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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>AOPA In Advance SmartBrief</title><description>Designed specifically for professionals in the orthotics and prosthetics industry, AOPA In Advance SmartBrief is a FREE, 2x/week e-mail newsletter. By providing the latest need-to-know industry news and information, AOPA In Advance SmartBrief saves you time and keeps you smart.&amp;nbsp;Click&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href='http://www.smartbrief.com/aopainadvance/index.jsp?sb_code=rss'&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to subscribe.</description><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aopainadvance?sb_code=rss</link><image><url>http://www.smartbrief.com/images/homepage/hed-smartbrief.gif</url><title>AOPA In Advance SmartBrief</title><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aopainadvance?sb_code=rss</link></image><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</lastBuildDate><item><title>OIG: Fraud units can use federal funds for Medicaid data mining</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DE72BF0BF-B05A-4A79-9735-FB62FF1CBBAA%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DE72BF0BF-B05A-4A79-9735-FB62FF1CBBAA%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">The HHS Office of Inspector General has issued a final rule authorizing states to use federal matching funds to clamp down on&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DE72BF0BF-B05A-4A79-9735-FB62FF1CBBAA%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div><p><div style="background-image:url('/images/briefs/common/graphicbox_top.gif');background-repeat:no-repeat;clear:both;margin:0 auto;margin-top:14px;border:1px solid #000000;padding:4px;padding-top:18px;"><a href="http://www.abcop.org/certification/Pages/Default.aspx"><img border="0" src="http://www.smartbrief.com/images/i/8D696BCA-D126-44B1-A2C8-D148B1616F8F/ABC-Exams_TopStoryBanner.jpg"/></a></div></p>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>Top Story</category></item><item><title>Experts highlight benefits, potential dangers of robotic advances</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D3CA1767E-94C9-464D-A37E-5BD6ECEAF9C1%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D3CA1767E-94C9-464D-A37E-5BD6ECEAF9C1%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Experts in a session during the Google Big Tent conference in London debated whether advances in robotics and prosthetics cou&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D3CA1767E-94C9-464D-A37E-5BD6ECEAF9C1%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>Science and Technology</category></item><item><title>Gene switching process may aid diabetic wound healing</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DF53AE8F0-B627-4E1F-8314-E8E76BB62249%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DF53AE8F0-B627-4E1F-8314-E8E76BB62249%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Using cultured skin cells, researchers at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular Biology have identified a complex genetic mechani&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DF53AE8F0-B627-4E1F-8314-E8E76BB62249%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>Medical News</category></item><item><title>CDC: U.S. adults continue to make unhealthy lifestyle choices</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DE76C362A-53A2-44BC-8A06-913E4BE44351%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DE76C362A-53A2-44BC-8A06-913E4BE44351%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">CDC researchers surveyed almost 77,000 adults between 2008 and 2010 and found that about 6 in 10 of them are either overweigh&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DE76C362A-53A2-44BC-8A06-913E4BE44351%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>Medical News</category></item><item><title>Many patients with prediabetes, diabetes unaware of nerve damage</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D6EB405DF-4DD4-4103-87AE-6758B6CCEBA1%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D6EB405DF-4DD4-4103-87AE-6758B6CCEBA1%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Nearly 24% of prediabetes patients and 22% of those with diabetes had distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy, according to a Germ&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D6EB405DF-4DD4-4103-87AE-6758B6CCEBA1%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>Medical News</category></item><item><title>USPSTF recommendation has little effect on mammography use</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D42FDAF2C-16BC-4C96-BDFF-C5406974546E%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D42FDAF2C-16BC-4C96-BDFF-C5406974546E%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D42FDAF2C-16BC-4C96-BDFF-C5406974546E%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>Medical News</category></item><item><title>House bill would ease airport screening for disabled veterans</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DABCCB959-2672-4BF6-8017-225A6008F6B9%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DABCCB959-2672-4BF6-8017-225A6008F6B9%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Disabled veterans with prosthetic devices or in wheelchairs would be permitted to wear their shoes, belts and jackets at airp&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DABCCB959-2672-4BF6-8017-225A6008F6B9%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div><p><div style="background-image:url('/images/briefs/common/graphicbox_top.gif');background-repeat:no-repeat;clear:both;margin:0 auto;margin-top:14px;border:1px solid #000000;padding:4px;padding-top:18px;"><a href="http://opworldcongressusa.org/"><img border="0" src="http://www.smartbrief.com/images/i/976308DE-5720-4DEE-820B-74FA1AAD1396/WorldCongress_Banner3_468x60.jpeg"/></a></div></p>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>Legislative and Regulatory</category></item><item><title>Victoria's Secret decides against offering mastectomy bras</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D72690ED0-865A-42CB-ACB8-43A159C82844%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D72690ED0-865A-42CB-ACB8-43A159C82844%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">After considering requests from women who have chosen not to have breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomies, Victo&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D72690ED0-865A-42CB-ACB8-43A159C82844%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>Trend Watch</category></item><item><title>Breaking news from AOPA</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DD0D06AB3-9F83-4C3F-B659-059979CA0B78%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DD0D06AB3-9F83-4C3F-B659-059979CA0B78%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">CMS publishes draft clinical template designed to assist physicians to properly document medical need for lower limb prosthes&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DD0D06AB3-9F83-4C3F-B659-059979CA0B78%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>AOPA News</category></item><item><title>Upcoming events</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DC71DEEE7-8F30-4360-9289-8CA73E94E6C3%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DC71DEEE7-8F30-4360-9289-8CA73E94E6C3%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">June 12: Clinical Documentation: The Dos & Don&rsquo;ts (Telephone audio conference) Learn more or register onlineJune 13-14:&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FstoryDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3DC71DEEE7-8F30-4360-9289-8CA73E94E6C3%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>AOPA News</category></item><item><title>You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.</title><guid>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D9637CEBC-0F26-482A-A33B-A9120E240D2D%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</guid><link>http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D9637CEBC-0F26-482A-A33B-A9120E240D2D%26brief%3Daopainadvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss</link><description><![CDATA[<div style="clear:both;margin:20px auto;color:#666;">Beverly Sills,American opera singer and opera manager&nbsp;-<a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/rdrc?u=%2Fnews%2FquoteDetails.jsp%3Fissueid%3DB45EFEBD-A659-4D75-BD7F-F13BDAACB5BC%26copyid%3D9637CEBC-0F26-482A-A33B-A9120E240D2D%26brief%3DAOPAInAdvance%26sb_code%3Drss%26campaign%3Drss">More</a>-&nbsp;</div>]]></description><pubDate>23 May 2013 14:03:56 CDT</pubDate><category>SmartQuote</category></item></channel></rss>