Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month 2023: Healthy Bones Are Always in Style
This May, the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) is celebrating Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month with a variety of activities and resources to help people of all ages understand the importance of good bone health. Inspiration for this year’s theme, “Healthy Bones Are Always in Style,” was drawn from legendary designer and fashion icon, Iris Apfel. BHOF welcomed Ms. Apfel to its Ambassadors Leadership Council in 2022 and she has already been instrumental in helping to raise awareness about how important good bone health is for aging well and staying active.
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Rep. Burgess Selected as Congressional Bone Health Champion Award Winner for "Outstanding Leadership, Advocacy and Commitment"
Representative Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas) has been selected as a 2022 recipient of the Congressional Bone Health Champion award by the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF). The award annually recognizes Members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, advocacy, and commitment to protect and improve the bone health of all Americans.
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Recipients Of 2022 Congressional Bone Health Champion Award Announced
The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of our national award to recognize Members of Congress who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, advocacy, and commitment to protect and improve the bone health of Americans.
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Support for H.R. 3517, the Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021
In support of H.R. 3517, the Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2021, the following letters were sent to Energy & Commerce Committee and Ways & Means Committee within the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Proposal for FLS reimbursement mechanism through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) proposed rule updating Medicare payment and refining policies under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) September 2021.
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FY23 LHHS Osteoporosis Appropriations Request Letters
On behalf of our 14 national organizations advocating for women’s health, aging, family caregivers and bone health, we are writing to request the Subcommittee’s continued attention to a costly and long neglected problem as you consider fiscal year 2023 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services.
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