Announce

Dianne Farabi

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Title:

Announce

Creator:

Dianne Farabi

Date:

9/18/2010

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Ohio O & P Association Fall Meeting (October 22) and Ohio Chapter, AAOP
(October 23) Fall Scientific Meeting will feature nationally renowned
speakers and include a lineup of up-to-the-minute vital information for your
professional development.

 

Friday, October 22

Director of Reimbursement Services fot the American Orthotic and Prosthetic
Association, Joe McTernan, will present sessions that include topics such
as Red Flag Rules, PECOS, Medicare Policy changes, HIPAA changes as well as
potential impact of Health Care reform, the New Medicare Supplier Standards
and Consignment Closets, and more. The program will also include updates on
State Licensure, BWC Group Rating and Ohio BWC's multidisciplinary program
for handling patients. Updates on Ohio Medicaid's new computer system will
be presented and confirmation of the MITS training sessions is pending.

 

Saturday, October 23

Dr. David Boone will keynote the Ohio Chapter, AAOP Scientific meeting.

 

Dr. Boone has spent the past twenty years as an innovator, developer,
researcher and instructor in rehabilitation and bioengineering. A frequent
lecturer at academic medical centers on a range of prosthetic and
rehabilitation topics and widely published author, he is credited with
multiple technology patents, including a foot scanning technology that was
licensed to Nike. Recently, in the field of prosthetics, he was the inventor
and lead developer with the support of the National Institutes of Health of
two new patent pending alignment technologies: CompasT and RoboPAL. Dr.
Boone received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University and became one of fewer than ten American Ph.D.s with formal
training and clinical experience in prosthetics. Dr. Boone was recently
named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics by the
American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists

 

This one-day meeting will include other speakers prominent in O&P and
pedorthics.

 

Both meetings will be held at the conveniently-located Embassy Suites,
Dublin, Ohio, located in northwest Columbus.

Online registration is available at < <URL Redacted>>
www.ohiochpateraaop.com Hotel reservations may be made either online, or
calling (614) 790-9000

 

Mark your calendar now for these two exciting meetings. We will post updates
as available, so watch your e-mail and office mailbox.

 

Please call the Ohio O & P office if you have questions (614) 659-0197.

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Dianne Farabi, “Announce,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 1, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231754.