers SPS Introduces ESK+ Acor Launches Sole Defense� Line of Comfort Footwear Fillauer Offers Anti-Adduction Orthosis Realastic Offers Prosthetic Restorations Realastic Still Offers PVC Alternative to Silicone Defender Pediatric Foot Virtually Maintenance Free Renegade LP Provides Complete Shock System StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis	O&P BUSINESS NEWS November 15, 2004
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November 1, 2004 Cover Story Beyond Managed Care: Four Trends Shaping the Direction of O&P Finances Feature Stories Meningococcal Meningitis: A Medical Emergency Marion Dunn Remembers Warm Springs Association News AOPA National Assembly Navigates Changing Tides, Presents New Material AOPA Elects Officers and Directors at Annual Meeting Business Briefs Langer Inc. Agrees to Acquire Silipos Inc. Government Relations Report NAAOP Submits Written Comments to Face-to-Face Physician Visit Proposed Rule Compliance Corner The Next HIPAA Hurdle: The Security Rule Online Exclusive Highlights from 2004 Paralympic Games Televised on OLN UT Southwestern Goes Online New Products & Services Cascade Orthopedic Supply Offers RCAI Multi Podus� Boot Cascade Orthopedic Supply Distributes Juzo Shrinkers SPS Introduces ESK+ Acor Launches Sole Defense� Line of Comfort Footwear Fillauer Offers Anti-Adduction Orthosis Realastic Offers Prosthetic Restorations Realastic Still Offers PVC Alternative to Silicone Defender Pediatric Foot Virtually Maintenance Free Renegade LP Provides Complete Shock System StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis	O&P BUSINESS NEWS November 1, 2004
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October 15, 2004 Feature Stories Adjustable Orthotic Device More EffectiveThan Static Casting HbA1C Level Good Predictor for Amputation Outcome Reimbursement Rounds CMS Strengthens Efforts to Reduce Fraud and Abuse in Medicare, Medicaid Association News ACA Introduces the Prosthetic Parity Law State Organizer's Kit Field Facts Benchmark Medical Appoints R. Scott LaNeve Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing Greenville Prosthetist Travels to El Salvador to Help Children in Need Online Exclusive Paralympic Games to Award Gold for Spirit, Determination Xilas Medical, Inc. Welcomes Jim W. Kramer as Vice President New Products & Services Knit-Rite Offers Seattle Systems Prosthetic Components Coyote Design Revamps Air-Lock Ossur GII Introduces the Paradigm� Ligament Brace Thermawear Foot Gauntlet Distributed by Cascade Orthopedic Supply EZ ROM Knee Brace Provides Easy PostOp Bracing Durable, All-Silicone Feet From Realastic Cascade Orthopedic Supply Features Steinel Heat Guns MedStat Inc. Introduces the BODI� Extension and Flexion Knee Brace Fabs and Tabs From Jim Smith Sales Provide Instant Relief Take Control With CPI�s Adjustable Stride Control Becker Orthopedic Offers the Tamarack Clevisphere� Ankle Joint StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis	O&P BUSINESS NEWS October 15, 2004
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October 1, 2004 Cover Story Exploring the Multifaceted Nature of Cornelia de Lange�s Syndrome Feature Stories New Pediatric Knee Prevents Falls, Boasts Novel Locking Mechanism Amputees Cross Europe on Bikes, Raise Awareness Field Facts Ohio Willow Wood Welcomes New Employees Juzo Sponsors World�s Fastest Paralympic Athlete Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. Announces Second Quarter Net Income CMS Encourages States to Give Medicaid Beneficiaries More Control Online Exclusive Amputee Organist Performs at Keyboard Benefit Concert Methodist Rehabilitation Center Leads International Effort to Aid Iraqi Amputees New Products & Services Cascade Orthopedic Supply Offers Breg Product Line E-R Resin is Strong and Economical New Becker Ratchet Lock� from PEL Supply Scott-Craig Paraplegic Orthoses Offered in Three Styles Cascade Orthopedic Supply Introduces ProAdvantage Attachment Kits with ClickLock� Sroufe Unveils PneuGel� Shoulder Wrap Take Control With CPI�s New Adjustable Stride Control�	O&P BUSINESS NEWS October 1, 2004
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October 2004 Cover Story Orthotic Management of Post-Polio Syndrome Manejo Ort�sico del S�ndrome Post-Polio (El espa�ol) Feature Stories Innovative Socket Design Improves Stability and Comfort Global Notebook France: Maintaining Quality Health Care While Striving to Curb Costs Francia: Manteniendo la Calidad de los Servicios de Salud Mientras se Controlan los Costos (El espa�ol) O&P News European Members of the CAMP Group Buy Boston Brace Europe ISIHF Pushes for Amputee Ice Hockey in China Online Exclusive U.K. National Member Society of ISPO Holds Annual Scientific Meeting New Polio Cases Confirmed in Guinea, Mali and the Sudan New Products & Services O&P Catalog Available at WBCIndustries.com PEL Supply Forms Canadian Distribution Division Take Control With CPI�s Adjustable Stride Control� Coyote Design Revamps Air-Lock	O&P WORLD October 2004
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September 15, 2004 Cover Story Finding the Right Balance Between Business and Patient Management Feature Stories New Educational Requirements Planned for Pedorthists Researchers Put Muscles to Work Like Never Before Reimbursement Rounds Medicare Post-Payment Audits: Common Sense Doesn�t Apply Special Report CMS Proposes New Coverage Criteria for DMEPOS Field Facts Antorietto Promoted to OrPro�s VP of Operations Becker Orthopedic Appoints Vice-President of Marketing and Sales Online Exclusive Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Announces Preliminary Investigation Findings PrimeFare Seminar and Golf Tournament: Growing, Growing, Grown Apex Foot Health Industries Sponsors FUTURES Golf Tour New Products & Services Quick-Draw Shoulder Orthosis Offers Infinite Range of Motion Chelsea CTO Provides Comfortable Immobilization ACOR Launches Sole Defense� Line of Comfort Footwear PEL Supply Forms Canadian Distribution Division Knee Management Orthosis Introduced OPTEC Inc. Introduces a Trio of Hyperextension Braces PEL Supply Offers New Impulse� Ankle Take Control With CPI�s New Adjustable Stride Control� StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis TLC HP Provides More Lateral and Lumbar Support Realastic� Putting Best Feet Forward Knit-Rite Introduces Torso-Interface With X-Static New Options Offers the C-ME Prosthetic Cover Sleeve Titanium Parts Available from Jim Smith Sales Becker Orthopedic Offers the Tamarack Clevisphere� Ankle Joint College Park Industries Includes Free Sealing Boot With Every Trustep�, Venture� and Tribute� Foot	O&P BUSINESS NEWS September 15, 2004
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September 1, 2004 Cover Story Amputees Take Initiative by Spreading O&P Advocacy Across America Feature Stories The Finer Points of Patient Scheduling Software Discounting Creates Considerable Financial and Patient Care Dilemmas Field Facts Pedorthics Makes History at the Olympics Business Briefs HHS Revises Medicare Obesity Coverage Policy Association News Texas AAOP Holds Annual Tech Meeting Online Exclusive Ohio Willow Wood's Omega T-Ring Wins Gold Medical Design Excellence Award King of Ghana Visits Ossur North America and the Challenged Athletes Foundation New Products & Services Knit-Rite Introduces Torso-Interface With X-Static Seattle Systems Introduces Alternative for Diabetic Foot Treatment 2004 Product Catalog Available from Scott Orthotic Labs Inc. DAFO PollyEthels Simplify Casting Becker Orthopedic Offers the Tamarack Clevisphere� Ankle Joint Take Control With CPI's New Adjustable Stride Control Realastic Offers Low-Cost PVC Alternative to Silicone	O&P BUSINESS NEWS September 1, 2004
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August 15, 2004 Cover Story Outreach Clinics Bring Hope to Hard to Reach Places Feature Stories Integrating the New Electronic Facility in O&P O&P Political Action Committee Gets the Message Out on Capitol Hill Reimbursement Rounds Least Costly Adequate Treatment: The TennCare Conundrum Business Briefs New COBRA Regulations Effective Jan. 1 Field Facts Melissa Snell Named Vice President Children�s Memorial Hospital Welcomes Malas Online Exclusive CMS Implements $1 Billion Program to Help Hospitals, Others Recoup Unpaid Emergency Room Costs New Products & Services Osteoarthritic Knee Brace Available From PEL Supply College Park Industries Includes Free Sealing Boot With Every Trustep�, Venture� and Tribute� Foot Freeman Manufacturing Co. Announces New Catalog Amfit Inc. Launches insole.com Realastic� Putting Best Feet Forward Scott Orthotic Labs Expands Central Fab Services Hanger Announces Implementation Of 3-D Laser-Scanning Technology Scott Introduces Its Universal Hip Abduction Orthosis Runway Foot Addresses Cosmetic and Fashion Needs StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis Ossur Introduces Flexskin� Silicone Cosmetic Cover Anatomical Concepts Introduces New Plantar Surface Suspension	O&P BUSINESS NEWS August 15, 2004
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August 1, 2004 Cover Story The Role of O&P in the Rehabilitation of Burn Patients Feature Stories Manuel De La Torre Remembered The Merchants of Baghdad: Part Iraqi, Part American, All Courage Field Facts Ultraflex Expands Outside Clinical and Technical Support Team Business Briefs Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against Hanger OIG Reports Progress Against Waste, Abuse and Fraud Online Exclusive Hanger Presents First Annual Technician Summit ContourMed Awarded PRSA�s Silver Anvil Award of Excellence New Products & Services StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis WBC Industries Offers Orthopedic Leathers PEL Supply Offers PAL Guard from Orthomerica Becker Orthopedic Offers the Tamarack Clevisphere� Ankle Joint Mary Jane Shoes Provide Attractive Protection and Comfort UCO International Introduces Thermoflux Reinforcement Material PEL Supply Offers Alpha� Contoured and Tapered Liners in Large Sizes SPS Relaunches Blue-Line Modular Components Orthomerica Introduces CORONA Ankle Foot Orthosis SPS Launches ANSWER 2� Shoes Devcon and Dycor Introduce Flexane 80 SPS and Cybertech Reach Distribution Agreement	O&P BUSINESS NEWS August 1, 2004
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July 15, 2004 Cover Story New and Innovative Materials and Fabrics in O&P Feature Stories O&P Industry Plans for the Future Georgia Tech Offers O&P Graduates a Lifetime of Training, Experience and Guidance Field Facts Pennsylvania O&P Society Raises Funds Coyote Design Relocates Headquarters Nick Taylor Remembered Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Forms Innovative Neurotronics Inc. Online Exclusive Hanger Welcomes Dobson New Products & Services WBC Industries Now Distributes Full Line of Silipos� O&P Products OrthoLux� From StatFab Now Available Through SPS SleeveArt� Introduces Prosthetic Laminating Sleeves Impulse� Ankle Available Through SPS SPS Launches ANSWER 2� Shoes Silver Shrinkers From Knit-Rite Reduce Infection Risk, May Help Phantom Pain Knit-Rite�s New Soft-Sock With X-Static Jim Smith Sales Introduces AK and BK Locks SPS and Cybertech Reach Distribution Agreement Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces New Scotty Ankle Joint Sizes Prices Reduced on Seattle Systems� Adaptors from PEL Supply Ossur Presents Iceross Transfemoral Seal-In Liner Free Sealing Boot Ships With Every Trustep�, Venture� and Tribute� College Park Order	O&P BUSINESS NEWS July 15, 2004
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July 1, 2004 Cover Story Merging Marketing and Education for Industry Advancement Feature Stories H. Richard Lehneis: Admired O&P Practitioner, Writer and Educator Developing a New Method for Creating Sockets Field Facts Langer Welcomes Berhang Fabtech Systems Finds a New Home Hoxie Resigns as Executive Director of ABC Online Exclusive VA Program Presents One-Day Symposium AAOP Bylaws Changes Approved by Members New Products & Services StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis SPS Distributes the HippO� Orthosis Devcon and Dycor Introduce Flexane 80 Lerman Noninvasive Pediatric Halo Available From PEL Supply PEL Supply Offers New Endurance� Knee at Special Price StatFab Introduces the Extender� TLSO Extension Kit Orthomerica Introduces New Vulcan� Ankle Flexure Joint O&P Catalog Available at WBCIndustries.com Apex Introduces Aetrex� Performance Footwear Free Sealing Boot Ships With Every Trustep�, Venture� and Tribute� College Park Order STS Impression Products Unveils the Slipper Sock Teufel Transfer Papers Now Available From Atlas International Freedom Expands Product Line With Evolution SP Liners	O&P BUSINESS NEWS July 1, 2004
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July 2004 Cover Story Understanding Differences in Upper and Lower Extremity Limb Loss and Prosthetics Entendiendo las Diferencias entre las Pr�tesis para la Extremidad Superior y la Inferior (El espa�ol) Global Notebook Japan�s Aging Population Poses Challenges and Opportunities La Poblaci�n Envejeciente de Jap�n Plantea Retos y Oportunidades (El espa�ol) O&P News Dorset Orthopaedic Wins Queen�s Award for SAFO ISPO Heads to Hong Kong Technical Spotlight Determining the Optimal Weight of Transtibial Prostheses Determinaci�n del Peso Optimo de las Pr�tesis Transtibiales (El espa�ol) Online Exclusive We�re #1: American Teens the World�s Fattest WHO Executive Board Appoints Two Regional Directors ORTHOP�DIE + REHA-TECHNIK Closes After Attracting More Than 12,300 Visitors New Products & Services On-Demand O&P Catalog Available at WBCIndustries.com College Park Introduces the New Tribute� Foot Upgraded MRI Halo System from Friddle Orthomerica Unveils the TC Flex AFO System Freedom Expands Product Line With Evolution SP Liners Otto Bock Shape System Certified in Mexico Coyote Design Offers Epoxy Alternative	O&P WORLD July 2004
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June 15, 2004 Cover Story Providing O&P Care in Prisons Feature Stories Challenges of Collecting Copays Revision of Drop Lock L-Code Creates Problems for Manufacturers Field Facts Rooney Joins Fillauer as Northeast Area Sales Manager Martin Named Orthotic Clinical Coordinator for Seattle Systems Brooks Joins OrPro Prosthetics & Orthotics Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Announces First Quarter Net Income Online Exclusive EasyStand Hires New Product Development Manager IAGA to Hold Annual Golf Tournament New Products & Services Patented DuraShock Pylon Available From PEL Supply Ohio Willow Wood Launches Impulse Ankle Molding Distal Roll-On From PEL Supply Interlock Jointe Available From SPS STS Company Unveils the Slipper Sock Stainless Steel Insert Extends Durability of SPS Clutch Lock Teufel Transfer Papers Now Available From Atlas International Tribute Foot Available From College Park Freedom Expands Product Line With Evolution SP Liners Modified Flexane 80 Now Available from Dycor	O&P BUSINESS NEWS June 15, 2004
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June 1, 2004 Cover Story A Primer on Anti-Kickback, Fraud and Abuse Legislation Feature Stories Health Care Fraud and Abuse Enforcement Academy Proposes Changes in Bylaws Field Facts Lawall Hires New Executive Vice President Certified Rehab Services Welcomes New Prosthetist Fleetwood Elected to UCP Board of Trustees Online Exclusive Omega T-Ring Named a Finalist in Medical Design Excellence Competition Top EasyStand Representatives Honored at Medtrade Spring 2004 New Products & Services StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis Realastic Offers Silicone Custom Partial Feet Scott Orthotic Labs Expands Central Fab Services PEL Supply Offers Expanded Power Belt Line Otto Bock Launches 3R90 and 3R92 Knees	O&P BUSINESS NEWS June 1, 2004
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May 15, 2004 Cover Story Technicians Find Opportunity and Fulfillment in the O&P Industry Feature Stories Ten Strategies for Successful Negotiating How Low Are Medicaid O&P Payments? Creating a Business Plan for Fun and Profit Reimbursement Rounds Stealth Denials: The New Face of Managed Care Field Facts PrimeFare Annual Seminar Adds New Offerings Online Exclusive ContourMed Announces Leadership Change Site Offers Foot, Ankle Health Information New Products & Services PEL Supply Offers Endolite Adaptive Knee Otto Bock Announces Launch of Myoelectric Technology Sroufe�s New 4000 Posterior Leg Splint� Skywalker Suspension Orthosis Now Available VIVA Sleeve Available from PEL Supply RCAI Unveils Hinge Assembly Kit The Static-Pro� Static/Progressive Wrist & Elbow StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces New Scotty Ankle Joint Sizes Scott Orthotics Expands Central Fab Services Introductory Offer on Runway Foot From SPS College Park�s New Tribute� Foot Now Available The Arch X-PRESS From Freedom Fabrication StatFab Introduces The HippO� Universal Hip Abduction Orthosis	O&P BUSINESS NEWS May 15, 2004
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May 1, 2004 Cover Story The Art of Cosmesis in Orthotics and Prosthetics Feature Stories The Engen Modular Upper Extremity Orthotic System Health Care Spending Nearly 60 Percent Higher for Back Pain Patients Business Briefs Hanger Acquires Brace Shop Prosthetic Orthotic Centers Hanger Forms Managed Care Organization Langer Reports Record Revenue for 2003 Online Exclusive ACA Announces Publication of New Resource Guide Anthony Staros Awarded Spirit of Hope Award New Products & Services Introductory Offer on Runway Foot From SPS New Expanded O&P Catalog Available From WBC Industries Freedom Innovations Unveils Evolution Liners The Arch X-PRESS From Freedom Fabrication StatFab Introduces the Extender� Extension Kit Receive Maglite Flashlight With Purchase of Alpha� MAX Liners StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis SPS Announces Release of Adaptive Knee From Endolite College Park�s New Tribute� Foot Now Available Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces the New V-3 Correction Joint	O&P BUSINESS NEWS May 1, 2004
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April 15, 2004 Cover Story Against All Odds: Ron Mann Takes Mixed Martial Arts to the Next Level Feature Stories Catching The Perfect Wave: The Association of Amputee Surfers Wheelchair Basketball Nets a Large Following Reimbursement Rounds Coding and Reimbursement for Cranial Remolding Orthoses Field Facts Gatto Joins East Coast Orthotic & Prosthetic Corp. as Vice President of Operations Ohio Willow Wood Appoints General Manager Online Exclusive ABC and BOC To Resume Unification Negotiations New Products & Services Comfort Introduces Softwick� Prosthetic Half Socks� StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis Silipos Launches Molding Distal Roll-Ons New Mini-TLC Pediatric Hip System from OPTEC SPS Expands Pediatric Offering With New Catalog StatFab Introduces the Extender� TLSO Sternal/Pectoral Extension Kit Image� Breast Prostheses Now Available	O&P BUSINESS NEWS April 15, 2004
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April 1, 2004 Cover Story One-stop Shopping: Using O&P Distributors Feature Stories Cosmetic Foot Surgery Fad Getting Attention Overweight Teens With Scoliosis Less Responsive to Orthotic Treatment Compliance Corner Dust Off That Compliance Program Field Facts ABC and BOC Discontinue Unification Meetings Business Briefs Hanger Announced Year-End Results Online Exclusive OPAF O&P Scholarship Program Application Deadline Approaching AAPD Leadership Gala Celebrated Industry Leaders and Advocates New Products & Services New Rigid LSO And TLSO From PEL Supply The Explorer™ Gel Suspension Sleeve From PEL Supply SPS Offers A Limited-Time Introductory Offer On Distal Roll-On™ StatFab Introduces the Extender™ TLSO Sternal/Pectoral extension kit SPS Extends Microshox Product Offering StatFab Introduces the Ortholux™ Soft Spinal Orthosis Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces New Scotty Ankle Joint Sizes SPS Expands Pediatric Offering With New Catalog New Mini-TLC Pediatric Hip System From OPTEC	O&P BUSINESS NEWS April 1, 2004
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April 2004 Cover Story Rehabilitation, Treatment and Orthotic Management of the Stroke Patient Rehabilitacion, Tratamiento y Manejo Ortesico del Paciente con Enfermedad Cerebro Vascular (El espa�ol) Feature Stories Exploring the Functional Performance of Interface Design Explorando el Desempe�o Funcional del Dise�o de las Interfases (El espa�ol) Germany: Reevaluating Its Health Care System Alemania: Reevaluando Su Sistema de Cuidado de Salud (El espa�ol) O&P News ABOTEC to Host Orthopedic Business Rio 2004 More Than 200 International Experts to Gather in Leipzig Technical Spotlight Motors in Medicine: Motor Parts Help Children Walk Again Online Exclusive Stevens Technology for Arsenic Remediation (STAR) Wheelchair Foundation & Rotary Clubs Distribute Free Wheelchairs to Disabled in Cambodia ISPO Australia Provides Friendly, Supportive Forum for Researchers CAPO Members to Gather in Ottawa New Products & Services Upgraded MRI Halo System from Friddle Orthomerica Unveils the TC Flex AFO System Otto Bock Shape System Certified in Mexico	O&P WORLD April 2004
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March 15, 2004 Cover Story The Orthotic Management of Plagiocephaly Feature Stories The Battle To Secure O&P’s Financial Future Educating Patients With Diabetic Foot Screenings Field Facts Ossur and Southern Prosthetic Supply Announce Distribution Agreement In Principle Knit-Rite Appoints New Vice President of Sales and Marketing Fillauer Promotes Hughes to Director of Custom Fabrication Business Briefs Growth of Health Care Spending Slowed in 2003 Online Exclusive Barr Foundation Donates Time, Services to PROJIMO Project CMS Implements New K Codes, PFA Requests Delay New Products & Services Scott Orthotic Labs Unveils the Zero-G Orthosis SPS Introduces the Bledsoe Thruster 2 OA Knee Brace SPS Releases Improved Footshells and Renegade Foot Introductory Price on Innovator Post-Op Knee Brace SPS Announces Availability of Adaptive Knee Toe Protector Available from Anatomical Concepts P-POD™ Pediatric Components Available from PEL Supply Ossur Introduces Junior Solution Flexible Keel ADL Partial Feet Available from Dycor Fitted Polyester Casting Socks from PEL Supply College Park Provides Free Sealing Boot With TruPer® Foot	O&P BUSINESS NEWS March 15, 2004
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March 1, 2004 Cover Story Are You Protecting Your Practice? Feature Stories Claude �Gene� Lambert Remembered National Wrong Site Surgery Protocol Goes Into Effect July 1 Field Facts Robin Williams Helps 10th San Diego Triathlon Challenge Raise $1 Million Business Briefs CMS Announces the Standard Unique Health Identifier for Health Care Providers Medicare Proposes Increased Rates for Long-Term Care Hospitals Online Exclusive Ironman Revisited Returns to Oahu for Third Year Amputees Spread Knowledge, Inspiration During East Coast Bike Trip New Products & Services Seattle Systems Provides Same-Day Shipping for Cadence HPE Silicone Protective Coverings Now Available From Realastic Silipos Launches Improved Silosheath SPS Introduces Innovator Post-Op Knee Brace With Introductory Offer StatFab Introduces the OrthoLux� Soft Spinal Orthosis Knit-Rite Makes Available its Power Tube� Pull Sock Becker Offers Best of Both Worlds	O&P BUSINESS NEWS March 1, 2004
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February 15, 2004 Cover Story Components, Insurance and the Highly Active Amputee Feature Stories Medicare Reform Legislation Provides Another Blow for the O&P Industry Adapting to the New Electronic Facility Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Acquires Rehab Designs of America Field Facts Freedom Innovations Moves to New Office Hanger Education Fair Emphasizes Clinical Excellence and Technology Fabtech Systems Announces New Tech Team Member Online Exclusive Randall Alley Provides Prosthetic Consultation for ER Otto Bock Health Care Matches Largest Donations to Project Quantum Leap New Products & Services Reinforced Custom Partial Silicone Feet Available From Realastic Prosthetics Sroufe Introduces New Shoulder Immobilizer SPS Introduces Innovator Post-Op Knee Brace With Introductory Offer Alpha� MAX in Stock at SPS Bledsoe Thruster 2 OA Knee Brace Available at SPS Silipos Launches Improved Silosheath Orthomerica Introduces New TC Flex System Ossur Unveils New Suction Suspension Liner Seattle Systems Reintroduces Mark V Knee Frames Universal �Gunslinger� Auxiliary Belt Available From Knit-Rite Gillette Ankle Joints Available From Becker Orthopedic New Tribute Foot From College Park Industries New Titanium HD Components Available From PEL Supply	O&P BUSINESS NEWS February 15, 2004
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February 1, 2004 Cover Story The Special Needs of Geriatric Patients in O&P Feature Stories Pharmacists Debate Medicare�s Ruling on Providing Footwear Late Amputation Resulted in Poorer Outcomes Field Facts OrPro Announces Promotions Business Briefs Ossur Modifies Affiliated Facilities Program Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Class Action Suit Online Exclusive NAAOP Challenges New Orthotic Coding Policy Barr Foundation Grants Bilateral Amputee New Arms New Products & Services The Littig Hip System� Now Available From SPS Seattle Systems Re-releases Mark V Knee Frames Fabtech Systems Releases New Product and C-Fab Services Catalogs SPS Announces Availability of P-POD Pediatric Line The Bledsoe Thruster 2 Now Available From SPS Foot.com Offers Online Forum for Foot Health Professionals 4055 Pneugel� Ankle Wrap Provides Cold Therapy, Compression and Support LIVINGSKIN Opens Clinical Services Centers OPTEC Announces the Improved Oasis Soft Spinal System	O&P BUSINESS NEWS February 1, 2004
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January 15, 2004 Cover Story Direct-to-Consumer Marketing in O&P Feature Stories Reaching New Heights in Patient Care: AOPA National Assembly History of Government-Induced HMOs Field Facts Scanio Joins Westcoast Brace & Limb College Park Industries Welcomes New Territory Manager Business Briefs Ossur and Freedom Innovations Agree to Settlement Online Exclusive Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics Welcomes Matthew J. Mikosz Hanger Orthopedic Group Welcomes New Development and Planning Director New Products & Services Fillauer Introduces the Durashock Pylon Fabtech Systems Releases C-Fab Services Catalog PEL Supply Offers the GeoLite� Knee Ossur Introduces Junior Solution SPS Announces Availability of Alpha� MAX OPTEC Announces the Improved Oasis Soft Spinal System The Mercury Knee Now Available From SPS Seattle Systems Offers High-Strength Prostheses for Heavy Patients Becker Offers the Lerman Noninvasive Pediatric Halo System	O&P BUSINESS NEWS January 15, 2004
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January 1, 2004 Cover Story Building an Internet Presence to Market Your Business Feature Stories O&P Industry Targeted for Reimbursement and Contracting Challenges O&P Pioneer Charles Rosenquist Remembered Compliance Corner HIPAA and Responses to Subpoenas Field Facts Petruzzo Named to Presidency of Boston Brace International Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Announces Third Quarter Results Online Exclusive DMERCs Announce New Codes, Clarifications for 2004 DMERC Region D Announces New HCPCS Codes for 2004 New Products & Services Sole Defense Provides Patients a Custom Fit Solution Becker Orthopedic Offers the Wilmer� Carrying Orthosis PEL Supply Offers Cosmic� Spinal System from Orthomerica Otto Bock Introduces the Harmony� HD PEL Supply Offers the Lerman 3-Point Knee Orthosis Fillauer Swing Phase Lock from PEL Supply The O&P Hub Web Site Now Accepting Orders Fabtech Systems Releases C-Fab Services Catalog	O&P BUSINESS NEWS January 1, 2004
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January 2004 Cover Story The Global Diabetes Epidemic La Epidemia Global de Diabetes (El espa�ol) Feature Stories Brazil: Its Health Care System Is a Study in Contrasts Brasil: Su Sistema de Salud es un Estudio en Contrastes (El espa�ol) Servicios de Rehabilitaci�n Integral en Rep�blica Dominicana (El espa�ol) Technical Spotlight The Effects of a New Foot-Toe Orthosis in Treating Painful Hallux Valgus Los Efectos de un Nueva Ortesis para Pie-Dedo en el Tratamiento del Hallux Valgus Doloroso (El espa�ol) Online Exclusive New Contact Information for US-ISPO ISPO Canada Symposium 2003 Canada to Host the 2007 World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics New Products & Services Restorative Care of America Releases New Hip Orthosis New Pediatric Hip Orthosis and Joint From Orthomerica Spinal Solutions Launches the VertiLok Soft Spinal System	O&P WORLD January 2004
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December 15, 2003 Cover Story Time of Change for O&P: 2003 in Review Feature Stories Seattle Systems Restructures �Big Tony� Filippis: Battling for Americans With Disabilities Association News OPAF Welcomes Ohio Willow Wood as Gold Sponsor NJAAOP Holds Annual Meeting Field Facts Ossur North America Reorganizes Williams Appointed President and Chief Operating Officer for Benchmark Online Exclusive Creative Orthotics & Prosthetics Adds Professional Staff Congress Passes Medicare Bill American Prosthetics & Orthotics Begins Service in Ottumwa New Products & Services Free Sealing Boots With Every Venture Purchase Becker Offers the Lerman Noninvasive Pediatric Halo System StatFab Introduces The HippO� Universal Hip Abduction Orthosis New Auxiliary Belts Available From Knit-Rite P-POD Pediatric Line Now Available From SPS SPS Announces New Renegade L-Code TiMED Introduces Titanium Offset Tube Clamp Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces the New V-3 Correction Joint and Molding Dummy Restorative Care of America Introduces the Pediatric Dorsal Wrist Splint Restorative Care of America Introduces the Hip Abduction Orthosis OPTEC Launches Redesigned Web Site	O&P BUSINESS NEWS December 15, 2003
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December 1, 2003 Cover Story Analyzing Restrictive Covenants: The Competing Interests of Employers and Employees Feature Stories Employment Non-Compete Agreements: Pursuing Integrity and Professionalism in O&P Navigating Non-Compete Agreements in the O&P Industry Business Briefs Three Orthotic Companies Merge Field Facts Benchmark Medical Acquires Swanson Orthotic and Prosthetic Center Association News OPAF Announces Newly Elected Board of Directors Online Exclusive Amberg Named Documentation Control Specialist Committee of LeTourneau Appointed to Mayor's Committee for People With Disabilities New Products & Services Ossur Introduces Low Profile Ceterus UCO International Introduces the Compact TEK Littig Hip System Offers Increased Comfort and Mobility Becker Offers the Lerman Noninvasive Pediatric Halo System Franklin Prosthetic Offers Custom Silicone Cosmetic Covers New Seattle Systems Tool Makes Ordering Custom Knee Braces Easier Than Ever Before	O&P BUSINESS NEWS December 1, 2003
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November 15, 2003 Cover Story Forefoot, Toe Amputations and Prostheses: The Quest to Restore Normal Ambulation Feature Stories California O&P School Gets Help From a Friend Medicare�s 5 Year Replacement Rule Reimbursement Rounds How Much is the Medicare Copay Amount: It All Depends Field Facts Arthur Gagne Joins Tampa Bay Artificial Limbs Bork, Noffer Join Endolite Staff Online Exclusive Sunny Hills Orthopedic Services to Hold Sports Options Seminar SPS Announces Expansion of California Warehouse Wright & Filippis Announces Plans for 60th Anniversary New Products & Services Free Sealing Boots with Every Venture Purchase SPS Announces New Renegade L-Code P-POD Pediatric Line Now Available From SPS StatFab Introduces The HippO� Universal Hip Abduction Orthosis Becker Unveils the Daytona Cervical Orthosis U.S. Orthotics Introduces Pediatric Soft-Goods Line Knit-Rite Offers The Fillauer Gator Grip �Boot Buddy� Donning Sock Available From Knit-Rite	O&P BUSINESS NEWS November 15, 2003
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November 1, 2003 Cover Story Therapeutic Shoe Bill Puts Pedorthics On the Map Feature Stories Type 2 Diabetes in Children: A Rising Epidemic Manual of Artificial Limbs Lays Blueprint for A.A. Marks Company Field Facts Kaminsky Named Director of Operations for Benchmark�s West Region Denis Thellab Named Vice President of Marketing for Endolite North America Business Briefs Ossur Acquires Generation II Group Online Exclusive PFA Symposium Focuses on the Diabetic Foot Vaughn Promoted to Executive Vice President Dan Smoker Earns Prosthetist Certification New Products & Services Orto Ped New Distributor for Coyote Design Jim Smith Sales Introduces Refresh RX Powder PEL Supply Offers New Foot and Arch Catalog on CD TiMED Introduces the Titanium Offset Tube Clamp New Pediatric Hip Orthosis and Joint From Orthomerica Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces the New V-3 Correction Joint and Molding Dummy MICA Offers the GENESIS Footshell in Different Shades Restorative Care of America Introduces the HD Drop Lock POP Knee Brace StatFab Introduces the ACE-300� Hyperextension Orthosis Becker Orthopedic Offers the Heavy Duty Lever Release System Special On Langer Low-Profile & Standard Walkers Venture Offers Adjustable Stride Control Otto Bock Announces Unique Plantar-Flexion Stop	O&P BUSINESS NEWS November 1, 2003
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October 15, 2003 Cover Story Mergers and Acquisitions in O&P: An Update Feature Stories How Managed Care Is Driving O&P Mergers and Acquisitions Making Your Move: Starting Up an O&P Business Reimbursement Rounds Medicare Audits: Why�s Everybody Always Picking on Me? Field Facts Bud Bronkhorst Nominated for ABC Board OPTEC Hires New Director of Finance and Administration, Director of Sales Otto Bock Launches Fabrication Services Web Site Online Exclusive Compliance Deadline for HIPAA Electronic Transactions Extended O&P Auxiliary Invites Assembly Attendees OPGA Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Looks to Future Speakers at PFA Symposium Focus on Diabetic Foot New Products & Services SPS Releases Special Liners & Sleeves Catalog MSDS Sheets Available Online at SPS Web Site Venture Offers Adjustable Stride Control Coyote Design Revamps Quick Adhesive Knit-Rite Offers The Fillauer Gator Grip The �Boot Buddy� Donning Sock From Knit-Rite Vorum Offers CAD/CAM Carver Compatibility StatFab Introduces The HippO� Universal Hip Abduction Orthosis RCAI Releases New POP Arm Brace Jim Smith Sales Introduces the Southern Comfort Diabetic Sock Special On Langer Low-Profile & Standard Walkers TiMED Introduces Titanium Offset Tube Clamp U.S. Orthotics Introduces the Double Wing Back Support MICA Offers the GENESIS Footshell in Different Shades StatFab Introduces the ACE-300� Hyperextension Orthosis Otto Bock Announces Unique Plantar-Flexion Stop New Options Sports Introduces VeLPlush�	O&P BUSINESS NEWS October 15, 2003
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October 1, 2003 Cover Story Stance Control Orthoses: Revolutionizing Patient Care Feature Stories 5 Tax-Saving Secrets for O&P Business Owners Adapting to the Possibilities Compliance Corner HIPAA Misunderstandings: The Authorization Form Field Facts Endolite Named Source for Bauerfeind Prosthetik Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Completes Two Acquisitions Online Exclusive Congressman Joins OPGA for Golf, D.C. Update Medicare Increases Nursing Home Payment Rates The Multidisciplinary & Rehabilitation Seminar of Lower Limb Orthoses New Products & Services Orthomerica Introduces the PAL� Guard Grommet Locks Available From Coyote Design Restorative Care of America Introduces Tennis Elbow Brace Explorer� Gel Reinforced Suspension Sleeve Offers Flexibility and Freedom	O&P BUSINESS NEWS October 1, 2003
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October 2003 Cover Story Special Devices Improve Quality of Life Feature Stories Hanger’s Humanitarian Efforts in Barranquilla O&P News OPSI National Conference To Be Held in Bhubaneswar, India Online Exclusive WHO Director-General Accelerates Global Polio Eradication Effort as Polio Threatens Other Countries ISPO Canada Symposium 2003 Global Polio Eradication Initiative Welcomes the Organization of the Islamic Conference Efforts to Eradicate Polio Canada to Host the 2007 World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics New Products & Services College Park Industries Releases Venture™ Foot New Options Sports Introduces VeLPlush™ Orthomerica Introduces the PAL™ Guard Otto Bock Announces Unique Plantar-Flexion Stop	O&P WORLD October 2003
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September 15, 2003 Cover Story Alternative and Complementary Treatments for Children With Cerebral Palsy Feature Stories Hanger Orthopedic Group Continues to Grow Commitment Through Service and Advocacy Reimbursement Rounds Reimbursement Roulette: Repairs, Replacements and Adjustments Field Facts AAD Forms Midwest Chapter With Clark and Associates Online Exclusive OPAF To Hold Events at AOPA National Assembly Medicare Announces Increase In Payment Rates for Hospital Inpatient Care Otto Bock Promotes Custom Silicone Services Manager Business Briefs Hanger Orthopedic Group Announces Second Quarter Results New Products & Services Ohio Willow Wood Expands Product Lines New Cadence HP� Foot Available from PEL Supply PEL Supply Offers Pediatric CAPP Hand Explorer� Gel Reinforced Suspension Sleeve Offers Flexibility and Freedom Patent Pending Compressogrip A/K Shrinker Available From Knit-Rite Ohio Willow Wood, Woodward Release O&P Basics� Instant Sanitizer Jim Smith Sales Introduces Atlas International Prosthetic Components Orthomerica Introduces the New Cruciform Extension Orthosis Freedom Fabrication Releases Arch X-PRESS Orthomerica Relaunches Web Site U.S. Orthotics Introduces Dorso-Lite Dorsolumbar	O&P BUSINESS NEWS September 15, 2003
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September 1, 2003 Cover Story The Dynamics of Acquiring a New O&P Practice Feature Stories Medicare Regulations a Key Responsibility for CPeds Yeongchi Wu: Brilliance and Simplicity in Humanitarian Endeavors Field Facts Eastern Michigan University Offers Graduate Certificate Programs AAD Forms Midwest Chapter With Clark and Associates Jeracki Joins Orthotic Prosthetic Solutions Inc. Online Exclusive ACA Certifies Peer Visitors for the Military ACPOC Issues Call For Papers New Products & Services U.S. Orthotics Introduces Side-Lace Lumbosacral Supports Otto Bock� Offers Same-Day Turnaround on Luxon� Max Feet New Skin Care Silicone Liner from PEL Supply OPTEC Introduces E-Catalog 2003 Compressogrip AK Shrinkers Available from Cascade Orthopedic Supply Coyote Design Adds Distributor Cascade Offers Skin Reliever Sheath from Alps Introductory Discount Available on Thermoskins� Through SPS Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces Heavy Duty Size for the Meridian Ankle Joint Becker Orthopedic Offers the Lerman 3-Point Knee Orthosis SPS Announces 10 Percent Price Reduction on MICA Products	O&P BUSINESS NEWS September 1, 2003
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August 15, 2003 Cover Story The Double Trauma of Cancer & Limb Loss Feature Stories Hubert �Mack� McElfresh: Strong in Mind, Body and Spirit 8 Strategies Can Help Generate New Revenue Field Facts Topis AB Proves Latest Addition to Fillauer Companies Around and About Inc. Awarded ABC Accreditation Elliott to Serve on Alabama State Board of Prosthetists and Orthotists Online Exclusive Nelson to Present Basic Science Lecture at AACPDM Meeting Conner Brace Company Participates in Median School Technician Training Program Reimbursement Rounds Clinical Documentation: What, When and Why? New Products & Services Scott Orthotic Labs Introduces Heavy Duty Size for the Meridian Ankle Joint OTS Releases the InterLock Knee Joint College Park TruPer� Foot Made Just For Kids College Park Industries Releases New CD-ROM and Video Restorative Care of America Offers the Universal Thumb and Wrist Thumb Support Restorative Care of America Releases the Plantar Fasciitis Night Splint Coyote Design Releases Catalog Advance Comfort Footwear Medium Depth Shoe Distributed by Jim Smith Sales Becker Offers Best of Both Worlds SPS Makes Skinergy� Available for Same Day Shipping WBC Industries Offers Orthopedic Leathers	O&P BUSINESS NEWS August 15, 2003
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August 1, 2003 Cover Story Building Time Management Skills for the Busy O&P Professional Feature Stories Century College O&P, Seen Through the Eyes of Its Faculty and Students The Costs of a Single Payer System Field Facts Richard Schwartz Receives Honorary Doctorate Certified Limb & Brace Awarded ABC Accreditation Endolite Secures Exclusive Rights For Flexible Socket Material Online Exclusive Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Fails to Reach Consensus Benjamin Young New ACA Youth Activities Coordinator OPAF’s Looking for New Members for Board of Directors New Products & Services OPTEC Introduces E-Catalog 2003 Amfit® Introduces New 4.0 Software for the Footfax™-SL Contact Digitizer Restorative Care of America Announces the Drop Lock Postoperative Pin Knee Brace DeRoyal Unveils Ankle Contracture Boot Mercury Knee Now Available Through SPS College Park Offers the TruStep® Foot College Park Industries Releases the Venture™ Foot DeRoyal Introduces the SP Dynamic Range of Motion Elbow Orthosis SPS Introduces the OP4 Knee from Medipro Scott Orthotic Labs Unveils Scott Bending Irons Becker Orthopedic Offers the Heavy Duty Lever Release System SPS Makes Skinergy™ Available for Same Day Shipping Cadence HP Now Available Through SPS BraceLink v.2 Pocket PC Software Now Available From Orthomerica	O&P BUSINESS NEWS August 1, 2003
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July 15, 2003 Cover Story Workplace Safety: How Do You Measure Up? Feature Stories Ralph “Ronney” Snell Remembered ACPOC Hosts 2003 Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg Field Facts