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AOPA Announces 2023 Board of Directors

Alexandria, VA (December 1, 2022) – Today, the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is pleased to announce its 2023 Board of Directors. The Executive Committee will consist of Teri Kuffel, JD who assumes the role of President. Along with, Dave McGill who moves into the role of Immediate Past President and Mitchell Dobson, CPO, […]

AOPA Announces Recipient of Inaugural Professor Hans Georg Näder Digital O&P Care Award

Alexandria, VA (October 19, 2022) – The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is pleased to announce the recipient of the first Professor Hans Georg Näder Digital O&P Care Award, David Boone, PhD, MPH. The Award was established this year by a gift from Ottobock Healthcare in honor of Professor Hans Georg Näder and his […]

Orthotic and Prosthetic Foundations Merge

September 30, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OPERF Contact: Manisha S. Bhaskar mbhaskar@operf.org Tel: (202) 380-3663\ COPL Contact: Joy Burwell jburwell@AOPAnet.org Tel: (571) 431-0817 Orthotic and Prosthetic Foundations Merge Leading foundations focused on orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) education and research merge to form a new foundation focusing on the future of O&P patient care. The Orthotic […]

AOPA Announces 2022 Thranhardt Award Recipients

Alexandria, VA (August 23, 2022) – The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Howard R. Thranhardt Award are Tiffany Graham, MSPO, CPO, LPO, FAAOP and Jennifer Johansson, MS. The Award, established in 1996 by a gift from J.E. Hanger in memory of Howard R. Thranhardt, CP, […]

CO-261 Claim Rejections Resolved

Several AOPA members had reported having an issue with select lower limb prosthetic claims being rejected with the remark code CO-261 (The procedure or service is inconsistent with the patient’s history). Since the claims were rejected and not denied the claim could not be appealed; it could only be fixed and resubmitted. However, there was […]

AOPA Working to Help Kids Move

Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the groundbreaking U.S. civil rights legislation – signed into law on July 26th, 1990 – that prohibits discrimination and guarantees opportunity in mainstream American life for people with disabilities. To honor the ADA and help advance inclusion – in all facets of society […]

Hot off the Press: 2022 National Assembly Preliminary Program

What’s in store for you at the 2022 National Assembly? Check out the Preliminary Program. The 2022 National Assembly is your intersection of education and connection. We’ve got two new education tracks, O&P Digital Care and Post-Mastectomy. We’ve got the who’s who in research, practice, and business. We’ve got guest speakers from Medicare, the VA […]

American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association urges action during annual Policy Forum

Orthotic and Prosthetic Community Calls on Congress to Improve the Lives of Those Living with Limb Loss and Difference American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association urges action during annual Policy Forum Washington, DC (May 16, 2022) – The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA), will ask Congress to act on proposals that will improve the orthotic […]