Ep. 101: The 2019 NAAOP Fellowship
For anyone in the limb loss/difference community interested in public policy and advocacy, the NAAOP Fellowship is an amazing opportunity...
For anyone in the limb loss/difference community interested in public policy and advocacy, the NAAOP Fellowship is an amazing opportunity...
It's the Amp'd Centennial Podcast Episode! We share what our favorite Amp'd podcasts are and why. We also reminisce about the origins of...
It's annual enrollment time for health insurance and that means you have choices to make. In this podcast, we focus on the differences...
The impact that veterans of our country's armed forces have had on the broader limb loss/difference community cannot be overstated....
As October comes to a close we celebrate Disability Awareness History Month. Learn about the origins of advocacy in the disability...
Meeting with a new amputee is a huge responsibility and, potentially, a transformative event in that person's life. And if you do it...
Perhaps the biggest health care-related issue in the upcoming mid-term elections is whether the current prohibitions on pre-existing...
It's that time of year again. Beginning November 1st, enrollment in the insurance exchanges begins again. What do you need to know about...
The National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense have awarded a grant to fund a limb loss registry. What is a registry? Why...
Every year, the biggest meeting in terms of size in the prosthetic industry is the AOPA National Assembly. What is it? Who attends? What...
We have seen many changes since becoming amputees, both in terms of the technology available and the broader health care environment...
Most of us spend some part of our lives with limb loss/difference suffering from phantom pain. Brutal, terrifying, agonizing - these...
In this episode we interview Nicole Ver Kuilen, the first-ever NAAOP fellow. Nicole spent her summer in Washington D.C. learning the...
Paralympic gold, completing triathlons and summiting the world's highest peaks may not be in the cards for some people with limb...
In this episode we introduce you to our online community, the Amp'd Army Mighty Network. What is it? How do you join? Listen to this...
Some people with limb loss/difference either don't have any insurance at all or the insurance they do have exposes them to large...
The Amp'd Transparency Tour continues its journey as we provide our quarterly update on key initiatives and strategy. Our tagline is "By...
Medicare's Coding Workgroup recently published its preliminary decisions for this year's applications for new reimbursement codes. How...
Max McGill just turned 20 and has never known his father (Dave) with two legs. What is it like growing up with an amputee for a parent?...
When you undergo the amputation of one or more limbs, not only does it change how you think and feel about yourself, it can also change...