Sep 23, 2016 | Legislation
A recent decision by the South Carolina Supreme Court supports integration of physical therapy (PT) and physician services. In Joseph v. South Carolina Department of Labor, the court overturned a previous ruling and agreed with arguments that physician practices...
Sep 23, 2016 | In the News, Research
The largest study to date of Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) program, “Association Between Hospital Participation in a Medicare Bundled Payment Initiative and Payments and Quality Outcomes for Lower Extremity Joint Replacement Episodes,”...
Sep 23, 2016 | In the News
Healthline featured a story about patients receiving hip replacements at a younger age and highlights the importance of setting realistic expectations about activity levels post-surgery. AAHKS members were interviewed and commented on the big picture of total joint...
Sep 16, 2016 | Education, Webinars
The next AAHKS webinar, “Functional Cup Position to Avoid Instability in Total Hip Arthroplasty and the Hip/Spine Relationship,” moderated by Douglas E. Padgett, MD, takes place on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern). Register now. Scope: The mobility...
Sep 16, 2016 | In the News, Practice Management, Publications
The September edition of Arthroplasty Today features the first white paper published in the open-access journal. “Help, my rating looks bad! Coding comorbidities in arthroplasty,” by Joseph W. Galloway, MD and Frank R. Voss, MD. Dr. Voss is Chair of the AAHKS Practice...
