The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (“NAAOP”), commends the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) for announcing today the expansion of Medicare and Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity medications to treat obesity itself, effective in January 2026. Due to the significant impact that obesity and related chronic conditions such as diabetes and cardio-vascular disease h

As major parts of the U.S. Government remain closed going through week four, NAAOP continues its advocacy on tariffs, funding of O&P research and service programs, and opposition to competitive bidding of off-the-shelf (OTS) orthotics. Commerce Department Investigation on Medical Devices: Annika Berlin, NAAOP’s 2025 George and Dena Breece Fellow, dove into the O&P tariffs issue this past summer and produced a detailed analysis of how tariffs impact orthotics and prosthetics.

Dear NAAOP Members and Friends: On July 17, 2025, U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis...

2025 Breece Fellow Update: Annika Berlin, the 2025 George and Dena Breece Fellow, is hard at work in Washington, DC, halfway through her...

George Breece, founding Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics announced today...

President Trump and the 119 th Congress are taking the reins in Washington, D.C. and major changes in health care policy are in play....

New President and Congress :  Incoming President Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20th while the 119th Congress has just been...

As of December 2, 2024, NAAOP is accepting applications for its annual George and Dena Breece Health Policy and Advocacy Fellowship....

Significant developments are occurring in the area of upper limb prosthetic coding administered by the Medicare program. In addition, we...

July was an exceptionally busy month for NAAOP and our 2024 Breece Fellow, Taylor Haines, who has now completed her fellowship.  The hard...

We are thrilled to announce that on July 18, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Durable Medical...

NAAOP has had a busy summer this year advocating on behalf of the O&P profession, and the patients we serve. Taylor Haines, the 2024...

Welcome Taylor Haines:  Taylor Haines, the competitively-selected NAAOP George and Dena Breece Fellow for the summer of 2024, began her...

Breece Fellow Announced:  NAAOP is proud to announce that Taylor Haines has been competitively selected as the 2024 George and Dena...

NAAOP Webinar: Challenging Medicare Advantage Denials CMS recently published a final regulation establishing a new set of rules that O&P...

2024 signals the start of the second session of the 118th Congress and the challenges before it are daunting. At the same time, NAAOP...