Wake Up and Smell the Leverage
Anthony T. Barr
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Collection
Title:
Wake Up and Smell the Leverage
Creator:
Anthony T. Barr
Date:
12/18/2002
Text:
Well said Ralph and I couldn't agree with you more on your statements below.
While the different credentialing providers continue to bicker among themselves, state legislations are saying, Hey this is a unregulated health care profession.We can't force regulation on them, but maybe they will take the hint to regulate themselves if we cancel O&P Medicaid coverage. Besides, we need to trim our state budgets anyway,and to my knowledge O&P is the only health care provider that is unregulated !
Happy Holidays everyone!
Dont forget considering year end component and $$ tax deductible donations to the Barr Foundation.
See shipping instructions on our web site.
Squeaky Wheel Member,
Tony
Anthony T. Barr
President
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
----- Original Message -----
From: < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] ABC vs BOC vs NARD vs NOMA and whomever else
> Credentialing does not guarantee quality, ethics, morals or a consience.
> Any credential, whether it be MD, CPA or CPO or BOC only provides assurance
> that the individual has passed an established MINIMUM standard.
> It is up to the licensure boards in some states, payors in others and
> individuals in most to determine what they will accept as the MINIMUM
> standard of qualification for the providers of their services.
>
> This O&P field is TOO small to have the alphabet soup of credentials
> bickering amongst each other for bragging rights. Because of the small
> numbers of practitioners in O&P we have been divided and conquered. Look at
> the benefit cuts occuring for Medicaid beneficiaries in Massachusetts. What
> state is next?
> Get over the bickering, lets start to provide a united front to the benefit
> of our patients?clients?(another discussion). This united fornt will
> ultimately benefit all of us. We have a strong interesting story to tell. It
> is getting lost to the listeners in a sea of alphabet soup.
> Ralph W Nobbe CPO
>
>
While the different credentialing providers continue to bicker among themselves, state legislations are saying, Hey this is a unregulated health care profession.We can't force regulation on them, but maybe they will take the hint to regulate themselves if we cancel O&P Medicaid coverage. Besides, we need to trim our state budgets anyway,and to my knowledge O&P is the only health care provider that is unregulated !
Happy Holidays everyone!
Dont forget considering year end component and $$ tax deductible donations to the Barr Foundation.
See shipping instructions on our web site.
Squeaky Wheel Member,
Tony
Anthony T. Barr
President
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
----- Original Message -----
From: < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] ABC vs BOC vs NARD vs NOMA and whomever else
> Credentialing does not guarantee quality, ethics, morals or a consience.
> Any credential, whether it be MD, CPA or CPO or BOC only provides assurance
> that the individual has passed an established MINIMUM standard.
> It is up to the licensure boards in some states, payors in others and
> individuals in most to determine what they will accept as the MINIMUM
> standard of qualification for the providers of their services.
>
> This O&P field is TOO small to have the alphabet soup of credentials
> bickering amongst each other for bragging rights. Because of the small
> numbers of practitioners in O&P we have been divided and conquered. Look at
> the benefit cuts occuring for Medicaid beneficiaries in Massachusetts. What
> state is next?
> Get over the bickering, lets start to provide a united front to the benefit
> of our patients?clients?(another discussion). This united fornt will
> ultimately benefit all of us. We have a strong interesting story to tell. It
> is getting lost to the listeners in a sea of alphabet soup.
> Ralph W Nobbe CPO
>
>
Citation
Anthony T. Barr, “Wake Up and Smell the Leverage,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220233.
