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Your Government Affairs Advocate for Quality Orthotic & Prosthetic Patient Care
Why Oppose PT “Direct Access”?
To: NAAOP Members From: Mark DeHarde – NAAOP President Why has NAAOP opposed the proposal by the physical therapy trade association to...
NAAOP
Jul 1, 20053 min read
Why Oppose PT “Direct Access”?
To: NAAOP Members From: Mark DeHarde – NAAOP President Why has NAAOP opposed the proposal by the physical therapy trade association to...
NAAOP
Jul 1, 20053 min read
Medicare “Direct Access” – A Trojan Horse for Physical Therapy’s Expanding S
Legislation has been reintroduced in the U.S. House and Senate that has the potential to allow physical therapists to prescribe and...
NAAOP
Jul 1, 200510 min read
Medicare “Direct Access” – A Trojan Horse for Physical Therapy’s Expanding S
Legislation has been reintroduced in the U.S. House and Senate that has the potential to allow physical therapists to prescribe and...
NAAOP
Jul 1, 200510 min read
Academy and NAAOP members
Welcome to the NAAOP site. Thank you for supporting your patients and your colleagues in the O&P community in this grassroots effort. The...
NAAOP
Jun 1, 20051 min read
Academy and NAAOP members
Welcome to the NAAOP site. Thank you for supporting your patients and your colleagues in the O&P community in this grassroots effort. The...
NAAOP
Jun 1, 20051 min read
Recent Medicare Fraud in Florida and the Need for Restrictions on Billing for Orthotic and Prostheti
To: Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD Administrator – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services From:...
NAAOP
Jun 1, 20055 min read
Recent Medicare Fraud in Florida and the Need for Restrictions on Billing for Orthotic and Prostheti
To: Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD Administrator – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services From:...
NAAOP
Jun 1, 20055 min read
Upcoming Proposed Rules impacting O&P
The Department of Health and Human Services recently released it’s semi-annual regulatory agenda that details all of CMS’s pending...
NAAOP
May 1, 20051 min read
Upcoming Proposed Rules impacting O&P
The Department of Health and Human Services recently released it’s semi-annual regulatory agenda that details all of CMS’s pending...
NAAOP
May 1, 20051 min read
2005 O&P Policy Forum
To: NAAOP Members From: Mark DeHarde – NAAOP President On behalf of NAAOP’s Board of Directors, I would like to encourage you to attend...
NAAOP
May 1, 20052 min read
2005 O&P Policy Forum
To: NAAOP Members From: Mark DeHarde – NAAOP President On behalf of NAAOP’s Board of Directors, I would like to encourage you to attend...
NAAOP
May 1, 20052 min read
NAAOP Endorses Recent “O&P Education Summit”
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics would like to announce its endorsement of the O&P Education...
NAAOP
Apr 1, 20051 min read
NAAOP Endorses Recent “O&P Education Summit”
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics would like to announce its endorsement of the O&P Education...
NAAOP
Apr 1, 20051 min read
Medicaid to be Cut $10 Billion Over 5 years
To: National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics From: Peter W. Thomas, Emily Niederman Re: Budget Update –...
NAAOP
Apr 1, 20053 min read
Medicaid to be Cut $10 Billion Over 5 years
To: National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics From: Peter W. Thomas, Emily Niederman Re: Budget Update –...
NAAOP
Apr 1, 20053 min read
Legislative Update – FY 2006 Federal Budget Proposal; President Bush – (FY) 2006 Budget Proposal
To: National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics From: Peter Thomas, Dustin May, Emily Niederman Date: February...
NAAOP
Feb 1, 20055 min read
Legislative Update – FY 2006 Federal Budget Proposal; President Bush – (FY) 2006 Budget Proposal
To: National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics From: Peter Thomas, Dustin May, Emily Niederman Date: February...
NAAOP
Feb 1, 20055 min read
NAAOP Update
The 109th Congress kicked off its first session of 2005 on January 4 in what is likely to be a contentious and partisan year. As a...
NAAOP
Jan 1, 20052 min read
NAAOP Update
The 109th Congress kicked off its first session of 2005 on January 4 in what is likely to be a contentious and partisan year. As a...
NAAOP
Jan 1, 20052 min read
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