Legislation / Policy
Last Updated: Aug 24
News from The O&P EDGE
- Senate Calls for DoD Standardization of Prosthetic Care With the increasing number of service members with limb loss who remain on active duty and even deploy with prostheses, the Senate is urging the U.S. Department of Defense to help these individuals achieve their highest goals for recovery, rehabilitation, and performance.
- DME MAC A Lower-Limb Prostheses Prepayment Review Reveals a High Denial Rate
- Medical Devices Must be Registered with the FDA
- PECOS Offers a Digital Documentation Repository
- NAAOP Update: The VA’s Prosthetic Procurement Process
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Round 1 Recompete is Approaching
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Medical Device Pre-Submission Program
- Public Input Requested on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Standards
- HIPAA Audit Protocol Posted by HHS
- CMS Announces Opportunity for Smaller ACOs
- HHS Announces 89 New ACOs
- Pennsylvania Passes Licensure Law
- FDA Proposes Medical Device ID System
- Version 5010 Enforcement Starts July
- AFO Coding Reviews Are Suspended
- Senate Subcommittee Requests Study on Audit Contractors
- NAAOP Releases Webcast about the Supreme Court’s Healthcare Decisions
- NAAOP Update: Supreme Court Upholds ACA
- DME MAC Announces DMEPOS Prepay Probe
- AAHomecare Pushes for Documentation Relief