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Upper-limb prosthetic coding changes, a new prior authorization requirement, and a fresh OTS orthotic competitive bidding round are all in motion at CMS. The NAAOP's October briefing details where each stands and what the field is pushing for.
Embla Medical posted $250 million in Q3 2026 sales, with its prosthetics and neuro orthotics segment growing at 7 percent organically. Its patient care segment, which covers owned O&P clinics, came in flat. That gap is worth understanding.
The Plus-M is already in use at many prosthetics clinics. Research selected for the 2027 Thranhardt Lecture Series Award examines whether individual items in it carry fall-risk signal beyond the composite score.
John Brinkmann built the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Behavioral Science Society from scratch in 2017. His successor, Jacalyn Harris, takes over a society that has spent nearly a decade making the clinical encounter's human side a formal professional concern.
Phantom Neuro's CYBORG early feasibility study has enrolled its first participants, who received subdermal implants designed to pick up muscle signals from the residual limb and route them wirelessly to a compatible upper-limb prosthesis.
K-levels are the functional classification numbers that largely determine which prosthetic devices Medicare will pay for. A PLOS One study tested a method using inertial sensors to classify ambulatory function in real-world conditions, and found it worth pursuing further.
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