The past two forum postings have reviewed the DMEPOS prior authorization process and the clinical requirements for L1951. This last forum posting on this subject will discuss more on the specific r...

This is the part 2 of a series that should be read in order. Key Points: What are Balanced Orthoses?                &nbs...

Could olive oil help when it comes to not only skin health but also supporting the health of the entire body, especially when combined with orthotics that prevent the lower body from shifting? This...

I really enjoy your excellent posts. One very minor correction on your last post. I am older than you, so I go back further. During my fellowship, I met a podiatrist who told me that they tried pl...

This is the start of a 7 part series that should be read in order. If you are prescribing foot orthotic devices, two things have likely already occurred. You have developed a comfort level with 3-6...

Many of my baby boomer contemporaries will remember the days when functional foot orthotics consisted solely of plexiglass (Rohardur) shells with acrylic posts. I can recall my podiatrist father tr...

The last forum discussed the DMEPOS prior authorization program as one way of CMS stemming the flow of money to the provider and is done prior to services or DME being provided. This edition of th...

 Treating Knee Problems can be very simple if you follow some basic rules. Number #1 Orthopedic principles give you Plan A to approach treatment. #2 Understand that the Knee is influenced by 3...

@tommen freed Thank you for the comment. Rich Blake

Thanks for useful info 

In my last posts, I have been talking about feet that have a tendency to pronate, but can easily be supinators (inverters). These include patients with either genu varum or valgum, high tibial varu...

@Robert Shor Thank you for the encouragement. It can get lonely typing away, talking to myself as I drink coffee!! LOL Rich 

Your orthotic lab should be able to provide full service for you and your patients. I can tell you as a consultant with KevinRoot Medical we take this concept to heart. My primary role at the lab i...

Medicare, in its attempt to stem payments to providers and reduce fraud and abuse, CMS has now expanded its DMEPOS Prior Authorization program to include HCPCS L1951, a very specific type of AFO di...

Great post, thanks Dr. Blake!

I recently saw a patient with pes cavus foot type for whom I had designed orthotic devices around 10 years ago. He simply was coming in to get his very successful orthotic devices (in his mind) ref...

 I have begun a discussion on patients with both tendencies to abnormally pronate and abnormally supinate in the same foot. These are my Medial/Lateral Instability Patients. At times, pronatio...

A common dilemma faced by the biomechanics practitioner involves how to treat the diabetic patient with orthotic devices. People with diabetes are similar to the general population in so much as no...

Most of us were barely in kindergarten when Dr. Merton Root began to revolutionize the biomechanics world, much like Copernicus telling the world the Earth moved around the Sun. One of Dr. Root&rsq...

Most often the process of creating a highly effective functional foot orthosis is straightforward if performed properly by an experienced and knowledgeable practitioner. However, the end product ma...