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CMS Announces Single Payment Amounts for Medicare Competitive Bidding of OTS Knee and OTS Spinal Orthoses

On October 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Single Payment Amounts (SPAs) for select Off-the-Shelf (OTS) knee and OTS spinal orthosis codes included in the Medicare DMEPOS competitive bidding program scheduled for implementation on January 1, 2021. AOPA has continually expressed a need for CMS to delay implementation of […]

2021 Medicare O&P Fee Schedule Update

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published an update on the economic factors that are used to calculate the Medicare O&P fee schedule.  The annual Medicare fee schedule increase for O&P services is based on a combination of change in the Consumer Pricing Index for Urban Areas (CPI-U) from June to June […]

Introducing AOPA Connection

Welcome to AOPA Connection, your one-stop-shop for all things AOPA. Logging into AOPA Connection you will instantly have access to all your AOPA benefits, including: AOPAversity Your Membership Record Your Individual Profile Event Calendar Bookstore (including past purchases) Co-OP But, it doesn’t stop there! We are pleased to introduce a new benefit accessible through AOPA […]

Announcing AOPA’s Defining Diversity and Inclusion Initiative

The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) represents a vast majority of the orthotics and prosthetics profession who aim to better the lives of individuals with limb loss and difference and those whose lives are improved by orthotic devices. As such, AOPA affirms that discrimination in all forms is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. […]