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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated guidance for its 2028 Competitive Bidding round. A brief on what competitive bidding means for prosthetic and orthotic access, what has historically been at stake, and the questions worth tracking as the next round takes shape.
The coverage debate around prosthetics defaults to Medicare. But most new amputees are working-age. State-level prosthetic insurance parity laws have changed what private insurers must cover in many states — unevenly, and with gaps worth knowing before you file.
Hanger Ventures, the investment arm of the largest O&P provider network in the United States, has put money into Prosthetic Fit 360, maker of the Limn Fit sensor system. The announcement tells you something real about where socket sensing technology is heading—and something useful about the gap between a funding round and a fitting appointment.
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