Policy Forum
Ralph Nobbe
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Title:
Policy Forum
Creator:
Ralph Nobbe
Date:
3/18/2013
Text:
All - Recently returned from Washington DC as a Policy Forum
participant. AOPA and staff did a great job in coordinating this event!
They scheduled our meetings with legislators and prepared participants
to meet with their legislators. There was a lot of information and it
was well organized for presentation. AOPA has also been very proactive
in their response to the CMS activities.
To reiterate several recently posted comments, most of the
legislators have NO CONCEPT of the impact that RAC and prepay audits are
having upon O&P and more specifically Medicare beneficiaries. All of the
legislative representatives I met with were sincerely interested in all
AOPA talking points.
The Policy Forum event was reasonably well attended, but I personally
anticipated a much broader based participation with much larger
attendance given the gravity and immediate impact of the topics at hand.
The attendance was in my view, disappointing.
To all those who did not participate, AOPA cannot fight this without
YOUR support. Get yourself informed and meet with your Congressperson
and Senator's staff in their local district office. They are your
representatives and willing to listen. All are actively seeking input
from constituents (you) due to the topics they are presently dealing
with: Medicare and budget issues. O&P has an easy story to tell - go
tell it.
The choice is yours either step up on the block - or place your head
down upon it and wait.
--
Rebuilding Bodies, Restoring Lives...
Ralph W. Nobbe, CPO
Nobbe Orthopedics, Inc.
3010 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(805) 687-7508 tel
(805) 687-6251 fax
<Email Address Redacted>
www.nobbeorthopedics.com
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participant. AOPA and staff did a great job in coordinating this event!
They scheduled our meetings with legislators and prepared participants
to meet with their legislators. There was a lot of information and it
was well organized for presentation. AOPA has also been very proactive
in their response to the CMS activities.
To reiterate several recently posted comments, most of the
legislators have NO CONCEPT of the impact that RAC and prepay audits are
having upon O&P and more specifically Medicare beneficiaries. All of the
legislative representatives I met with were sincerely interested in all
AOPA talking points.
The Policy Forum event was reasonably well attended, but I personally
anticipated a much broader based participation with much larger
attendance given the gravity and immediate impact of the topics at hand.
The attendance was in my view, disappointing.
To all those who did not participate, AOPA cannot fight this without
YOUR support. Get yourself informed and meet with your Congressperson
and Senator's staff in their local district office. They are your
representatives and willing to listen. All are actively seeking input
from constituents (you) due to the topics they are presently dealing
with: Medicare and budget issues. O&P has an easy story to tell - go
tell it.
The choice is yours either step up on the block - or place your head
down upon it and wait.
--
Rebuilding Bodies, Restoring Lives...
Ralph W. Nobbe, CPO
Nobbe Orthopedics, Inc.
3010 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(805) 687-7508 tel
(805) 687-6251 fax
<Email Address Redacted>
www.nobbeorthopedics.com
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic message is intended to be
viewed only by the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. It
may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt
from disclosure under applicable law. Any dissemination, distribution
or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited without our
prior permission. If the reader of this message is not the intended
recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering the
message to the intended recipient, or if you have received this
communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail
and delete the original message and any copies of it from your computer
system.
-----
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Citation
Ralph Nobbe, “Policy Forum,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/234872.
