ANNOUNCE: Historic Agreement Signed
Manisha Bhaskar
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Collection
Title:
ANNOUNCE: Historic Agreement Signed
Creator:
Manisha Bhaskar
Date:
12/19/2008
Text:
HISTORIC AGREEMENT SIGNED
I am pleased to report to the membership that the Board of Directors of
the Academy has joined with AOPA, NAAOP, ABC, and BOC and approved an
historic agreement to jointly recommend to CMS that there be specific
minimum education and training requirements, consistent with those now
in place at ABC, for those who will be allowed to bill for providing
custom orthotics and prosthetics to Medicare beneficiaries.
We believe that this historic agreement is in the best interest of all
O&P patients and our profession. The Academy has long taken the position
that to provide high level O&P care practitioners must have appropriate
education and training. I encourage you to visit the Academy's homepage
to read the agreement being sent to CMS and the press release issued
yesterday. These documents may be found on the Academy's homepage under
the Inside the Academy section.
<URL Redacted>
James P. Rogers, CPO, FAAOP
President, American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
Manisha S. Bhaskar
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
Director of Marketing & Publications
1331 H Street, NW, Suite 501
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 380-3663, ext. 210
FAX (202) 380-3447
www.oandp.org < <URL Redacted>>
I am pleased to report to the membership that the Board of Directors of
the Academy has joined with AOPA, NAAOP, ABC, and BOC and approved an
historic agreement to jointly recommend to CMS that there be specific
minimum education and training requirements, consistent with those now
in place at ABC, for those who will be allowed to bill for providing
custom orthotics and prosthetics to Medicare beneficiaries.
We believe that this historic agreement is in the best interest of all
O&P patients and our profession. The Academy has long taken the position
that to provide high level O&P care practitioners must have appropriate
education and training. I encourage you to visit the Academy's homepage
to read the agreement being sent to CMS and the press release issued
yesterday. These documents may be found on the Academy's homepage under
the Inside the Academy section.
<URL Redacted>
James P. Rogers, CPO, FAAOP
President, American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
Manisha S. Bhaskar
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
Director of Marketing & Publications
1331 H Street, NW, Suite 501
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 380-3663, ext. 210
FAX (202) 380-3447
www.oandp.org < <URL Redacted>>
Citation
Manisha Bhaskar, “ANNOUNCE: Historic Agreement Signed,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/229857.
