Tag: Medicare O&P Patient-Centered Care Act
O&P: Pandemic pushes need for separate status to forefront
March 26, 2021HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – O&P practitioners have renewed their push to be recognized as clinicians – a distinction they say is critical now more than ever to ensure access to care.
While stakeholders have long fought for this, the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the need for it, says Justin Beland, director of government affairs for the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, because only certain clinicians have been able to get reimbursed for telehealth...
