(OANDP-L)
Charles Barocas,C.O.
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Title:
(OANDP-L)
Creator:
Charles Barocas,C.O.
Date:
12/28/2000
Text:
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
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
Charles Barocas,C.O., “(OANDP-L),” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215414.
