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- New Prosthetic L-Code Goes Live on April 1st
- Prior Authorization - Can it Be Transferred?
- Policy Article Updates: 3D Printed Orthoses
- Hurt by the Cyberattack on Change Healthcare? Here Are Your Options
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- Advance Beneficiary Notices - How and When to Use Them
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- 2024 Coding Update
- The 48-Hour Rule Explained
- Medicare's Major New Proposal for Prosthetic Coverage
- Delivering Braces Before Medical Necessity Exists
- Amending Medical Records
- Telephone Solicitation of Medicare Beneficiaries
- Ankle-Foot Orthoses Audit Results and Top Denial Reasons
- New Process for DMEPOS Supplier Enrollment
- New Information on KV Modifiers
- What Does It Mean to Have a PDAC Letter?
- Signature Requirements
- Open Enrollment for Medicare Part C: Medicare Advantage Plans
- Documenting Medical Necessity for Upper Extremity Prostheses
- Medical Necessity for Feet Prostheses
- Prior Authorization for Certain Orthoses - Effective Nationwide September 26
- Targeted Probe and Education (TPE) Audit Results: AFOs
- LSO SMRC Audits
- Medicaid Unwinding Update: People are Falling Off the Cliff
- New Bracing Code Takes Effect Oct. 1st
- Treating Medicare Patients from Outside Your DME MAC Region
- The Economics of Insurance Companies
- Documenting Replacement Prosthesis
- Knowing When You Can and Cannot Appeal
- Medically Unlikely Edits
- Coverage of L5859
- Not Otherwise Classified (NOC) Codes Explained
- Custom Fit Orthoses
- National Provider Enrollment: When and How You Change Information
- Location, Location, Location: Medicare's Requirements
- Lower Limb Prostheses LCD Part 6
- Lower Limb Prostheses LCD Part 5
- Medicare Proof of Delivery Requirements
- The Approaching Medicaid Cliff
- The Standard Written Order & Written Order Prior to Delivery
- The Advance Beneficiary Notice
- The Entities That Audit You
- Lower Limb Prostheses LCD Part 4
- Lower Limb Prostheses LCD Part 3
- Lower Limb Prostheses LCD Part 2
- Spinal Orthoses LCD
- Spinal Orthoses LCD P2
- National Webinar Addressing Insufficient Orthotic Documentation
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- The Medical Record: What Is It?
- Lower Limb Prostheses LCD
- BREAKING NEWS: DME MACs and PDAC Retire Coding Guidance for Upper Extremity Prosthetics
- Medicare Signature Requirements
- PrePay Claims Denials Orthoses
- Filing a complaint about a Medicare Advantage plan
- Ordered But Not Delivered
- PDAC Required Verification for Specific Knee and Back Braces
- Phase 2 – Prior Authorization for Orthoses
- Using a Miscellaneous HCPCS Code
- Prior Authorization for Spinal and Knee Braces – Acute/Emergent Situations
- Documenting Medical Necessity for Upper Extremity Prostheses
- Using the KV Modifier in Competitive Bid Areas
- Written Order Prior to Delivery (WOPD)
- HCPCS Public Meeting Information
- Same or Similar Denials
- Clarification on Prior Authorization Update
- UPDATE: Prior Authorization for HCPCS L0648, L0650, L1832, L1833 and L1851
- Update on Prior Authorization for Specific Bracing Codes
- All About ABNs
- Medicare Part A, B, C, D
- Charge vs Allowed vs Reimbursed
- Open Enrollment for Medicare Part C: Medicare Advantage Plans
- Documenting Medical Necessity for Upper Extremity Prostheses
- Amended and Corrected Medical Records
- Where to Find Medical Coverage Policies
- Using Templates for Medical Documentation
- Proof of Delivery
- Top Denial Reason for Knee Orthosis
- All About ABNs
- Review of Current PDAC Verified Össur Products and Codes – Knees and Feet
- Medically Unlikely Edits
- Same or Similar Denials
- Correct Coding of a Custom Fitted Orthotic Without Corresponding OTS Code
- Providing O&P Items in a Licensure State
- Microprocessor-Controlled Foot/Ankle System Now Covered by Anthem and Others
- Reasonable Useful Lifetime of a Prostheses
- Documenting Medical Necessity Using Templates
- Charge vs Allowed vs Reimbursed
- Competitive Bidding: Physicians Billing for Back and Knee Braces
- Ordered but not Delivered
- What Does Medicare Pay For....?
- Custom Knee Braces: How to Document in 2021
- Billing DMEPOS Items When Patient is in a Hospital
- Billing Miscellaneous Codes
- Documenting Medical Necessity for Upper Extremity Prostheses
- Competitive Bidding: Appealing Denials
- Competitive Bidding: Traveling Beneficiaries
- Post Pay Audits on Replacement Sockets
- Competitive Bidding: Appealing Denials
- Competitive Bidding: Physicians Billing for Back and Knee Braces
- Amended and Corrected Medical Records
- Competitive Bidding: Fee Schedule
- Custom Upgrades
- Billing Custom Fit Brace as Off the Shelf
- Competitive Bidding: Modifiers
- Correct Coding of a Custom Fitted Orthotic Without Corresponding OTS Code
- What is the Reasonable Useful Lifetime of a Prostheses?
- Prior Authorization for L0648, L0650, L1832, L1833 and L1851
- Billing DMEPOS Items When Patient is in a Hospital
- Documenting Replacement Prostheses
- Who Can Prescribe?
- Comply with Medicare Signature Requirements
- Top Three Claims Denial Reasons
- 2022 Medicare Fee Schedule Available
- Billing Miscellaneous Codes
- Written Order Prior to Delivery (WOPD)
- Proof of Delivery
- Billing A Prosthesis When Patient is in a SNF
- Documenting Medical Necessity Using Templates
- Standard Documentation Requirements - SWO
- Face to Face Encounter for Six HCPCS Codes
- Prior Authorization for Specific Orthoses
- Where to Find Medical Coverage Policies
- Participating vs Non-Participating
- Medically Unlikely Edits
- Myoelectric Upper Extremity Prosthetic Device Policy
- Non Covered vs Not Medically Necessary
- AFOs for Treatment of Lower Extremity Ulcers
- Billing When a Patient is in a SNF
- Articulating Digit(s) and Prosthetic Hands - Correct Coding – Revised
- Competitive Bidding: Modifiers
- Custom Knee Braces: How to Document
- Competitive Bidding: Fee Schedule
- Billing Miscellaneous Codes
- Non Covered vs Not Medically Necessary 2021
- Competitive Bidding: Traveling Beneficiaries
- Competitive Bidding: Physicians Billing for Back and Knee Braces
- Billing When a Patient is in a SNF
- Documenting Medical Necessity for Upper Extremity
- Billing DMEPOS Items When Patient is in a Hospital
- Charged vs Allowed vs Reimbursed
- Questions About Competitive Bidding Round 2021
- CMS Announces CB Round 2021 Suppliers
- Physicians Billing for Off the Shelf Braces in a Competitive Bid Area
- Can I Drop Ship a Brace to a Patient?
- Using Templates for Medical Documentation
- Correct Coding of Arizona-Type AFO
- Reasons for Denial of Prior Authorization for LLP
- Medicare Pre Authorization for LLP
- Documenting Replacement Prostheses
- LLP Pre Authorization and PDAC Verification of Ӧssur Products
- Who Can Fit a Custom-Fit Brace?
- Which HCPCS Are Included in Competitive Bidding?
- Competitive Bidding
- DMEPOS Claims for Inpatient/Skilled Nursing Facility Patients
- Recommended HCPCS for Hip Orthosis
- Medicare Pre Authorization for Certain Lower Limb Prostheses Codes
- Same or Similar Denials
- Documenting Medical Necessity for a Custom Knee Brace
- How to Bill a Claim with a Miscellaneous Code
- Delivering DMEPOS Items to a Patient in a Hospital
- Standard Written Order (SWO)
- Prior Authorization for Lower Limb Prostheses Codes
- Medicare Competitive Bid Update
- PDAC Required Verification for 6 L-Codes, Continued
- PDAC Required Verification for 6 L-Codes
- New ABN Form
- Advance Payment from CMS
- DME MAC Webinar - Business Continuity During the Crisis
- Battling Same or Similar RAC Denials
- Replacement DMEPOS during State of Emergency
- Who Can Prescribe an Orthotic Brace?
- Certified Orthotic Fitter and Advanced Bracing Courses
- Implementation of Prior Authorization for LLP
- Documentation Review Prior To Claims Submission
- Prior Auth: It's Here! Medicare Prior Authorization Comes to O&P
- Custom Made Knee Braces: New Criteria from Anthem
- Become an O&P Office Specialist
- Which HCPCS are Included in Competitive Bidding?
- DWO becomes SWO
- What is Competitive Bidding?
- Off the Shelf vs Custom Fit Braces: Coding
- Orthotic and Prosthetic Office Specialist Courses
- Who Can Fit a Custom-Fit Brace?
- New Medicare Beneficiary Identifier
- O&P Office Specialist Courses
- OA Knee Brace Coding
- How to Avoid Same or Similar Denials
- Charge vs. Allowed vs. Reimbursed
- OA Knee Bracing Medical Necessity Requirements
- Can I Deliver a Prosthesis to a Patient in the SNF?
- Payment Rates for Repair Time
- Who Can Provide Telehealth Services?
- Labor Payment Rates
- Add On Codes for Knee Orthosis
- Who Can Fit a Custom-Fit Brace?
- What Happens if a Custom Device Is Not Delivered
- Claim Denial Resolution Tool
- New Audit Issue: Spinal Orthosis
- Documenting Functional Levels
- Medicare Advantage and ABNs
- Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC)
- How to Bill a Claim with a Miscellaneous code (L2999 or L5999)
- Changes in Billing Bilateral Modifiers
- Custom Item Not Delivered; How to Bill
- Claims Documentation Requirements
- Using Templates for Medical Documentation
- Modifiers and Billing
- New PDAC Contractor
- L5845 Denial Trend
- O&P Office Specialist Course through Century College
- Off the Shelf vs Custom Fit Braces: Coding
- Pre Authorization Support
- Items Not Covered by Medicare in 2019
- Do Cervical Collars Require PDAC Coding Verification?
- Upgrading to a Custom Brace
- Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE)
- Make a Complaint About a Medicare Advantage Plan
- Addendum to Medical Records
- Össur Orthotic Fitter Course
- Copay vs Deductible vs Coinsurance
- Avoid Non Processable Bilateral Claims
- Billing RT and LT Modifiers
- Two-Year Break for Competitive Bidding Program
- Medicare Advantage Plans: Filing a Complaint
- Custom Education Offering from Region B and C
- "Non-Covered" vs. "Not Medically Necessary?"
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- OPGA, Össur Names Recipient of New Russell Walker CP, LP Emerging Leader Grant Program
- New additions to Miami line of orthopaedic technologies
- Ryan Rosenow: "You do not have to resign yourself to the decisions others have made for you"
- Össur and KD (Kinneir Dufort) win 2019 Red Dot Design Award for RHEO KNEE® XC
- Össur Launches New, Next-Generation Cheetah® Running Prosthesis
- The Össur website is getting a new home
- Travis Ricks: "Losing my leg made me a better man"
- Empower by Össur Achieves HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certification to Further Mitigate Risk in Third-Party Privacy, Security, and Compliance
- Össur Orlando is Moving!
- Exceptional performance by Team Össur
- Empower By Össur Helps Physician Practices Comply With New CMS Prior Authorization Requirements
- Össur Launches New Rebound® Post-Op Elbow Brace
- Össur will be carbon neutral in 2021
- Empower By Össur Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification Renewal
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- Össur Launches New POWER KNEE™
- Össur Congratulates Marko Cheseto Lemtukei For Setting New Marathon World Record
- Para-Athletes Using Össur Technology Dominate in Tokyo
- Össur Launches Rebound® ACL Knee Brace
- Empower by Össur helps physician practices comply with new CMS competitive bidding requirements on knee, spinal braces
- Össur named a Top Workplace of 2020 by The Orange County Register
- Össur athletes featured in Netflix’s “Rising Phoenix” Documentary, premiering August 26.
- Össur Launches New Empower App
- Össur's Dr. Anton Johannesson Honored by AOPA with Thranhardt Award
- Össur Introduces Balance™ Foot Prostheses Specifically For Less-Active People With Limb Loss And Limb Difference
- Össur Empower Achieves HITRUST CSF® Certification
- Össur Acquires Scanning and Design Technology from Standard Cyborg
- COVID-19 Global Pandemic
- Össur Celebrates 20 Years as a Publicly Traded Company
- Össur named a Top Workplace for 2019
- Team Össur Members Excel at 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai
- Össur and Alfred Mann Foundation Sign New Agreement to Extend Exploration of Mind-Controlled Prosthetics
- Össur has signed an agreement to acquire College Park Industries
- Marko Cheseto Lemtukei for Sets New Marathon World Record
- Össur announces next-generation PROPRIO FOOT intelligent prosthesis
- Össur Welcomes 4 Paralympians And Celebrates Limb Loss Awareness Month With Dozens of Local School Children
- Össur announces 2019-2020 roster of Team Össur athletes
- Össur partners with Danish National Olympic Committee & Sports Confederation
- AAOP names i-limb developer Hugh Gill as honorary member
- Global Clinician Panel Publishes New Consensus Document On Cartilage And Meniscal Rehabilitation
- Össur and Kinneir Dufort win 2019 iF DESIGN AWARD for RHEO KNEE® XC
- Össur acquires powered ankle technology from Springactive Inc.
- Össur acquires powered ankle technology from Springactive Inc.