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O&P Alliance

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Mission.

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Alliance (O&P Alliance) is a coalition of the leading national organizations representing the orthotic and prosthetic profession. The four groups that comprise the O&P Alliance include: the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP); the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC); the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA); and, the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP). Together, the O&P Alliance represents the scientific, research, professional, business, and quality improvement aspects of the O&P field. The O&P Alliance advocates for state and federal policy that improve the practice of O&P and quality of services provided to patients who require these health care services.

About

Member Organizations

2026 Priorities

Tier 1 Priorities

  • Securing O&P outcomes research funding under the Department of Defense in FY 2027 both through the CDMRP peer reviewed and a separate earmark

    • Support appropriations request, as well as funding for the LLRC

  • Enactment of the Medicare O&P Patient-Centered Care Act, H.R. 4475 and S. 2329,  specifically provisions to, in order of priority:

    • The exemption of certified or licensed O&P professionals from the off-the-shelf orthotics Competitive Bidding Program (“CBP”)

    • Impose a ban on drop shipping to patients’ homes of custom fit and fabricated orthoses and prostheses to help fight Medicare fraud and abuse

    • Eliminate the Reasonable Useful Lifetime (“RUL”) of custom orthoses comparable to the treatment of prostheses, to improve access to patient care and eliminate same or similar denials

  • Limiting the scope of future rounds of competitive bidding of off-the-shelf orthotics, and opposing the Remote Item Delivery (“RID”) system for inappropriate off-the-shelf orthoses

  • Implementation of BIPA Section 427 through a regulatory or sub-regulatory approach – potentially though individual NPI’s

  • Oppose DOE proposed reclassification of Professional versus Graduate degrees, resulting in dramatic caps in student loans for O&P professional education which could seriously impact the O&P workforce

  • Evaluating future structural reforms at the Veterans Health Administration to ensure veteran access to quality O&P community providers, including support for the Veterans SPORT Act, H.R. 1971; S. 3138

  • Supporting So Every BODY Can Move legislation at both the state and federal level 

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Tier 2 Priorities

  • Upper limb prosthetic coding initiative: Continue to work with the Academy’s Upper Limb Prosthetics Society to improve coding, coverage, and payment of contemporary upper limb prostheses

  • Solidify recognition of prosthetist/orthotist notes in Medicare patients’ records to demonstrate medical necessity

  • Continue efforts to improve access to bone-anchored prosthetic technologies

  • Explore federal regulatory and legislation options to improve coverage of custom prosthetic breast forms for Medicare beneficiaries post-mastectomy

Contact

Please click on one of the member organizations above for more information about the O&P profession.

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