Advocacy News
05/11/2023
Department of Medicaid Budget Includes Reimbursement Increase for Podiatrists
The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) budget includes a 5% increase in the Medicaid reimbursement rates for podiatrists.
02/27/2023
Health Care Non-Competes Face Uncertain Future
Last summer, President Joe Biden signed a wide-ranging executive order last summer that encourages the Federal Trade Commission to draft rules to “curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses and other clauses or agreements that may unfairly limit worker mobility.”
02/27/2023
Board Approves Telehealth Rules
The State Medical Board adopted new telehealth rules that will become effective on February 28, 2023. These rules implement the requirements of the telehealth statute (R.C. 4743.09) for physicians (MD, DO, and DPM), physician assistants, dietitians, respiratory care professionals, and genetic counselors.
11/09/2022
2022 Election Recap
Ohio Republicans maintained their stronghold on controlling Ohio’s legislative and statewide offices, sweeping to victories in all five statewide offices and increasing their supermajorities in both the Ohio House and Ohio Senate. They also maintained control of the state Supreme Court and kept the US Senate seat of the retiring Rob Portman in Republican hands.
11/24/2021
Commentary: Orthopaedic Associations Continue Assault on Our Scope of Practice
The Ohio Orthopaedic Society and a Connecticut-based orthopaedic surgeon opened a new front in the orthopaedic community's seemingly never-ending war on our scope of practice. Click on the headline for more information.
11/23/2021
State Medical Board Rescinds Pro-Podiatry Guidance
The State Medical Board of Ohio unexpectedly voted at its November meeting to retract a 2019 policy letter that determined it is within the scope of practice for an Ohio podiatrist to perform a supramalleolar osteotomy of the tibia or fibula to correct a deformity and harvest bone marrow aspirate from the proximal tibia.
05/27/2021
Governor Signs COVID-19 Vaccine Bill into Law
A bill that provides Ohio podiatrists with statutory authority to administer the COVID-19 vaccine has been signed into law.
12/11/2020
Ohio Flu Shot Bill Signed into Law
An Ohio bill that enables podiatrists in Ohio to administer the influenza vaccine to individuals seven-years-old or older was recently signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine.
