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The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) was selected by The Agency for Health Care Administration for the state of Florida (AHCA) to provide accreditation for Home Medical Equipment (HME) suppliers there. BOC is one of five CMS-deemed Accrediting Organizations to earn...
Are you looking to differentiate yourself from others in the DME field? BOC and the MED Group are offering an exciting opportunity at Medtrade for you to become a Certified DME Specialist (CDME)! The CDME certification demonstrates a broad understanding of the durable medical...
For a third consecutive year, The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) won a Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service. This year’s customer service entry for the “Innovation in Customer Service” category earned BOC a silver award. BOC also received a bronze award in...
The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) recently earned NCCA reaccreditation for its Pedorthist certification program for another five-year period. BOC first received NCCA accreditation for the BOCPD certification program in 2008. Approximately 275 professionals are...
The 2015 Executive Committee (EC) of its Board of Directors has been announced by the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC). The following EC members have been elected to another one-year term in their respective roles: Chair: James L. Hewlett, BOCO, DMEPOS Consultant for...
The benefits of O&P care have been well documented, and the Mobility Saves website offers many tools to substantiate this claim. Power point presentations, video testimonials, and brochures are just a few resources available at mobilitysaves.org. Please support the efforts...
As you may know, CMS has proposed a “prior authorization” process for prosthetic reimbursements. At first, this sounds like a good idea, but in discussions with our fellow members of the O&P Alliance*, we have come to see there are major concerns surrounding this rule. The...
Please see an update to this release below. In a recent decision by the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Board of Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics (“Kentucky Board”), the Board affirmed the conclusion of an independent report that found that the Board of...
Valid and reliable examinations are used by the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) to ensure its certified individuals have the knowledge and skills required to serve patients in their fields. Recently, BOC’s Chief Credentialing Officer, Wendy Miller, BOCO, CDME, along...
A consolidated approach to credentialing was recently implemented by The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) through the successful unification of the organization’s certification and accreditation departments. This milestone integration will strengthen BOC’s product and...
NextLOGiK, a Columbia, Md.-based technology company, recently launched CompWALK, a mobile-ready, online software platform that allows organizations to measure compliance with regulations, industry standards, and corporate benchmarks. The data collected is recorded and processed...
The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) won a Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service in the “Best Use of Technology in Customer Service” category. This was the second consecutive year BOC was honored with a Stevie Award. Winners were announced Friday, February...
The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is pleased to welcome Carrie Green to the BOC staff as Marketing Manager. Green is responsible for developing and implementing BOC’s marketing strategy to improve communication with stakeholders and uphold customer satisfaction....
As part of the promise to meet the demand for quality patient care while providing exceptional support to its practitioners, BOC continues to evolve as a trusted resource for certification and accreditation in the orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) profession. On January 1,...
Owings Mills, Maryland (January 31, 2014) – In a joint effort to deliver a unique certification opportunity to Medtrade attendees, an introductory workshop for the Durable Medical Equipment Specialist (CDME) certification exam will be presented by the Board of...