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Healthcare Spending Grew 4.1% in 2022

WEBThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the Actuary released a report of the 2022 health expenditures in the United States.

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Purpose: Strategies for a Changing Healthcare Environment

WEBLast month I talked about the importance of having a clear, well-articulated vision for your business. This month, I am thinking about how environmental factors …

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Patient, Client, or Customer: What Should We Call the People We …

WEBIn 1981, The O&P Almanac published an article by John Sabolich, CPO, titled “Professionalism Or What?” in which he challenged practitioners to update their …

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Applying Health and Wellness Coaching to O&P

WEBIn sum, the emerging consensus defines the conceptual and interventional components of health and wellness coaching as a patient-centered approach wherein …

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The Importance of Healthy Muscle and Quality Movement

WEBWhile I have learned many lessons over the course of my residency, the one that stands out the most in shaping my outlook on patient care came from outside O&P. …

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The Unmentionables of Health: When Life Gets in the Way of …

WEBDuring the 2011 meeting of Health 2.0, an annual conference showcasing ways in which new technologies are transforming health and healthcare, Alexandra …

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Q&A: Is the U.S. Moving Towards Single-payer Healthcare

WEBRecently, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a "Medicare for All" proposal that would create a single-payer healthcare system in the United States. …

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Healthcare Policy: Where It Comes From And How To Change It

WEBHealthcare Policy: Where It Comes From And How To Change It. by John Brinkmann, MA, CPO, LPO, FAAOP. February 16, 2021. in EDGE Advantage. A few …

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Research Shows Function Improvements With Multiarticulating …

WEBJuly 26, 2022. in News. Results of a study comparing patient-reported and functional measures in unilateral transradial prosthetic users transitioning from a body-powered or …

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Midwestern University Adds O&P Program

WEBMarch 1, 2023. in EDGE Direct. The Midwestern University College of Health Sciences will debut a new O&P program that is set to welcome its first cohort of 20 students in …

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HHS Moves Forward with Development of Essential Health …

WEBIf the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA)—the national healthcare reform law—survives a U.S. Supreme Court challenge scheduled for …

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Össur Introduces Patient Care Sales Segment

WEBThe Patient Care segment, which consists of product sales and services provided in O&P clinics owned by Össur, joins the company’s two other business …

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Maine Passes Law for Coverage of Activities-related Prostheses for

WEBby The O&P EDGE. June 14, 2022. in News. Maine passed a law requiring health insurance policies regulated by the state consider the recreational needs of people …

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O&P and Healthcare: Where Are They Heading

WEBMiki Fairley. September 1, 2004. in Feature. “Forecasting the future of healthcare and health policy is. an imperfect science,” health experts Robert J. Blendon and. Catherine …

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The Spirit Catches You: Cultural Collisions and Cooperation in …

WEBIn 1980, a Hmong family relocated from Laos to Merced, California, a city about two and a half hours southeast of San Francisco. The youngest child, Lia, began …

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Phantom Limb Syndrome Linked to Mental and Medical Health

WEBPhantom Limb Syndrome Linked to Mental and Medical Health. “The fact that people in this study with PLP [phantom limb pain] also had more depression doesn’t …

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NYU Langone Health: Bionic Reconstruction Conference …

WEBNYU Langone Health: Bionic Reconstruction Conference (BReCON): The Future of Integrated Upper Limb Surgical and Prosthetic Intervention

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Medicare Salvage Billing

WEBMedicare Benefit Policy Manual . Chapter 15 â€“ Covered Medical and Other Health Services . Table of Contents (Rev. 241, 02-02-18) Transmittals for Chapter …

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