Virtual Advocacy Offers O&P Community New Tools to Advance Legislation

  The COVID-19 pandemic’s lasting effects will be felt world-wide and its impact on Washington advocacy is no exception.  Flying to Washington to walk the halls of Congress will return over time as the primary way to impact legislators, but virtual advocacy, in some form, is here to stay and it offers the O&P community new tools to achieve its legislative objectives.  We urge practitioners and patients alike to go to www.NAAOP.org and access the “Congressional Action Center” to connect … read more

NAAOP and Range of Motion Project celebrate Limb Loss Awareness Month

NAAOP is proud to partner with the Range of Motion Project (ROMP) for Limb Loss Awareness Month as part of their national component collection drive.   Launching in April, and continuing throughout this spring, ROMP is collecting new and gently used prosthetic components from clinics, manufacturers, and individuals throughout the United States to ensure ROMP’s clinics in Guatemala and Ecuador can continue to provide high-quality prosthetic care to access-limited people with amputation. This is part of ROMP’s Components for a … read more

House Introduces Medicare O&P Patient Centered Care Act!

Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA), GT Thompson (R-PA), GK Butterfield (D-NC), and Brett Guthrie (R-KY) have re-introduced the bipartisan Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Patient-Centered Care Act (H.R 1990).  NAAOP strongly supports this legislation along with the organization that took the lead on introduction of this legislation, AOPA, as well as the other members of the O&P Alliance. The bill is identical to the House version of the bill (H.R. 5262) introduced last year, which means we can build on the awareness … read more