How High Are Your Expectations for O&P?
AOPA
Description
Collection
Title:
How High Are Your Expectations for O&P?
Creator:
AOPA
Date:
5/4/2005
Text:
Stop talking about what should be done for O&P and take action by attending:
2005 O&P Policy Forum (9 CECs)
June 20-22
Grand Hyatt Washington
Register by May 20 to receive the lowest room rate!
Visit www.AOPAnet.org.
The upcoming O&P Policy Forum comes at a pivotal time. The O&P profession needs to pull together and work to advance our collective interests. Some of the issues that need attention include: preventing an extension of the Medicare payment freeze, defeating efforts by physical therapists (PTs) to prescribe and provide O&P services, seeking alternatives to crushing Medicare audit tactics and allowing practitioners to bill Part B for services provided to patients in a skilled nursing facility.
2005 O&P Policy Forum Agenda
June 20: Attendees arrive early afternoon. State issues roundtable held and evening reception.
June 21: AM: Participants will receive private briefings from key lawmakers and policymakers and receive lobbying training from expert lobbyists.
PM: O&P Political Action Committee (PAC) reception.
June 22: AM: Lobbying visits with senators and representatives (via pre-arranged appointments).
PM: Attendees depart from Washington in the late afternoon.
O&P Professional Speaks Out
We [as practitioners] have to do everything we can to protect reimbursement. Our expenses and overhead will continue to rise and accreditation will only become more complicated. Attending the O&P Policy Forum is the first critical step in this process.
-Ted Trower, CPO, A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics
Register Now
While the Policy Forum is a three-day event, attendees can stay for just two nights. Registration is $150 each. Register by May 20 to receive the lowest room rate. Visit www.aopanet.org/attend_O_and_P_events/policy_forum or call (571) 431-0876, ext. 205.
2005 O&P Policy Forum (9 CECs)
June 20-22
Grand Hyatt Washington
Register by May 20 to receive the lowest room rate!
Visit www.AOPAnet.org.
The upcoming O&P Policy Forum comes at a pivotal time. The O&P profession needs to pull together and work to advance our collective interests. Some of the issues that need attention include: preventing an extension of the Medicare payment freeze, defeating efforts by physical therapists (PTs) to prescribe and provide O&P services, seeking alternatives to crushing Medicare audit tactics and allowing practitioners to bill Part B for services provided to patients in a skilled nursing facility.
2005 O&P Policy Forum Agenda
June 20: Attendees arrive early afternoon. State issues roundtable held and evening reception.
June 21: AM: Participants will receive private briefings from key lawmakers and policymakers and receive lobbying training from expert lobbyists.
PM: O&P Political Action Committee (PAC) reception.
June 22: AM: Lobbying visits with senators and representatives (via pre-arranged appointments).
PM: Attendees depart from Washington in the late afternoon.
O&P Professional Speaks Out
We [as practitioners] have to do everything we can to protect reimbursement. Our expenses and overhead will continue to rise and accreditation will only become more complicated. Attending the O&P Policy Forum is the first critical step in this process.
-Ted Trower, CPO, A-S-C Orthotics & Prosthetics
Register Now
While the Policy Forum is a three-day event, attendees can stay for just two nights. Registration is $150 each. Register by May 20 to receive the lowest room rate. Visit www.aopanet.org/attend_O_and_P_events/policy_forum or call (571) 431-0876, ext. 205.
Citation
AOPA, “How High Are Your Expectations for O&P?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/224831.
