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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Thanks to Those Who Openly Question

I am also pleased with recent advocacy and movement by some to help and provide the much needed support for reform in the O&P industry.

Unfortunately it took the real threat of elimination of ALL independent providers for some to act.

In this case, it is again a patient leading the providers to advocate and address the monopoly controversy.

Thank you Dan Gottry,Jan Saunders and sadly only a handful of other providers who have openly questioned and retaliated against the industry conflicts and monopoly efforts that have been in place for a long time, but have more recently surfaced with concern of Hanger's wholly owned subsidiary Linkia and network contracting and monopoly strategies thru their 620 facility network AND their wholly owned subsidiary distribution facility.

Apathy is dominant in your profession."Providers speak out".

You should be more concerned with the 'elimination' of your practices as the result of the complete lack of funding by third party payers, than the fear of possible retaliation by distributors in increasing your costs of components and supplies.

www.gottrys.com

Tony Barr

(Posted to List Serve)

posted by Daniel Gottry at 8:21 AM