Re: Draft LCD: Don't Let up! and Help with Public Comments

Re: Draft LCD: Don't Let up! and Help with Public Comments

Jeff Arnette

8/30/2015

Bill,

All certified and licensed practitioners should respond no matter there credentialed affiliation. It needs to be a unified voice.

Jeff Arnette CPO,BOCPO, OK LPO5

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 30, 2015, at 7:31 PM, William Lifford, CP < <Email Address Redacted> > wrote:
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> Colleagues:
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> Please remember that even though we had a very successful Public Comments
> meeting -- and an even more successful protest/rally, culminating in a
> meeting with HHS -- we have only until end-of-business on Monday to register
> your comments about the Draft LCD.
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> The wonderful, heartfelt public comments that were made ultimately will NOT
> be used to re-evaluate the Draft LCD - ONLY written comments will be
> considered. I know, it seems ridiculous to me too, that the DME MACs would
> call a Public Meeting, sit there for three hours listening to our comments,
> and then not record or consider any of them! But we all need to get
> detailed written comments in,
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> There should be at least one written comment from EVERY ABC-Certified
> Prosthetist and CPO. Orthotists, you should weigh in on this issue, too, no
> sitting on the sidelines. Dr. Brennan should receive thousands of comments.
> I have submitted numerous comments, breaking the Draft LCD down into several
> core issues and discussing one issue per comment.
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> But there is one roadblock that may be keeping practitioners from
> responding. Some of us are less comfortable expressing themselves in
> writing. I have spoken with several practitioners who have expressed to me
> that they wouldn't know what to say. so I am offering to help. I'm a
> solid writer and I can help those of you suffering from writer's block.
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> My email is <Email Address Redacted> <mailto:<Email Address Redacted>> .
> Send me what ideas you have for your Draft LCD comments, and I will help you
> organize it into clear, concise, coherent paragraphs and then send it back
> to you so you can email it to Dr. Brennan.
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> Let me know if I can help you express your concerns about the Draft LCD and
> how it will decimate amputee prosthetic care in the US. We only have until
> Monday.
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> Bill Lifford, CP
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> William Lifford, CP
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> American Board Certified Prosthetist
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