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March 25, 2021
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Watch a Unique Transfemoral Fitting

A reformatted video about a distinctive transfemoral prosthesis fitting method has been added to the O&P library. The video demonstrates a technique used at the end of the Vietnam War to achieve optimal fit and alignment. “What was standard practice at Fitzsimons [Army Medical Center] has never been duplicated, and current research implies, curiously, that it cannot be done,” says Charles King, CP. MORE

Association News

Academy Presents 2021 Awards, Fellows

The American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) presented its 2021 Academy Awards and recognized the newly inducted Fellows and Fellows with Distinction during the 47th Academy Annual Member Business Meeting on March 24. MORE

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Legislation

House Introduces O&P Care Act, O&P Support Needed

NAAOP released its latest webcast in which Peter Thomas, JD, discussed the Medicare O&P Patient Centered Care Act, which has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives. NAAOP is encouraging everyone in O&P to email their representatives and ask them to cosponsor this bill. MORE

Social Media

Poll Results: Physician Referrals

Responses to the latest informal poll on The O&P EDGE social media sites showed that O&P physician referrals are essential to O&P businesses. See what else the respondents thought. MORE

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