VIEW NAAOP VIDEO - O&P CALL TO ACTION
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Title:
VIEW NAAOP VIDEO - O&P CALL TO ACTION
Creator:
NAAOP
Date:
7/6/2016
Text:
Please see the link below to view our video webcast and read important
update.
< <URL Redacted>> O&P CALL TO ACTION
<URL Redacted>
Contact Your Senators and Urge Them to Cosponsor S. 829
The Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act
NAAOP Needs Your Help Convincing Your Senators to Cosponsor S. 829. We urge
you to take the following steps as soon as possible:
1. Go to < <URL Redacted>> www.NAAOP.org and click on the
Congressional Legislative Action Center. Click on the tab for S. 829/H.R
1530.
2. Follow the steps outlined on the website. Take each template letter
provided to the Senate and the House and customize them to your liking.
3. When you hit send, your two Senators and Congressman will receive
tailored email messages urging them to cosponsor S. 829 and H.R. 1530.
4. Then, if you are willing, contact your two Senate offices by calling the
Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121, ask for each of your two Senator
offices and speak (or leave a message) with health care staff urging
cosponsorship of S. 829.
The Medicare O&P Improvement Act includes important legislative proposals
that would:
. Recognize that the prosthetist's/orthotist's notes are considered part of
the medical record
. Separates DME from O&P in federal regulations
. Directs CMS to fully implement Medicare law requiring O&P qualifications
in order to be reimbursed by the program for custom O&P care
. Clarifies the meaning of off-the-shelf orthotics to restore
Congressional intent, and
. Mandates that HHS refine its data on O&P audits and appeals to better
track reversal rates and other important information throughout the appeals
process.
Action in the Senate is the most pressing. The Senate Finance Committee
recently announced that they are interested in passing non-controversial,
bipartisan bills that are in the jurisdiction of the Finance Committee, have
been considered by the Committee and cost little or nothing. Those criteria
precisely describe the Medicare O&P Improvement Act.
Former Senator Bob Kerrey's involvement in this issue did not stop with the
AOPA Policy Forum. He continues to actively volunteer his time, along with
key AOPA and other O&P leaders, to get this bill passed into law.
You can do your part as an NAAOP member by participating in this process.
Now is the time to help improve the O&P profession! Thank you.
Please visit our website at: www.naaop.org
NAAOP
1501 M Street, NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005-1700
e-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
(800) 622-6740
(202) 624-0064 Phone
(202) 785-1756 Fax
www.naaop.org
update.
< <URL Redacted>> O&P CALL TO ACTION
<URL Redacted>
Contact Your Senators and Urge Them to Cosponsor S. 829
The Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act
NAAOP Needs Your Help Convincing Your Senators to Cosponsor S. 829. We urge
you to take the following steps as soon as possible:
1. Go to < <URL Redacted>> www.NAAOP.org and click on the
Congressional Legislative Action Center. Click on the tab for S. 829/H.R
1530.
2. Follow the steps outlined on the website. Take each template letter
provided to the Senate and the House and customize them to your liking.
3. When you hit send, your two Senators and Congressman will receive
tailored email messages urging them to cosponsor S. 829 and H.R. 1530.
4. Then, if you are willing, contact your two Senate offices by calling the
Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121, ask for each of your two Senator
offices and speak (or leave a message) with health care staff urging
cosponsorship of S. 829.
The Medicare O&P Improvement Act includes important legislative proposals
that would:
. Recognize that the prosthetist's/orthotist's notes are considered part of
the medical record
. Separates DME from O&P in federal regulations
. Directs CMS to fully implement Medicare law requiring O&P qualifications
in order to be reimbursed by the program for custom O&P care
. Clarifies the meaning of off-the-shelf orthotics to restore
Congressional intent, and
. Mandates that HHS refine its data on O&P audits and appeals to better
track reversal rates and other important information throughout the appeals
process.
Action in the Senate is the most pressing. The Senate Finance Committee
recently announced that they are interested in passing non-controversial,
bipartisan bills that are in the jurisdiction of the Finance Committee, have
been considered by the Committee and cost little or nothing. Those criteria
precisely describe the Medicare O&P Improvement Act.
Former Senator Bob Kerrey's involvement in this issue did not stop with the
AOPA Policy Forum. He continues to actively volunteer his time, along with
key AOPA and other O&P leaders, to get this bill passed into law.
You can do your part as an NAAOP member by participating in this process.
Now is the time to help improve the O&P profession! Thank you.
Please visit our website at: www.naaop.org
NAAOP
1501 M Street, NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20005-1700
e-mail: <Email Address Redacted>
(800) 622-6740
(202) 624-0064 Phone
(202) 785-1756 Fax
www.naaop.org
Citation
NAAOP, “VIEW NAAOP VIDEO - O&P CALL TO ACTION,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/254169.
