Governmental Influences on O&P Practice: How Can it Affect You

Thursday, February 19, 2026

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM CDT

Room: Volunteer Breakout 1

CE: 1.5 (B)

Session Leader(s)

Kevin Hines, CPO, LPO, FAAOP

Clinical Manager
Arise Orthotics and Prosthetics
Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, United States
Mac McClellan, CPO/L, FAAOP(D)

President
Prosthetic-Orthotic Associates of East Texas, Inc.
Tyler, Texas, United States

Speaker(s)

Chris Baschuk, MPO, CPO, FAAOP(D)

Director of Clinical Services
Point Designs
Bountiful, Utah, United States

This session will give a summary of the past year of the issues impacting O and P. Topics that will be discussed will include continued pursuit of the Medicare O&P Patient Centered Care Act, So Everybody Can Move Legislation, the impacts of tariffs on O&P and other current relevant legislative topics.

Learning Objectives:

Understanding the ramifications of the recent Accreditation requirements
Update on congresional progress with the Medicare Patient Centered Care Act
Updates on status on upper extremity code expansion and submistiions