BOC Wins Gold w3 Award for Website Redesign

New site improves user experience through mobile-first design, user-friendly navigation

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (Oct. 27, 2022) – The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is a proud winner of the Gold w3 Award for its recent web redesign and improvements for customer navigation. With more than 3,000 annual entries from across the globe, the w3 Awards honor outstanding websites, marketing, video, mobile, social and podcasts created by some of the world’s best digital content creators.

Sanctioned and judged by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, BOC’s newly redesigned website earned a Gold award for its user experience (UX) enhancements including: mobile-first design, user-friendly navigation, thoughtful menu categorization and colorful, neatly displayed design elements.

BOC’s newly redesigned homepage

“Our website is an important gateway and resource for new and existing customers,” says Judi Knott, MA, MBA, BOC’s chief strategy and marketing officer and incoming president and CEO of the organization. “The website redesign focused on our customer experience and helping them find what they need faster. We created a hub of useful resources and then improved our website organization and menus to make everything easy-to-find. We are honored to win this award and look forward to continuing to put our customers first.”

To experience BOC’s new website and learn more about DMEPOS certification and accreditation, visit www.bocusa.org.

About BOC

The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC), founded in 1984, offers highly valued credentials in the fields of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) and durable medical equipment (DME). BOC offers accreditation for O&P practices, pharmacies and DME suppliers and certifications for orthotic fitters, mastectomy fitters and DME specialists. BOC-certified practitioners and accredited suppliers are included as qualified providers and suppliers, respectively, in the Social Security Act as amended by the Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (BIPA).

BOC has been acclaimed for award-winning innovation and customer service, earning international recognition with ten Stevie Awards. Both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs accept BOC credentials as meeting their standards. Learn more at www.bocusa.org.