A thought outside the box
Carey
Description
Collection
Title:
A thought outside the box
Creator:
Carey
Date:
4/13/2015
Text:
Just a thought. Has any practitioner or national O&P organization ever offered to ship a congressman or senator a brace for their parent?
Follow me for a moment. Could we petition our representatives to allow their parents to be a typical mail order patient? Have them take their own measurements, and we will send them a brace for them to fit on themselves. They can choose, the spine or the knee.
This follows the mail order plan that congress is wanting to pursue through bidding! I would hope that a few manufacturers would even join in on this demonstration!
In exchange for our cost of the brace, the patient only has to report to a local O&P facility within their area for the fitting process to be graded. This would be a great test of the system that they would like to implement! It will cost our industry a great deal more if we do not stop the process that they are aiming to implement.
Carey Jinright, LO, MSM
WDJD
Be an example, not an excuse!
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Follow me for a moment. Could we petition our representatives to allow their parents to be a typical mail order patient? Have them take their own measurements, and we will send them a brace for them to fit on themselves. They can choose, the spine or the knee.
This follows the mail order plan that congress is wanting to pursue through bidding! I would hope that a few manufacturers would even join in on this demonstration!
In exchange for our cost of the brace, the patient only has to report to a local O&P facility within their area for the fitting process to be graded. This would be a great test of the system that they would like to implement! It will cost our industry a great deal more if we do not stop the process that they are aiming to implement.
Carey Jinright, LO, MSM
WDJD
Be an example, not an excuse!
Confidentiality Notice - The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments to it may be legally privileged and include confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, distribution or copying of this e-mail or its attachments is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately of that fact by return e-mail and permanently delete the e-mail and any attachments to it. Thank you.
Citation
Carey, “A thought outside the box,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/237142.
