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2021 Title Sponsors
by AOPA
Sponsors preview their exhibits and share their visions for the future of O&P
ALPS South LLC
BOOTH 205
www.easyliner.com Area of Specialty: Advanced gel-based prosthetic liners
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
We are incredibly excited to be back at AOPA’s National Assembly in Boston this year. Although this past year has brought many challenges, we never stopped developing new solutions for the complex problems amputees face. Therefore, we are looking forward to connecting with the O&P community to share these new solutions, uncover and inspire new product solutions, and break the wide misconception that a low price point reflects low-quality products and value. Most importantly, we look forward to speaking with all attendees and becoming stronger together.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
We will be showcasing the significant value ALPS brings to the O&P community. Through research and innovation, cost-effective manufacturing strategies, and extreme production efficiency, we can design and deliver superior products for the least possible cost, providing maximum value to amputees, prosthetists, and orthotists worldwide.
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
At ALPS, we aspire to be a leader of positive change within the O&P community. Our strong relationships with medical professionals and continuous dedication to research and development allow us to uncover needs that others may not be able to. With infinite production capabilities and top-grade staff focused on making lives better, we are confident that, as we move into 2022 and beyond, we will invent and deliver a wider variety of product solutions meant to solve the needs of even the most challenging cases.
Allard USA
BOOTH 521
www.allardusa.com Area of Specialty: Ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs)
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
Connecting with friends and business associates again not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The opportunity to touch, feel, and learn about new products.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
We’ll share a live demo on customizing an Allard AFO. We will be showcasing Allard AFOs; Flow and 2½, short versions, the iFIT transtibial and new transfemoral, the new and improved SWASH, new central fabrication materials, and our expanding Smart Orthotic Treatment line.
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
We expect to see the ability to see and care for patients in person again. Another positive change would be that patients won’t continue to delay receiving medical care only to have their conditions worsen. We also expect to see the continuation of telemedicine in our industry. Hopefully, we will also see the continued use of technology for better outcomes, more research that supports the use of O&P devices, and better collaboration with reimbursement agencies so we can better care for our patients.
American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, & Pedorthics Inc.
TABLETOP C1
www.abcop.org Area of Specialty: O&P certification and accreditation
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
We are looking forward to being able to reconnect in person with our credential holders and colleagues.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
We’ll share certification and facility accreditation info and resources as well as a few friendly and familiar faces.
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
We expect to see continued advances in technology and accessibility.
www.bocusa.org
Board of Certification/ Accreditation
TABLETOP C5
www.bocusa.org Area of Specialty: Accreditation and certification
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
The BOC team is looking forward to seeing and reconnecting with colleagues, associates, and friends in the AOPA community.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
BOC will showcase our CMS-deemed accreditation for O&P providers and fitter certifications for professionals.
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
The public health emergency increased recognition for the important role of orthotists and prosthetists in the medical care ecosystem. It also confirmed that access to clinicians, care, and service is critical to positive patient outcomes. We expect to see a continued focus on patient outcomes and the need for the O&P communities to work together to define success and deliver for our patients.
Cailor Fleming Insurance
BOOTH 233
www.cailorfleming.com/specialty/ orthotics-prosthetics-insurance Area of Specialty: Insurance
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly? Cailor Fleming is bringing five people to the Assembly this year because we are very much looking forward to gathering with the industry in person, and we want to be prepared for presenting our newest and maybe biggest product
yet, the AOPA Affinity Health Plan. Our brand-new Affinity Health Plan (AHP) will be more comprehensive (especially with O&P coverage) and more cost-effective than most group benefits plans.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
We will showcase this new Affinity Health Plan, along with new cyber insurance products as well as new management liability (employment practices liability, or EPL) products. EPL covers sexual harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination, among other things—it basically covers employers for any violations of employees’ civil rights. Good stuff, to say the least!
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
From an insurance standpoint, we anticipate better risk management, which will result in fewer claims and lower insurance premiums.
O&P Almanac
TABLETOP C9
www.aopanet.org/publications/ op-almanac-magazine Area of Specialty: O&P news and information
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
AOPA and O&P Almanac staff look forward to connecting with Assembly attendees and learning what’s top-ofmind for today’s O&P professionals.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
The O&P Almanac booth will feature current and past issues of AOPA’s O&P Almanac magazine. Stop by to pick up a copy, learn about earning continuing education credits by reading, and sign up for our digital edition.
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
The O&P profession is changing quickly. As changes to the broader healthcare environment filter into O&P healthcare, O&P Almanac will share updates, interview key players, and disseminate the latest information to help you run your businesses successfully.
Össur Americas
BOOTH 219
www.ossur.com
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
Community is the perfect word. Össur is looking forward to reconnecting, to looking to the future with the added wisdom and resilience gained through the past months. There is so much that has been accelerated and explored in technology and finding new ways to continue serving people safely, and sharing those lessons is an exciting opportunity.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
We are celebrating the 50-year anniversary of our founding and look forward to toasting the future with friends new and far! We also are highlighting several new products and expanded services and look forward to sharing some transformational products in particular.
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
The O&P industry has long been shaped by disruption, from the battles individuals wage for mobility to the broader pushes for access to care, closing the mobility gap with creative products, and finding new ways to maximize outcomes. We expect more of the same, with new ways to deliver care leading the way.
Ottobock
BOOTH 415
www.professionals.ottobockus.com Area of Specialty: Prosthetics, orthotics, fabrication
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
Reuniting with colleagues from across the industry and showcasing how Ottobock continues to support our profession with new, innovative solutions for patients.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
We are excited to unveil new products at this year’s show. We continued development efforts last year and will highlight these latest innovations in multiple categories, including feet, at our exhibit.
What changes do you expect to see
in 2022 and beyond? There’s a clear opportunity for the O&P profession to embrace the digitalization that has transformed other areas of healthcare. The products, services, and technologies of the future that allow seamless connectivity with patients and providers to achieve better outcomes and experiences are at our fingertips.
PROTEOR USA
BOOTH 531
www.proteorusa.com Area of Specialty: Lower-limb prosthetics
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
First and foremost, the team at PROTEOR USA is looking forward to seeing and touching base with all of our good friends throughout the O&P community live and in person. Aside from that, we’ve also been working hard developing several new lifechanging products and eagerly look forward to the National Assembly as a great opportunity to introduce these products to our friends and colleagues.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
July 1 saw the launch of the RUSH ROGUE® 2, our newest fiberglass foot. With its redesigned VSR, the RUSH ROGUE 2 offers increased vertical shock and rotation with a decreased overall product weight. We’ve also got Shockwave, our newest carbon-fiber foot from the Freedom Innovations collection. We’re most excited to showcase QUATTRO, our newest MPK. This knee has been causing quite a buzz, and we’re excited to showcase this at the National Assembly.
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
To see positive change in these times, products and services must adapt and evolve to meet the ever-changing needs of amputees worldwide. To best serve our community, PROTOER USA is committed to providing an expansive product portfolio, offering the best options in O&P. A great product portfolio is essential but must also be backed up by the best clinical and technical support in order to reach the best possible outcomes.
Spinal Technology Inc.
BOOTH 305
www.spinaltech.com Area of Specialty: Spinal orthotics
What are you most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly?
I think the thing we are most looking forward to at this year’s National Assembly is being back in the company of all of our colleagues and offering our customers the education and technical support they expect from us. We also are looking forward to having our loyal customers help us celebrate our 30th year in business and as the leader in custom spinal orthotics.
What will you be showcasing at your exhibit?
Our knowledge! With our corporate headquarters only 60 miles south of Boston, we will have some of our best technicians in attendance to help answer all technical questions. And, with the Assembly located in Boston, we also can offer up our knowledge on all things Boston.
What changes do you expect to see in 2022 and beyond?
I think as a whole the O&P community has grown quite a bit throughout the closures and lack of face-to-face meetings. With everyone becoming more comfortable with platforms like Zoom, GoToMeeting, and Skype, we are able to offer our technical support and training in a minute’s notice.
