Mobility Saves Educational Program

Mobility Saves is an educational program based on the Dobson DaVanzo study, a study funded by AOPA that studied Medicare data and proved the cost-effectiveness of orthotics and prosthetics. For a quick explanation of Mobility Saves, please watch this brief presentation.

To help spread the word to clinicians, payers, and referral sources, AOPA has a series of PowerPoint presentations that can be adapted and shared.  Read the full Dobson DaVanzo study here (or at least the Executive Summary) for more details as well as other good news findings.

Charles Dankmeyer named AOPA’S President Elect

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 2, 2013—During the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association’s (AOPA) 2013 O&P World Congress in Orlando, Florida, AOPA members elected Charles H. Dankmeyer Jr., CPO to the executive position of President-Elect of AOPA.

AOPA President Tom Kirk, Ph.D. congratulated Mr. Dankmeyer and welcomed his expanded role on AOPA’s Executive Committee saying, “We are proud to have Charlie, an accomplished member of the O&P community, named as my successor during this important time for O&P. The Committee is working tirelessly in the face of many threats on the state and national level to ensure that patients have access to quality care. The knowledge and experience Charlie brings with him makes him a vital contributor to AOPA’s advocacy efforts for O&P.”
AOPA, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is the largest non-profit organization dedicated to helping orthotic and prosthetic businesses and professionals navigate the multitude of issues surrounding the delivery of quality patient care. The association was founded when needs of returning veterans in the aftermath of World War I required a national organization to address the educational and research requirements of the industry.

American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association 330 John Carlyle Street, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314 • Phone: 571/431-0876 • Fax: 572/431-0899
www.AOPAnet.org

Color Run Pictures

Here are some candid shots of our awesome time at Color Run Baltimore! Patients and employees joined together for an afternoon of colorful family fun.

Recommended Reading

Outcome Measures: Avenues for Optimizing Prosthetic Performance By Vibhor Agrawal, PhD, ATP (Content provided by The O&P EDGE).

Are you optimizing prosthetic performance in your patients? Is improved performance translating into better health for your patients? Are you measuring outcomes to document the health-related benefits of the prostheses you provide to your patients?

The need to measure and evaluate prosthetic outcomes has become a hot topic in the current healthcare environment. Outcome measurements may become a necessity for reimbursement in the near future as some payers are subscribing to the philosophy that anything that was not measured was not done and therefore should not get reimbursed.

Read more here...