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Recent Developments in Affordable Care Act Reform
To: NAAOP Members and Friends From: Peter W. Thomas Date: January 25, 2017 Subject: Recent Developments in ACA Reform Since the beginning...
NAAOP
Jan 25, 20176 min read
Recent Developments in Affordable Care Act Reform
To: NAAOP Members and Friends From: Peter W. Thomas Date: January 25, 2017 Subject: Recent Developments in ACA Reform Since the beginning...
NAAOP
Jan 25, 20176 min read
Special Alert: BIPA Section 427 Proposed Rule Finally Published!
After years of waiting and advocating for its publication, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week finally...
NAAOP
Jan 19, 20172 min read
Special Alert: BIPA Section 427 Proposed Rule Finally Published!
After years of waiting and advocating for its publication, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week finally...
NAAOP
Jan 19, 20172 min read
O&P Policy Challenges in the Year Ahead
2016 brought important policy victories that bear repeating. But as we enter the new year, a whole new set of challenges and...
NAAOP
Jan 5, 20172 min read
O&P Policy Challenges in the Year Ahead
2016 brought important policy victories that bear repeating. But as we enter the new year, a whole new set of challenges and...
NAAOP
Jan 5, 20172 min read
114th Congress Goes Out with a Bang!
A flurry of activity after Election Day culminated in an incredibly busy December thus far. As the 114th Congress makes its way out of...
NAAOP
Dec 12, 20162 min read
114th Congress Goes Out with a Bang!
A flurry of activity after Election Day culminated in an incredibly busy December thus far. As the 114th Congress makes its way out of...
NAAOP
Dec 12, 20162 min read
SPECIAL ALERT: Election Analysis and Impact on Health Care Policy
Executive Summary The Republican Party won the Presidency and maintained control of the United States Congress, with businessman Donald...
NAAOP
Nov 10, 20163 min read
SPECIAL ALERT: Election Analysis and Impact on Health Care Policy
Executive Summary The Republican Party won the Presidency and maintained control of the United States Congress, with businessman Donald...
NAAOP
Nov 10, 20163 min read
Reflections on 30 Years of O&P Advocacy
2017 marks NAAOP’s 30th Anniversary of advocacy on behalf of the O&P patient and the professionals who serve them. We wanted to take...
NAAOP
Nov 2, 20163 min read
Reflections on 30 Years of O&P Advocacy
2017 marks NAAOP’s 30th Anniversary of advocacy on behalf of the O&P patient and the professionals who serve them. We wanted to take...
NAAOP
Nov 2, 20163 min read
Court Poised to Compel HHS to Decide Medicare Cases within 90 Days
On October 3, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held a status conference in the ALJ delay suit filed by the...
NAAOP
Oct 3, 20162 min read
Court Poised to Compel HHS to Decide Medicare Cases within 90 Days
On October 3, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held a status conference in the ALJ delay suit filed by the...
NAAOP
Oct 3, 20162 min read
Major Victory on Medicare ALJ Hearing Backlog
On September 19, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to delay proceedings in the ALJ backlog suit filed...
NAAOP
Sep 20, 20164 min read
Major Victory on Medicare ALJ Hearing Backlog
On September 19, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to delay proceedings in the ALJ backlog suit filed...
NAAOP
Sep 20, 20164 min read
“Bundling” is Coming to a Hospital Near You
“Bundling” is a concept that is sweeping across the Medicare program and will eventually have significant implications on orthotics and...
NAAOP
Sep 1, 20163 min read
“Bundling” is Coming to a Hospital Near You
“Bundling” is a concept that is sweeping across the Medicare program and will eventually have significant implications on orthotics and...
NAAOP
Sep 1, 20163 min read
Follow Up on S. 829 and New Proposed Regulations on Medicare Appeals
829 Follow Up: The Medicare Orthotic and Prosthetic Improvement Act (S. 829) continues to gain cosponsors in the Senate, thanks to the...
NAAOP
Aug 3, 20163 min read
Follow Up on S. 829 and New Proposed Regulations on Medicare Appeals
829 Follow Up: The Medicare Orthotic and Prosthetic Improvement Act (S. 829) continues to gain cosponsors in the Senate, thanks to the...
NAAOP
Aug 3, 20163 min read
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