AOPA Leadership: Reimbursement for Value
Medical Art takes to Continued Learning The AOPA (The America Orthotic & Prosthetic Association) conference was an invite only event in Scottsdale, AZ in January 2019. It was exciting to be invited to take part in a meeting where professionals are so dedicated to improving their profession. Among the topics were Advancing Patient Satisfaction, Evidence-Based Delivery, Patient-Reported Outcomes and of particular interest is the question are prosthetists health care professionals or deliverers of devices. (Greg ...
Five Ways to Overcome Self-Doubt
We’ve all been there. That moment self-doubt comes to our minds, making us wonder if we’ve accomplished the right things in life, or accomplished enough at all. Are we providing enough for our family and loved ones? Are we even on the right path for our lives? Whether born with a defect or recovering from an accident that left you physically scarred, it can be hard to go through life without feeling self-doubt. Although these thoughts ...
Life After a Traumatic Injury
Many people live day to day without incident or, if something does happen, it isn’t a life-threatening event. However, there is sadly a large amount of deaths each day throughout the world. Surprisingly, these occurrences in people aged between 1 and 45 aren’t from illnesses, but from traumatic injuries such as car accidents and dangerous falls. If a person does survive such a traumatic event, they could be left with many kinds of severe and often ...
Letter of introduction to our upper extremity hand patients
In our training as medical artists we focused on prosthetic restoration of the face and also finger and partial hand restoration. Our primary purpose was to hone our skills in the creation of prostheses that looked very real; prostheses that matched the subtle characteristics of the patient’s skin tones including freckles, blood vessels, etc. as well as their skin textures including pores, wrinkles, etc. Over the course of years in private practice, the number of patients ...
UW Madison Biomedical Engineering Student Design Consortium
This is a big year! Our 10th year of sponsoring BME Student Design Projects. During our 10 year anniversary, we are proud to be sponsoring 24 projects in conjunction with University of Wisconsin Madison Biomedical Engineering Department for their BME Student Design Consortium. These innovative minds are pushing the limits to what's possible! Here are a few projects we're really excited about as they relate directly to the work we do at Medical Art Prosthetics. ...
Gion Named Director of WSOPP
NEWS! Greg Gion was re-elected as 2018 Director of the Wisconsin Society of Orthotists, Prosthetists and Pedorthists. (WSOPP) The Wisconsin Society of Orthotists, Prosthetists and Pedorthists' (WSOPP) mission is to establish a professional organization for Orthotists, Prosthetists and Pedorthists in the State of Wisconsin. Our goals are multifaceted with the primary goal to protect the health and welfare of the residents of the State of Wisconsin who have physical disabilities that require the professional services of ...
Welcome Jim Hogue; Artist, Medical Artist and Anaplastologist
An important note to all referring physicians Silicone facial prostheses are attempted by various clinicians and technicians, but truly faithful anatomical renditions - the kind that make patients happy - are only possible in the hands of an artistic practitioner with a balance of the right temperament, training and natural talent. Jim Hogue has that rare blend! We are very excited that Jim has joined the regular staff of Medical Art Prosthetics, LLC based in Madison, ...
Local Prosthetics Supplier Earns Medicare Accreditation
Local Prosthetics Practice earns Medicare Facility Accreditation in Unprecedented - 5 Specialty Categories: Facial, Somatic, Ocular, Breast and Limb Prosthetics Medical Art Prosthetics has successfully completed a rigorous process to earn Medicare accreditation from the Board for Certification/Accreditation (BOC). Facility accreditation is awarded when a facility has successfully demonstrated its compliance to standards set by the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) and BOC. Facility accreditation shows a supplier’s focus on providing quality patient care. “We’re honored and proud to ...
2nd Annual Orthotic and Prosthetic Innovation & Technology Symposium
Greg Gion, MMS, CCA, BOCP visits symposium in San Francisco Greg Gion, MMS, CCA, BOCP, director of Medical Art Prosthetics in Madison, WI represented the field of anaplastology as a delegate at the 2nd Annual Orthotic and Prosthetic Innovation & Technology Symposium in San Francisco, California. The meeting was held at the Milberry Union Event & Meeting Center at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center at 500 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California 94143-2203 on Friday ...