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Snell Laboratory is proud to be a charter board member
of the PrimeCare O&P Network, a rapidly growing
orthotics and prosthetics network established in 1997.
PrimeCare O&P, a Limited Liability Corporation,
is an alliance of independent orthotic and prosthetic
facilities, with member facilities throughout the U.S.,
which together provide coverage to this region.
Snell Laboratory was instrumental in developing the
concept and pulling together the nucleus for PrimeCare
O&P, whose member companies share resources, experience,
and ideas among their practitioners and professionals,
resulting in better patient care and improved overall
service.
By combining the market coverage and strategic strengths
of multiple organizations, each PrimeCare member also
enjoys the benefits of enhanced negotiating power with
suppliers, expanded geographic overage, and shared insights,
experience and materials.
The Demand for Rehab Care
As a healthcare option, rehabilitative O&P care
is becoming increasingly attractive to providers and
insurers as well as patients, as today ’s skyrocketing
costs and managed care programs create a stronger demand
for cost containment. Recent figures available from
the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association indicate
that each $1 spent on rehabilitation saves $11 which
would be required for alternative methods and responses.
As national demographics shift rapidly, placing baby
boomers in the older, at-risk generation, experts forecast
greater demand for the O&P treatment of disease
and disabilities. As patients age they become more vulnerable
to peripheral vascular disease, diabetes and related
amputations, paralysis, deformity, or orthopedic impairments.
The Role of PrimeCare
These factors create an environment, which nurtures
the formation of rehabilitative
healthcare alliances such as PrimeCare O&P, which
can offer a more cost-effective and
patient-friendly answer to the treatment needs of physically
challenged individuals.
To insurers and healthcare facilities, PrimeCare offers
a greater choice of O&P service
providers available to their patients and customers,
and also offers bilingual service to
Spanish-speaking patients and professionals. For more
information about the services of
PrimeCare O&P, call 1-888-388-5243, or visit the
website: http://www.primecareop.com
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