Re: (OANDP-L)
kevin hawkins
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Title:
Re: (OANDP-L)
Creator:
kevin hawkins
Date:
12/29/2000
Text:
Charles
Your absolutely correct, on that! As part of the gov. relations
committee this was an area that we spent a great deal of time on! But, the
people who fought so hard against us on the hill are the same exact people
that we in the o&p world buy all of our off the shelf items, and
manufacturing materials from everyday! They are called NOMA National
Orthotic Manufacturers Assoc.. They dumped a ton of money and time on the
hill to prevent us from getting any more aggressive language in place. These
are the same people that walk in your front door and shake your hand, and
are happy to sell you their products, but turn around and stick it to you in
the back! You need to find out who all the members of NOMA are, and let them
know exactly how you feel!
Kevin Hawkins CP
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Barocas,C.O. < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: [OANDP-L] (OANDP-L)
> Before we start patting ourselves on the back or deriding those in
> leadership, has anybody read the actual federal statute in question,
HR5661,
> that is now part of the US Code. As I read it ( please correct me if I
am
> reading the wrong statute), the only thing it impacts in orthotics are
> custom fabricated braces from a patient mold. You have to be a
qualified
> practitioner to do a custom AFO for a drop foot but you can be anybody
and
> do a Halo or any number of fracture braces, ACL, OA, spinal or any other
> kind of orthosis. And if you down code the AFO, you can do that too. It
> is only a matter of time before manufacturer's come up with better off the
> shelf fits that are very modifiable to meet this new challenge to AFO's.
> Maybe a mold once, step many plastic, for you PC freaks
> >
> By the absence of any certification for the other 99% of orthotics
> (off-the-shelf, custom made from measurement or tracing, future cad cam,
> custom fitted), this law legitimizes everybody else in the orthotic
> business. Am I wrong?
> >
> I would have liked to see a minimum requirement for any Medicare
> reimbursement. Maybe at the level of orthotic fitter that Florida has a
> License for.
> >
> Charles Barocas, C.O., LO
>
>
Your absolutely correct, on that! As part of the gov. relations
committee this was an area that we spent a great deal of time on! But, the
people who fought so hard against us on the hill are the same exact people
that we in the o&p world buy all of our off the shelf items, and
manufacturing materials from everyday! They are called NOMA National
Orthotic Manufacturers Assoc.. They dumped a ton of money and time on the
hill to prevent us from getting any more aggressive language in place. These
are the same people that walk in your front door and shake your hand, and
are happy to sell you their products, but turn around and stick it to you in
the back! You need to find out who all the members of NOMA are, and let them
know exactly how you feel!
Kevin Hawkins CP
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Barocas,C.O. < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: [OANDP-L] (OANDP-L)
> Before we start patting ourselves on the back or deriding those in
> leadership, has anybody read the actual federal statute in question,
HR5661,
> that is now part of the US Code. As I read it ( please correct me if I
am
> reading the wrong statute), the only thing it impacts in orthotics are
> custom fabricated braces from a patient mold. You have to be a
qualified
> practitioner to do a custom AFO for a drop foot but you can be anybody
and
> do a Halo or any number of fracture braces, ACL, OA, spinal or any other
> kind of orthosis. And if you down code the AFO, you can do that too. It
> is only a matter of time before manufacturer's come up with better off the
> shelf fits that are very modifiable to meet this new challenge to AFO's.
> Maybe a mold once, step many plastic, for you PC freaks
> >
> By the absence of any certification for the other 99% of orthotics
> (off-the-shelf, custom made from measurement or tracing, future cad cam,
> custom fitted), this law legitimizes everybody else in the orthotic
> business. Am I wrong?
> >
> I would have liked to see a minimum requirement for any Medicare
> reimbursement. Maybe at the level of orthotic fitter that Florida has a
> License for.
> >
> Charles Barocas, C.O., LO
>
>
Citation
kevin hawkins, “Re: (OANDP-L),” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215413.
