Surety Bond information
Wil Haines
Description
Collection
Title:
Surety Bond information
Creator:
Wil Haines
Date:
1/13/2009
Text:
Hello guests and colleagues,
This is not confirmed information, but seems to be coming from quite
reputable people in our professional field. It appears that a surety
bond will be required if you practice in a state that does not have
state licensure as a requirement. In my case, although I am licensed in
Ohio, Indiana does not require licensure; hence a surety bond may be
required. Since physicians and therapists are required to be licensed in
each state that they practice, they will be exempt from the surety bond
requirement. This is quite unfortunate inasmuch that it illustrates how
those without professional training in orthotics and prosthetics will be
looked upon more favorably (in the eyes of Medicare) than those who may
be professionally trained, but work in states where licensure is not
required. It would seem to me that if a state does not require licensure
for orthotic and prosthetic care, then EVERYONE who practices O&P in
that state should be required to provide a surety bond. Doesn't this
proposed Medicare policy discriminate against the O&P professional field
in states where licensure is still not required? It certainly does in a
monetary sense.
Wil Haines, CPO
This is not confirmed information, but seems to be coming from quite
reputable people in our professional field. It appears that a surety
bond will be required if you practice in a state that does not have
state licensure as a requirement. In my case, although I am licensed in
Ohio, Indiana does not require licensure; hence a surety bond may be
required. Since physicians and therapists are required to be licensed in
each state that they practice, they will be exempt from the surety bond
requirement. This is quite unfortunate inasmuch that it illustrates how
those without professional training in orthotics and prosthetics will be
looked upon more favorably (in the eyes of Medicare) than those who may
be professionally trained, but work in states where licensure is not
required. It would seem to me that if a state does not require licensure
for orthotic and prosthetic care, then EVERYONE who practices O&P in
that state should be required to provide a surety bond. Doesn't this
proposed Medicare policy discriminate against the O&P professional field
in states where licensure is still not required? It certainly does in a
monetary sense.
Wil Haines, CPO
Citation
Wil Haines, “Surety Bond information,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/230016.
