NCOPE News Feed and Archives

NCOPE Partners With The Foundation to Fund O&P Education Research
NCOPE seeks strong applications focused on the identification of core concepts and core principles for O&P professionals. A single, two-year grant of up to $60,000 will be awarded in 2023 for this one-time program. To learn more about this unique funding...

The O&P Foundation Announces the 2022 ABC Resident Travel Award Recipient
The Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research (The O&P Foundation) and the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics (ABC) are proud to announce the recipient of the 2022 ABC Resident Travel Award. Awardees...

O&P Technician Newsletter – Winter 2023 Edition
In this issue: Meet Joel Goltry and learn how O&P Technical School started him off on the path to success, learn about the latest happenings at Century College, and more!


NAAOP O&P Capitol Hill Update
Attn: George Breece Please view our video webcast and update: NAAOP Announces 2023 Breece Fellowship on Public Policy and Advocacy ATTENTION ALL O&P CONSUMERS: The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and...

SPS Names O&P Tech Student Scholarship Winner
SPS, Georgia, has named Ana Sofia Terroba Alvarez del Castillo as the recipient of its 2022 O&P technician scholarship. Castillo, a student at Century College, was awarded the $2,500 scholarship based on her outstanding leadership qualities, community service, and...
NCOPE Welcomes New Board Members
NCOPE welcomes the following new board members, whose terms commenced on January 1, 2023 for a three year term: J. Megan Sions, PT, DPT, PhD Rebecca Spragg, MSPO, CPO Heidi Truman, CPO

CHEA Recognition
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has produced a short video on understanding the value of CHEA recognition. NCOPE and our O&P programs are recognized, under the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). [yotuwp...

Learn About Medicare Documentation, Billing, and Coding from the DME MAC Experts for Free
Noridian and CGS are partnering to offer a five-part course will guide you through the complex world of Medicare. It will provide you with what is required to order, provide, and bill orthotics and prosthetics for Medicare beneficiaries under Medicare’s Durable...

Larry Lange Travel Fellowship Award Given to Gila Baer
Gila Baer is a Prosthetist Resident at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, IL. She holds a Masters of Prosthetics and Orthotics from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Prosthetics-Orthotics Center and a Bachelors of Biomedical Engineering from...