Barr Foundation Nomination to Program Advisory Oversight Committee for Competitve Acquisition of Durable Medical and "other Items".
tony barr
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Barr Foundation Nomination to Program Advisory Oversight Committee for Competitve Acquisition of Durable Medical and "other Items".
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tony barr
Date:
6/29/2004
Text:
I am truly humbled by the numerous e-mails and telephone calls of support
for my nomination to the Dept. Of Health and Human Services/CMS Program
Advisory Oversight Committee .Thank you all very much.
However, before I have been formally appointed, I wanted you to know that I
maybe inclined to decline the nomination if THIS committee is not made up
of any representatives from national disability (consumer/patient)
organizations whose members are made up of patients requiring
comprehensive orthotic treatment ie.Spina Bifida, Muscular Scolyosis,
Polio,etc.
As you know, my interests largely apply to advocating for amputees and users
of comprehensive prosthetics, where according to the solicitation these
meetings are exclusive to establishment of the competitive acquisition of
durable medical equipment and certain other items and services under the
Medicare program.
According to the Federal Register solicitation for nominations,as in Neg
Reg, certain other items, could apply to comprehensive
prosthetics.However, it is my believe that this will be a forum of
determining the differences and quality standards of DME and off the shelf
orthotics and comprehensive orthotics.
> The potential line up of this committee thus fars appears to be a
> duplication of those organizations/representaives of Neg Reg .
Without representatives nor actual demonstrations and displays of
comprehensive orthotic devices, these hearings will most likely have the
same result..zero !
Not only was the NEG REG committee made up of any of these organizations, I
was amazed that during 9 months of Neg Reg meetings I participated in
2003-2004 there was not one exhibit display to the committee of any of the
comprehensive orthotic devices we were asked and attempting to regulate nor
NO representatives from any national disability organizations requiring
orthotic treatment.
If nothing else these hearings serve as educational courses to CMS to
provide them with information.
How is one to educate CMS as to the complexities of providing proper
orthotic rehabilitation if comprehensive devices are not used a visual
exhibits and without explanation by disability organizations that use them?
Arguments from exclusively O&P providers and industry interests can be
interrupted as self serving and turf related.
Get the * indivisuals the patients of these services to serve on this
committee !!
> I sincerely hope that this time around the Academy and its sub groups have
> a better plan of representing the recipients of comprehensive orthotic
> rehabilitation than just themselves as the providers !
>
> This new bidding process will establish payment for certain durable
> medical equipment, enteral nutrition, and off-the-shelf orthotics.
> This new bidding process will establish payment for certain durable
> medical equipment, enteral nutrition, and off-the-shelf orthotics.
> I have again urged the Academy members and leadership to target and
> nominate representatives from well funded national organizations of those
> disabled requiring orthotic treatment to help the profession of O&P fight
> the fight on the PAOC hearings that will be focused on seperating DME
> from comprehensive orthotic treatment and excempting these services from
> competitve bidding, price freezes,etc.
> SUMMARY: This notice solicits nominations for * individuals to serve on
> the Program Advisory Oversight Committee that will advise the Secretary
> of Health and Human Services on the establishment of the competitive
> acquisition of durable medical equipment and certain other items and
> services under the Medicare program.
>
>
> After all it is the O&P professional providers whom are being ask to take
> the hit with proposed price freezes and deep discounts for orthotic
> rehabilitation (not the manufacturters)and these above mentioned
> organization's patients whom will be requiring comprehensive orthotic
> servcies, deserve proper representation.
>
I urge each and every O&P providers to ask the Academy, ABC,BOC and other
credentialing and professional O&P organizations whom are truly dedicated to
the welfare of the patient, as they all say they are, to solicit nominate
and include the appropiate leaders from these national disability
organizations on this committee.
> There is a short trigger on the deadline of nominations July 2,2004.
>
> Tony Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ertlreconstruction.com
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for my nomination to the Dept. Of Health and Human Services/CMS Program
Advisory Oversight Committee .Thank you all very much.
However, before I have been formally appointed, I wanted you to know that I
maybe inclined to decline the nomination if THIS committee is not made up
of any representatives from national disability (consumer/patient)
organizations whose members are made up of patients requiring
comprehensive orthotic treatment ie.Spina Bifida, Muscular Scolyosis,
Polio,etc.
As you know, my interests largely apply to advocating for amputees and users
of comprehensive prosthetics, where according to the solicitation these
meetings are exclusive to establishment of the competitive acquisition of
durable medical equipment and certain other items and services under the
Medicare program.
According to the Federal Register solicitation for nominations,as in Neg
Reg, certain other items, could apply to comprehensive
prosthetics.However, it is my believe that this will be a forum of
determining the differences and quality standards of DME and off the shelf
orthotics and comprehensive orthotics.
> The potential line up of this committee thus fars appears to be a
> duplication of those organizations/representaives of Neg Reg .
Without representatives nor actual demonstrations and displays of
comprehensive orthotic devices, these hearings will most likely have the
same result..zero !
Not only was the NEG REG committee made up of any of these organizations, I
was amazed that during 9 months of Neg Reg meetings I participated in
2003-2004 there was not one exhibit display to the committee of any of the
comprehensive orthotic devices we were asked and attempting to regulate nor
NO representatives from any national disability organizations requiring
orthotic treatment.
If nothing else these hearings serve as educational courses to CMS to
provide them with information.
How is one to educate CMS as to the complexities of providing proper
orthotic rehabilitation if comprehensive devices are not used a visual
exhibits and without explanation by disability organizations that use them?
Arguments from exclusively O&P providers and industry interests can be
interrupted as self serving and turf related.
Get the * indivisuals the patients of these services to serve on this
committee !!
> I sincerely hope that this time around the Academy and its sub groups have
> a better plan of representing the recipients of comprehensive orthotic
> rehabilitation than just themselves as the providers !
>
> This new bidding process will establish payment for certain durable
> medical equipment, enteral nutrition, and off-the-shelf orthotics.
> This new bidding process will establish payment for certain durable
> medical equipment, enteral nutrition, and off-the-shelf orthotics.
> I have again urged the Academy members and leadership to target and
> nominate representatives from well funded national organizations of those
> disabled requiring orthotic treatment to help the profession of O&P fight
> the fight on the PAOC hearings that will be focused on seperating DME
> from comprehensive orthotic treatment and excempting these services from
> competitve bidding, price freezes,etc.
> SUMMARY: This notice solicits nominations for * individuals to serve on
> the Program Advisory Oversight Committee that will advise the Secretary
> of Health and Human Services on the establishment of the competitive
> acquisition of durable medical equipment and certain other items and
> services under the Medicare program.
>
>
> After all it is the O&P professional providers whom are being ask to take
> the hit with proposed price freezes and deep discounts for orthotic
> rehabilitation (not the manufacturters)and these above mentioned
> organization's patients whom will be requiring comprehensive orthotic
> servcies, deserve proper representation.
>
I urge each and every O&P providers to ask the Academy, ABC,BOC and other
credentialing and professional O&P organizations whom are truly dedicated to
the welfare of the patient, as they all say they are, to solicit nominate
and include the appropiate leaders from these national disability
organizations on this committee.
> There is a short trigger on the deadline of nominations July 2,2004.
>
> Tony Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ertlreconstruction.com
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related to Orthotics and Prosthetics.
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should not be sent to the entire oandp-l list. Professional credentials
or affiliations should be used in all communications.
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tony barr, “Barr Foundation Nomination to Program Advisory Oversight Committee for Competitve Acquisition of Durable Medical and "other Items".,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/223167.
