how much would you charge?
Algonquin Orthopaedics
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Title:
how much would you charge?
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Algonquin Orthopaedics
Date:
1/25/2001
Text:
Hi All
I'm a Canadian CO in a smaller town. Our local hospitals are receiving more
and more patients from the big cities earlier than they ever have. When
clients require bracing I get the call. When they arrive WITH bracing,
follow up usually isn't maintained by the dispensing Orthotist. This is
primarily due to the fact that I haven't dispensed the device, and often
times don't even know the patient exists. Only when there are very, very
obvious problems am I called. I have just proposed to the hospital rehab
department head that I should provide care for clients who arrive with
bracing to make sure that the orthoses are fit and functioning as they
should. How many times have you seen a device that is not on properly etc.
which hampers healing. Anyway, I'm wondering what such an inpatient visit
should cost. This assumes a simple visit, adjustments to the existing
device, nothing replaced or modified requiring extra parts etc. The visit
would probably last about 20 to 30 min.
Any ideas?
TIA.
Cameron Renwick, C.O.(c)
Algonquin Orthopaedics
228 Main ST. West
Huntsville, Ont., P1H 1Y1
www.orthotics.on.ca
p. 705.787.0797
f. 705.787.0799
I'm a Canadian CO in a smaller town. Our local hospitals are receiving more
and more patients from the big cities earlier than they ever have. When
clients require bracing I get the call. When they arrive WITH bracing,
follow up usually isn't maintained by the dispensing Orthotist. This is
primarily due to the fact that I haven't dispensed the device, and often
times don't even know the patient exists. Only when there are very, very
obvious problems am I called. I have just proposed to the hospital rehab
department head that I should provide care for clients who arrive with
bracing to make sure that the orthoses are fit and functioning as they
should. How many times have you seen a device that is not on properly etc.
which hampers healing. Anyway, I'm wondering what such an inpatient visit
should cost. This assumes a simple visit, adjustments to the existing
device, nothing replaced or modified requiring extra parts etc. The visit
would probably last about 20 to 30 min.
Any ideas?
TIA.
Cameron Renwick, C.O.(c)
Algonquin Orthopaedics
228 Main ST. West
Huntsville, Ont., P1H 1Y1
www.orthotics.on.ca
p. 705.787.0797
f. 705.787.0799
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Algonquin Orthopaedics, “how much would you charge?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215688.
