The O&P community has the facts but how do we communicate this documented fact that timely O&P intervention does in fact result in fewer co-morbidities and lower healthcare costs for patients and payers. The key message is that “Mobility Saves.” Dobson DaVanzo’s study commissioned by the Amputee Coalition, funded by AOPA and publicly released August 27, 2013 makes the cost effective case for O&P intervention and proves that “Mobility Saves.” We knew that intuitively—now Medicare’s own costs and figures prove it irrefutably.
Medicare and other payers more and more are looking for the solid evidence that certain treatment pathways deliver solid outcomes for the patient and that those outcomes are cost effective. Your ability to provide O&P services and be secure in receiving and retaining reimbursements will increasingly be tied to evidence-based practices. But its one thing to have the facts and quite another to make sure those facts are known to those individuals whose decisions will affect patient care at all levels.
The O&P community has the facts but how do we communicate this documented fact that timely O&P intervention does in fact result in fewer co-morbidities and lower healthcare costs for patients and payers? The key message is that “Mobility Saves.”
The following PowerPoints have been created as a tool to educate you and to help you educate others about Mobility Saves! These Powerpoints are locked for edits. To request a customizable version, please contact AOPA at (571) 431-0876 or email landerson@aopanet.org.
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A major new study commissioned by the Amputee Coalition and conducted by Dr. Allen Dobson, health economist and former director of the Office of Research at CMS shows that the Medicare program pays more over the long-term in most cases when Medicare patients are not provided with replacement lower limbs, spinal orthotics, and hip/knee/ankle orthotics.
Patients who received orthotic or prosthetic services have lower or comparable Medicare costs than patients who need, but do not receive, these services.
The following PowerPoint has been created as a tool to educate you and to help you educate others about Mobility Saves! This Powerpoint is locked for edits. To request a customizable version, please contact AOPA at (571) 431-0876 or email landerson@aopanet.org.
A major new study commissioned by the Amputee Coalition and conducted by Dr. Allen Dobson, health economist and former director of the Office of Research at CMS shows that the Medicare program pays more over the long-term in most cases when Medicare patients are not provided with replacement lower limbs, spinal orthotics, and hip/knee/ankle orthotics.
Patients who received orthotic or prosthetic services have lower or comparable Medicare costs than patients who need, but do not receive, these services.
The following PowerPoint has been created as a tool to educate you and to help you educate others about Mobility Saves! This Powerpoint is locked for edits. To request a customizable version, please contact AOPA at (571) 431-0876 or email landerson@aopanet.org.
A major new study commissioned by the Amputee Coalition and conducted by Dr. Allen Dobson, health economist and former director of the Office of Research at CMS shows that the Medicare program pays more over the long-term in most cases when Medicare patients are not provided with replacement lower limbs, spinal orthotics, and hip/knee/ankle orthotics.
“When I lost my limbs, I created a checklist of everything I needed to do to become independent again as a quadrilateral amputee…I recently checked the last item off the list”
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The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) provides members with resources that ensure high-quality patient care; promotes the education of public policy makers, influencers and third party payers about the critical role played by orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) professionals in delivering care; and protects patients and the profession from threats that would impair delivering quality care.
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ABOUT AOPA
Founded in 1917, the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA), based in Alexandria, Virginia, is the largest non-profit organization dedicated to helping orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) businesses and professionals navigate the multitude of issues surrounding the delivery of quality patient care. With nearly 2,000 members, AOPA serves the O&P profession with advocacy on Capitol Hill, premier publications, high-quality coding products, expert reimbursement guidance and a full slate of education programming on O&P-specific issues.
ABOUT AMPUTEE COALITION
Today, almost 2 million Americans have experienced amputations or were born with limb difference. Another 28 million people in our country are at risk for amputation. The Amputee Coalition is the nation’s leading organization on limb loss, dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for amputees and their families, improving patient care and preventing limb loss. With the generous support of the public, we are helping amputees live well with limb loss, raising awareness about limb loss prevention and ensuring amputees have a voice in matters affecting their ability to live full, thriving lives.
ABOUT DOBSON DAVONZO
Dobson | DaVanzo & Associates, LLC is a health economics and policy consulting firm based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The work of our principals has influenced the design of demonstrations and many public policy decisions, and appears in numerous instances in legislation and regulation. Our litigation support efforts have helped courts, plaintiffs, and defendants understand the economic value of various health care issues.
Our research helps payers and providers develop, implement and evaluate equitable payment methodologies. We are at the forefront of using administrative data sets to explore payment bundling and other CMS initiatives. We apply decades of experience, access to a broad range of policymakers and subject matter experts, and innovative research techniques in order to best meet our clients’ needs. Our analyses are rigorous and objective, and make use of a variety of public and private-sector data sources.
We have provided testimony to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), U.S. Treasury, as well as members of Congress, State legislatures and numerous stakeholder groups. Dobson | DaVanzo also routinely facilitates group discussions concerning policy development with organizational leadership, and Boards of Directors. We also provide technical briefings on study results to a wide range of policymakers such as state legislators, congressional staff and members, MedPAC, CMS, and White House staff in the Executive Office of Management and Budget (EOMB). Dobson | DaVanzo is on the federal government's GSA schedule.
