About NAAOP
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics is a non-profit trade association dedicated to promoting public policy that supports the interests of the O&P community. Since 1987, the NAAOP has helped to shape positive results in healthcare legislation and regulation through strong government relations advocacy and education of policymakers. The NAAOP also provides O&P patients, practitioners and business owner members with ongoing representation in Washington.
Congressional Updates
This year's Breece Fellowship capstone project convened key stakeholders involved in the care of Medicare beneficiaries with limb loss to examine the critical transition-of-care period following limb amputation. Notable among the attendees were the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Vascular Surgery, the American Hospital Association, the Federation of American Hospitals, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Pedorthic Footcare Association, and many more important physician, hospital, rehabilitation, and O&P stakeholders. The purpose of the meeting was prompted by a 2024 GAO report, which indicated that only 31% of Medicare patients who undergo a lower-limb amputation ever go on to receive a prosthesis.
NAAOP believes this underscores…
