U.S. Politics: AOPA Position on Legislation
Robert VanHook
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Title:
U.S. Politics: AOPA Position on Legislation
Creator:
Robert VanHook
Date:
3/12/1999
Text:
I would like to provide members of this listserv with some facts regarding
AOPA's legislative stance on the issue of establishing educational
standards for O&P providers. Our primary messages to Congress are as
follows:
Primary Messages:
The O&P profession helps people. O&P devices are custom devices and a high
level of skills is required to provide them.
Suppliers without the necessary skills and facilities are providing many
highly technical custom O&P services.
If Congress wants to improve the quality of patient care and curtail waste,
fraud and abuse in O&P, it should establish educational standards for O&P
practice and ensure that all custom O&P care billed under the L-codes is
supervised by qualified professionals.
AOPA has drafted workable legislation that would make this happen, and we
continue to work with members of Congress to have it introduced in a way
that has a chance of passage - not as a grandstand play. This issue is our
second priority -- the first priority must be to stop the cuts in O&P
reimbursement proposed in the Clinton budget.
If you would like to see a fuller explanation of this position, I will be
glad to provide it. All of AOPA's legislative positions are posted on our
website
(<URL Redacted>but some are in the members only section of
the site.
Best regards to all.
Robert T. Van Hook, CAE
Executive Director
American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association
1650 King Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703/836-7116
Fax: 703/836-0838
Email: <Email Address Redacted>
Webpage: www.opoffice.org
AOPA's legislative stance on the issue of establishing educational
standards for O&P providers. Our primary messages to Congress are as
follows:
Primary Messages:
The O&P profession helps people. O&P devices are custom devices and a high
level of skills is required to provide them.
Suppliers without the necessary skills and facilities are providing many
highly technical custom O&P services.
If Congress wants to improve the quality of patient care and curtail waste,
fraud and abuse in O&P, it should establish educational standards for O&P
practice and ensure that all custom O&P care billed under the L-codes is
supervised by qualified professionals.
AOPA has drafted workable legislation that would make this happen, and we
continue to work with members of Congress to have it introduced in a way
that has a chance of passage - not as a grandstand play. This issue is our
second priority -- the first priority must be to stop the cuts in O&P
reimbursement proposed in the Clinton budget.
If you would like to see a fuller explanation of this position, I will be
glad to provide it. All of AOPA's legislative positions are posted on our
website
(<URL Redacted>but some are in the members only section of
the site.
Best regards to all.
Robert T. Van Hook, CAE
Executive Director
American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association
1650 King Street, Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703/836-7116
Fax: 703/836-0838
Email: <Email Address Redacted>
Webpage: www.opoffice.org
Citation
Robert VanHook, “U.S. Politics: AOPA Position on Legislation,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/211387.
