Apr 27, 2018 | AAHKS Business, CMS
AAHKS President Craig J. Della Valle, MD, Immediate Past President Mark I. Froimson, MD, MBA, Health Policy Council Chair James I. Huddleston, MD and AAHKS staff were joined by AAOS President David A. Halsey, MD and staff at a meeting with Centers for Medicare &...
Apr 27, 2018 | Federal Guidelines
There are five weeks remaining to submit abstracts for the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting. Abstracts, symposia proposals and surgical technique video proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. (CDT) on June 1. Log in to the submission website using your AAHKS username and password....
Apr 27, 2018 | The Match, Webinars
The AAOS Board of Specialty Societies (BOS) Fellowship Committee is hosting a free webinar “Tips for the Orthopaedic Fellowship Year” on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 8:15 p.m. (Eastern). The webinar will cover the “ins and outs” of what it takes to be a good fellow. Ten...
Apr 27, 2018 | In the News
The U.S. Defense Health Board has started a review of policies for complex surgical procedures, including total hip replacement and total knee replacement, performed at military hospitals in the United States and abroad. After a report by US News & World Report...
Apr 27, 2018 | AAHKS Business, CMS
In November, AAHKS provided comments to the CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), which sent out a New Direction Request for Information (RFI) to help guide CMMI on future activities. This week they released the comments received from more than...