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Medicaid, Tariffs, and the Breece Fellowship Experience
2025 Breece Fellow Update: Annika Berlin, the 2025 George and Dena Breece Fellow, is hard at work in Washington, DC, halfway through her...
NAAOP
Jul 12 min read
NAAOP
May 80 min read
Tribute to NAAOP Executive Director, George Breece, for his lifelong service to people with limb loss and limb difference
George Breece, founding Executive Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics announced today...
NAAOP
Apr 171 min read
Webinar Recording : Impact of New Administration and New Congress on Orthotics/Prosthetics (Recoded Live on 02/13/2025)
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....
NAAOP
Feb 131 min read
A New President and New Congress: What Can O&P Expect?
New President and Congress : Incoming President Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20th while the 119th Congress has just been...
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Jan 63 min read
Breece Fellowship Nominations Open - Deadline for Application Submission: January 20, 2025
As of December 2, 2024, NAAOP is accepting applications for its annual George and Dena Breece Health Policy and Advocacy Fellowship....
NAAOP
Dec 13, 20242 min read
Progress with Upper Limb Prosthetic Coding
Significant developments are occurring in the area of upper limb prosthetic coding administered by the Medicare program. In addition, we...
NAAOP
Oct 25, 20243 min read
Busy July Marks O&P Policy Victories
July was an exceptionally busy month for NAAOP and our 2024 Breece Fellow, Taylor Haines, who has now completed her fellowship. The hard...
NAAOP
Jul 30, 20242 min read
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Jul 25, 20240 min read
NAAOP Webinar New Medicare Coverage for Advanced Orthotics and Prosthetics (7/23/2024)
We are thrilled to announce that on July 18, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Durable Medical...
NAAOP
Jul 23, 20241 min read
Busy Summer for NAAOP and O&P Priorities
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...
NAAOP
Jul 12, 20242 min read
Breece Fellowship Begins: Welcome Taylor Haines & Update on Funding for O&P Outcomes Research
Welcome Taylor Haines: Taylor Haines, the competitively-selected NAAOP George and Dena Breece Fellow for the summer of 2024, began her...
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May 28, 20242 min read
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Apr 10, 20240 min read
NAAOP Selects Taylor Haines as the 2024 Breece Fellow!
Breece Fellow Announced: NAAOP is proud to announce that Taylor Haines has been competitively selected as the 2024 George and Dena...
NAAOP
Apr 10, 20242 min read
Medicare Advantage Denials Webinar April 4th 2024
NAAOP Webinar: Challenging Medicare Advantage Denials CMS recently published a final regulation establishing a new set of rules that O&P...
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Mar 14, 20241 min read
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Feb 7, 20240 min read
Challenges Confront Second Session of 118th Congress as New NAAOP Leaders Take the Helm
2024 signals the start of the second session of the 118th Congress and the challenges before it are daunting. At the same time, NAAOP...
NAAOP
Jan 14, 20242 min read
New Medicare Orthotics Regulation Final Rule
CMS released this week the CY 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment final rule (“Final Rule”), which contains a section codifying the...
NAAOP
Nov 3, 20232 min read
New Officers and O&P Policy Developments
NAAOP Announces New Officers and O&P Policy Developments NAAOP announced its new officers, effective January 1, 2024, which include the...
NAAOP
Sep 21, 20232 min read
NAAOP Webinar: Challenging Medicare Advantage Denials (recorded 7-27-2023)
NAAOP presented on new regulations that O&P practitioners can use to challenge denials of O&P care by Medicare Advantage plans. The...
NAAOP
Aug 7, 20231 min read
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