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2019 KOPA Annual Meeting
Friday, June 14, 2019
Hyatt Regency Lexington
Lexington, Kentucky
401 West High Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40507
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Lexington, Kentucky 40507
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KOPA will NOT be having a 2019 fall meeting.
The June meeting will be a combined clinical/technical event. Meeting Fees KOPA Members - 125.00 & 60.00 dues Technicians - 100.00 Non Members - 200.00 Exhibitors - 600.00 table - 2 exhibitors per table 
The 2019 KOPA Annual Meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, Kentucky.
Please join us on Thursday, June 13th for the Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall Bourbon Country Reception! Hot and Cold Hors D'Oeuvres, Carving Station, Desserts, and Full Bar from 6:00pm-8:00pm Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 1 exhibit hall credit 3:00pm-6:00pm Exhibitor Set Up NEW FOR 2019! 6:00pm-8:00pm Welcome Reception in the Exhibitor Hall with Exhibitors! Friday, June 14, 2019 - 7.5 credits 7:30am-8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00am Welcome, Andrew Domb, CPO/L, KOPA President 8:00am-9:30am General Sessions - Medicare Success Through Education, Ashley DeCoteau, CGS, Jurisdiction B 9:30am-10:00am Functional Solutions for Partial Hand Amputations, Hannah Smith, Naked Prosthetics 10:00am-10:30am AM Coffee Break with Exhibitors 10:30am-12:00pm General Sessions - Creating Meaningful Lower Limb Prosthetic Outcomes: Preliminary Findings of a 12-Month Pilot, Brian Gustin, CP, Forensic Prosthetic & Orthotic Consulting Services 10:30am-12:00pm Tech Talk – Fabrication Troubleshooting, Daniel Hickey, Bulldog Tools 10:30am-12:00pm Practice Management - Preparing Your Practice for Sale, Don Hardin 12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch with Exhibitors Breakouts Sessions 1:00pm-2:30pm CAD/CAM Technology for Lower Limb Orthotics, Ray Speelman, CP, COF, WillowWood 1:00pm-2:30pm Lower Limb Prosthetics - Bionic Technology by Ossur!, Wayne Fichtel, CP, Ossur 2:30pm-3:00pm PM Snack Break with Exhibitors Exhibitor Tear Down at 3:00pm Breakout Sessions 3:00pm-5:00pm All Carbon AFOs are NOT Created Equal andThe Next Generation of Carbon AFOs, Noel Chladek, CO 3:00pm-5:00pm (continued) Lower Limb Prosthetics - Bionic Technology by Ossur!, Wayne Fichtel, CP Preparing Your Practice for Sale, Don Hardin
If you are an O&P practitioner thinking about selling your business for any reason, it can be difficult to find the information to know how much your business is worth and its value in the O&P marketplace. If you built your business from the ground up, personal feelings and judgments can affect your sales process.
Learn how to determine:
Ossur Liner Options & Ossur Prosthetic Feet, Wayne Fichtel, CP
Join Wayne for an overview of Ossur’s extensive range of Liners and Feet. ABC Certified in Prosthetics since 1994, and with previous experience in O&P fabrication at the S.I.U. School of Medicine, Wayne followed up completion of his clinical coursework at Northwestern University with a prosthetic residency at the Cleveland Clinic. He has enjoyed a varied industry experience as both clinician and presenter in the private practice, institutional and manufacturer realms, both domestic and international. He now supports Ossur’s prosthetic customers and their patients with clinical education across the United States. |
New Registration Options at KOPA This Year!
Exhibit Hall Only Registration
Note - You are eligible to receive Exhibit Hall credit for attending the Exhibit Hall and completing a passbook on Thursday evening! AND you are also eligible to participate in the $100.00 Amazon Gift Card raffle for completing your passbook! Register for Thursday evening's Exhibit Hall Kick Off Reception at the Hyatt Regency Lexington with the Exhibit Hall Only option. Administrative/Non-Clinical (No CEUs) Registration Discounted registration rate for admin/billing/management/customer service/purchasing - ANYONE who does not require continuing education credits. Join us on Friday, June 14th for the day but don't forget to attend Thursday evening's Exhibit Hall Kick Off Reception at the Hyatt Regency Lexington for only $55.00 for Thursday night and all day Friday, includes all breaks and lunch. You are still eligible to enter the $100.00 Amazon Gift Card raffle for completing your Exhibit Hall passbook - even if you do not need credits! Some of our Featured Presentations
ll Carbon AFOs are NOT Created Equal and
The Next Generation of Carbon AFOs, Noel Chladek, CO, LPO Take a comprehensive look at what is Energy Storing and how different orthoses provide different levels of function. Then learn about a new design of Energy Storing AFOs for normal use and can also accommodate the need for running and jumping. 
CAD/CAM Technology for Lower Limb Orthotics, Ray Speelman, CP, COF
Practices that implement shape-capture technology and CAD will realize the benefits of a tool for improving patient care and experience far better outcomes and a competitive edge. Ray is a clinical support practitioner at WillowWood. He educates clinicians at national, regional and state trade shows, customer facilities and provides educational webinars. 
Creating Meaningful Lower Limb Prosthetic Outcomes: Preliminary Findings of a 12-Month Pilot, Brian Gustin, CP
Brian is President of Forensic Prosthetics and Orthotics Consulting and Vanguard Metrics and Analytics with 38 years of clinical and business experience. He is a second generation CP with his father, a TF amputee since childhood, and uncle now both retired as CP’s. His father was the first person in the US to have a C-Leg approved by Medicare when no codes existed for this new technology. How? Through good documentation and writing skills. Gustin has personally met with CMS policy and analytical staff to understand what documentation is interesting and relevant vs. what is interesting and irrelevant. His latest endeavor, Vanguard Metrics and Analytics, was designed to assist the O&P clinic collect relevant patient data over a longitudinal period of time to determine the effectiveness of the care provided. O&P patient outcomes have been talked about a lot, but what has actually been done, which is meaningful to the individual clinic, patient, healthcare system, and payer? This presentation will discuss the genesis and preliminary findings to date of a 12-month Pilot Longitudinal Lower Limb Prosthetic Outcome data collection project. The project focuses on two main areas - Function related to Independent Activities of Daily Living (IADL's) and Psychosocial aspects related to Health Related Quality of Life characteristics.
Medicare Success Through Education, Ashley DeCoteau, CGS
New Medicare Cards
Targeted Probe and Educate myCGS Updates from teh DME MAC Telehealth vs Telemedicine Common Documentation Errors Important Reminders and MORE! Bring your questions! Bring your billing and administrative staff! Ashley will be exhibiting during the 2019 KOPA Annual Meeting. Come by the CGS table! |
Functional Solutions for Partial Hand Amputations, Hannah Smith
Most upper-limb amputations are traumatic in origin, and 94 percent of them occur at the fingers and metacarpals. Naked Prosthetics will be addressing partial-hand amputation, finding a solution and how our prostheses are engineered for strength. The partial-hand amputee population consists of predominantly working-age men (86%) who generally experience traumatic amputations in the workplace. This population has historically been under-served in the prosthetic world, often because patient-care providers are unaware of a functional solution that is appropriate for their specific needs. Naked Prosthetics will be addressing the demographics of this population, current solutions available on the market, and how our prostheses in particular are designed with this population in mind.
Most upper-limb amputations are traumatic in origin, and 94 percent of them occur at the fingers and metacarpals. Naked Prosthetics will be addressing partial-hand amputation, finding a solution and how our prostheses are engineered for strength. The partial-hand amputee population consists of predominantly working-age men (86%) who generally experience traumatic amputations in the workplace. This population has historically been under-served in the prosthetic world, often because patient-care providers are unaware of a functional solution that is appropriate for their specific needs. Naked Prosthetics will be addressing the demographics of this population, current solutions available on the market, and how our prostheses in particular are designed with this population in mind.
2018 KOPA Annual Meeting
Friday, November 2, 2018
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CENTER
1500 Alliant Avenue
Louisville, KY 40241
IWU's Louisville Education Center is conveniently located in the east end of Louisville off of I-64. The center is 20 minutes from downtown Louisville. From I-64, take Exit 17/Blankenbaker Parkway (South). Go 1/2 mile to the first stop light, Bluegrass Parkway (East), and turn left. Go one block to the first cross street, Alliant Avenue (North), and turn left. Go 1/2 mile to IWU, on the left between the Holiday Inn Express and Sam's Club.
Agenda
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
7:00am - Exhibitor Set Up
7:30am-8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00am-9:00am General Sessions
Orthotics - TBA
Prosthetics - Bone-Anchored Prosthetics – Eliminating the Socket, Kurt Collier, CP
Pedorthics - The Shifting Paradigms of the Pedorthic Practice; Cast-to-Custom vs Central Fab vs Prefab, Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management – Speaker will be Dan Heidemann
10:00am-10:30am Break with Exhibitors
10:30am-12:30pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics – Phat Braces, Energy Storing AFO Certification Course, Noel Chladek, CO
Prosthetics – What’s your Terrain? Transcending K2 Boundaries with the All-Terrain Knee,
Nick Vogel, CP
Pedorthics - The Diabetic Foot, Why Is It a Challenge? Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management - Best Practices Created Through Peer Collaboration: 6 Pillars, Paul Prusakowski, CPO
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch with Exhibitors
1:30pm-2:30pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics – Phat Braces, Energy Storing AFO Certification Course continued, Noel Chladek, CO
Prosthetics – Alternatives to Carbon Fiber, single stage laminations with built in alignment and airtight locks, Jennifer Fayter
Pedorthics - Modalities for Fall Prevention in Our Geriatric Population, Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management – Is your business playing Whack-A-Mole or Duck Duck Goose? Paul Prusakowski, CPO
2:30pm-3:00pm Break with Exhibitors - Exhibitor Tear Down at 3:00pm
3:00pm-5:00pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics - TBA
Prosthetics - iFit Transtibial Prosthesis Workshop – Immediate Fit, Innovative Technology, Josh Mullins
Pedorthics - Technology in Pedorthics, The role technologies play in assessment, design, production and evaluation, Jon Fogg
Practice Management - Tackling the Challenges of Today's Reimbursement Climate,
Nicole Burns, MBA-HM, CPOA
7:00am - Exhibitor Set Up
7:30am-8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00am-9:00am General Sessions
- Welcome and Introductions, Rob Pinkston, CPO, KOPA President
- Bluegrass Community & Technical College presentation on the possibility of offering an Orthotic & Prosthetic Technology program
- KY O&P Licensure Board Update (tentative)
Orthotics - TBA
Prosthetics - Bone-Anchored Prosthetics – Eliminating the Socket, Kurt Collier, CP
Pedorthics - The Shifting Paradigms of the Pedorthic Practice; Cast-to-Custom vs Central Fab vs Prefab, Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management – Speaker will be Dan Heidemann
10:00am-10:30am Break with Exhibitors
10:30am-12:30pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics – Phat Braces, Energy Storing AFO Certification Course, Noel Chladek, CO
Prosthetics – What’s your Terrain? Transcending K2 Boundaries with the All-Terrain Knee,
Nick Vogel, CP
Pedorthics - The Diabetic Foot, Why Is It a Challenge? Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management - Best Practices Created Through Peer Collaboration: 6 Pillars, Paul Prusakowski, CPO
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch with Exhibitors
1:30pm-2:30pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics – Phat Braces, Energy Storing AFO Certification Course continued, Noel Chladek, CO
Prosthetics – Alternatives to Carbon Fiber, single stage laminations with built in alignment and airtight locks, Jennifer Fayter
Pedorthics - Modalities for Fall Prevention in Our Geriatric Population, Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management – Is your business playing Whack-A-Mole or Duck Duck Goose? Paul Prusakowski, CPO
2:30pm-3:00pm Break with Exhibitors - Exhibitor Tear Down at 3:00pm
3:00pm-5:00pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics - TBA
Prosthetics - iFit Transtibial Prosthesis Workshop – Immediate Fit, Innovative Technology, Josh Mullins
Pedorthics - Technology in Pedorthics, The role technologies play in assessment, design, production and evaluation, Jon Fogg
Practice Management - Tackling the Challenges of Today's Reimbursement Climate,
Nicole Burns, MBA-HM, CPOA
2019 Abstract Submission Form
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2018 KOPA Technical Meeting
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Our 2018 Tech Program Sponsors
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2017 KOPA Annual Meeting
November 3, 2017
Indiana Wesleyan University Education and Conference Center
2530 Sir Barton Way, Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40509
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PRELIMINARY AGENDA
(subject to change without notice) 7 credits Thursday, November 2, 2017 12:00pm-5:30pm Bourbon Trail Tour 5:30pm-7:30pm Exhibitor Set Up 7:30am-8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors 8:00am-9:00am General Sessions
9:00am-10:00am Breakout Sessions
10:00am-10:30am Break with Exhibitors 10:30am-12:30pm Breakout Sessions
1:30pm-2:30pm Breakouts Sessions
2:30pm-3:00pm Break with Exhibitors (Exhibitor Tear Down at 3:00pm) 3:00pm-5:00pm General Sessions
Exhibitor Fee: $500.00 (One 6ft table, one exhibitor) KOPA Member Fee: $125.00 (KOPA membership dues of $60.00 will be added to KOPA member registrations.) KOPA NonMember Fee: $185.00 Technician Fee: $125.00 Fee includes the following meals: Continental Breakfast AM Break Lunch PM Break |
Titanium Sponsor
Aluminum Sponsors
Our Exhibitors (as of October 30, 2017)
Allard USA ALPS South Bulldog Tools Cailor Fleming Insurance Cascade Orthopedic Supply Clinical Education Concepts Coapt College Park Industries Comfort Products Create O&P Endolite Fillauer Freedom Innovations - Beverage Sponsor! Orthomerica Ottobock Spinal Technology SPS Thermo-Ply Thuasne WillowWood |
2016 Educational Symposium
DoubleTree Suites Lexington
2601 Richmond Road
Lexington, KY
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October 21, 2016
7:30-8:00 - Registration 8:00-8:15 - Opening Remarks, Natalie Brown, CPO-L, KOPA President 8:15-8:30 - Licensing Update, Paul Hatcher, CPO-L, Chair of the KBPOP Board 8:30-8:45 - Amputee Coalition, Melanie Miller, Coalition Representative 8:45-9:45 - Outcome Measures, Sam Brouillette, CPO-L, SPS 9:45-10:30 - Break with Exhibitors 10:30-12:00 - Endolite Presentation, Jacqueline Valdez, CO, BOCP 12:00-1:00 - Lunch with Vendors 1:00-2:45 - Control Your Marketing Message, Tom McGovern, CEC 2:45-3:15 - Break with Exhibitors 3:15-4:15 - Breakout Session A New Advancements in Foot/Ankle Systems, Haley Branch, CPO OR 3:15-4:15 - Breakout Session B Management of Charcot Foot, Dennis Janisse, CPed |
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2016 KOPA Tech Program
COPC Central Fab
4350-A Robards Lane
Louisville, KY 40218
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May 3, 2016 - Orthotic Focus
8-8:30 - Breakfast/Cascade Welcome & Introduction 8:30-10:00 - Trulife "Customization Options for Carbon Fiber AFO's" 10:30-12:00 - Becker "Fabrication of the New Becker Modular Systems" 12:00-1:00 - Lunch 1:00-2:00 - Delphi Ortho "New Technologies in O&P" 2:00-2:30 - Break 2:30-3:30 - Allard "C4C mold-to-patient LSO" 3:30-4:00 - Break 4:00-5:00 - Allard "Multimotion Joint Fabrication" |
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May 4, 2016 - Prosthetic Focus
8-8:30 - Breakfast/Cascade Welcome 8:30-9:30 - Bulldog "How to Achieve Your Goals in Fabrication" 9:30-10:00 - Break 10:00-11:30 - Trulife "New Technologies in Prosthetics" 11:30-12:30 - Lunch 12:30-2:00 - Nick Gambill "Fabrication of Posterior Mounted Foot" 2:00-2:30 - Break 2:30-5:00 - Click Medical "Fabrication of Adjustable AK Socket Utilizing BOA Technology" |
2015 Educational Symposium
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Non-KOPA Member $185.00
KOPA Member $125.00 KOPA Member Early Bird $100.00 KOPA Membership $60.00 |
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October 23, 2015
6.25 CEUs for Orthotic Track; 7 CEUs for Prosthetic Track 7:30-8:00 - Registration 8:00-8:15 - Opening Remarks, Tony Ward, CPO-L, KOPA President 8:15-8:30 - Legislative Update, Libby Milligan, McCarthy Strategic Strategies 8:30-8:45 - Licensing Update, Sienna Newman, CPO-L, Chair of the KPOP Board 8:45-9:45 - Running a Successful Clinic, Matthew Nelson, CPO-L, Freedom Innovations 9:45-10:30 - Break with Exhibitors 10:30-12:00 - Session One - Orthotic & Prosthetic Tracks 12:00-12:30 - Jurisprudence Exam 12:30-1:15 - Lunch with Exhibitors 1:15-2:45 - Session Two - Orthotic & Prosthetic Tracks 2:45-3:15 Break with Exhibitors 3:15-4:30 - Session Three - Orthotic Track 3:15-5:15 Session Three - Prosthetic Track |
Course Descriptions
Orthotic Track Session One Treating the Adult Scoliosis Patient, Gavin Hassell, CO, Aspen Medical Session Two From Stance Control to the Orthotic Mobility System, Liz Hillman, MEd, LCPO, Ottobock Session Three Spinal Overview, Basic Terminology, Landmarks, Pathologies, and Measuring for the Appropriate Orthosis as well as Fitting for Kyphosis and Scoliosis, George "Sandy" Hargrave, CO, Spinal Tech Prosthetic Track Session One Mechatronic Systems: Solutions for Optimal Patient Outcomes with X3, Genium, C-Leg4, and Triton Smart Ankle, Liz Hillman, MEd, LCPO, Ottobock Session Two Teaching Your Patients to Run, Matthew Nelson, CPO-L, Freedom Innovations Session Three WillowWood One Transfemoral Socket System, Bill Marmaras, CPO, WillowWood |
2014 Educational Symposium
DoubleTree Suites
2601 Richmond Road
Lexington, KY 40509
October 17, 2014 - 6.5 CEUs
7:30-8:00 - Registration
8:00-8:15 - Opening Remarks, Stephen Frick, CPO-L, KOPA President
8:15-10:15 - New Perspectives in Functional Gait Biomechanics, Andrew Carroll, CO, Allard
10:15-10:45 - Break with Exhibitors
10:45-11:00 - Legislative Update, Libby Milligan, McCarthy Strategic Solutions
11:00-11:15 - Licensing Update, Sienna Newman, CPO-L, Chair of the KPOP Board
11:15-11:45 - Jurisprudence Exam
11:45-12:30 - Lunch
12:30-2:15 - Outcomes Measures Aiding Documentation, Sam Brouillette, C, CFo, SPS Clinical Services
2:15-2:45 - Break with Exhibitors
2:45-4:00 - Outcomes Measures Aiding Documentation, Sam Brouillette, C, CFo, SPS Clinical Services
7:30-8:00 - Registration
8:00-8:15 - Opening Remarks, Stephen Frick, CPO-L, KOPA President
8:15-10:15 - New Perspectives in Functional Gait Biomechanics, Andrew Carroll, CO, Allard
10:15-10:45 - Break with Exhibitors
10:45-11:00 - Legislative Update, Libby Milligan, McCarthy Strategic Solutions
11:00-11:15 - Licensing Update, Sienna Newman, CPO-L, Chair of the KPOP Board
11:15-11:45 - Jurisprudence Exam
11:45-12:30 - Lunch
12:30-2:15 - Outcomes Measures Aiding Documentation, Sam Brouillette, C, CFo, SPS Clinical Services
2:15-2:45 - Break with Exhibitors
2:45-4:00 - Outcomes Measures Aiding Documentation, Sam Brouillette, C, CFo, SPS Clinical Services
2014 KOPA Tech Program
COPC Central Fab
4350-A Robarts Lane
Louisville, KY 40218
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WHEN: Friday, May 9th, 2014 - 9:00am-5:00pm
WHAT: Current Concepts in Orthotic and Prosthetic Fabrication COST: $150 AGENDA 8:30-9:00am - Introduction of KY Board of Directors/Agenda & Safety Protocol 9:00-10:30am - Diagnostic Socket Fabrication Utilizing Crystal Ringmaster Technology, Daniel Hickey, Technical Fabrication Manager - Bulldog Tools 10:30-11:00am - Break 11:00-12:00pm - ProComp; Carbon Infused Polypropylene Prepreg Sheet Material, Brad Mattear, CPA, CFO - Cascade Orthopedic Supply 12:00-1:00pm - Lunch 1:00-3:00pm - Spectracarb with High Vacuum Sockets, Peter Panuncialman, CPOA - Comfort Products 3:00-3:30pm - Break 3:30-4:30pm - Orthotic Component Overview, Russ Hornfisher , Director of Sales & Marketing - Becker Orthopedic 4:30-5:00pm - Program Q&A - Speaker Panel Continental breakfast will be provided from 8:30-9:00am during registration and lunch will be provided from 12:00pm-1:00pm. |
Our 2014 Program Sponsors
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2013 Educational Symposium and Licensure Update
Churchill Downs
Louisville, KY
November 7, 2013 - 4 CEUs
7:30-8:00 - Registration and breakfast
8:00-10:00 - Richard Sainz, MA, CP with Ability Dynamics discussing the new RUSH foot.
10:00-12:00 - Liz Hillen, MEd, CPO-L with Ottobock discussing Functional Differences Among Stance Control Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses
12:00-1:00 - Terri Ross, Lead Advocate for Amputee Coalition discussing Amputee Parity
1:00 - Lunch, Vendors, Auction and Races
7:30-8:00 - Registration and breakfast
8:00-10:00 - Richard Sainz, MA, CP with Ability Dynamics discussing the new RUSH foot.
10:00-12:00 - Liz Hillen, MEd, CPO-L with Ottobock discussing Functional Differences Among Stance Control Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses
12:00-1:00 - Terri Ross, Lead Advocate for Amputee Coalition discussing Amputee Parity
1:00 - Lunch, Vendors, Auction and Races