Jan 13, 2017 | AAHKS Business, CMS, In the News
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality & CMS Chief Medical Officer, has been selected for the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service. AAHKS President William A. Jiranek, MD,...
Dec 22, 2016 | AAHKS Business
This issue of AAHKS news will mark the final one for 2016. The AAHKS office will close at Noon on Thursday, December 22 and re-open at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27. Happy Holidays to you!
Dec 16, 2016 | AAHKS Business, Membership
Welcome New Members At the December Board of Directors meeting on Monday, the last round of new members will be submitted for approval – bringing the total to 567 new AAHKS members for 2016. International membership has increased by 16% including our first member from...
Dec 2, 2016 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy
Edward C. Tanner, MD represented AAHKS at the AMA House of Delegates during their Interim Meeting in Orlando, Fla. last month. AMA President Andrew W. Gurman, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon from Pennsylvania, addressed the Orthopaedic Section Council about the recent...
Nov 18, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS
Representative Tom Price (R-GA) is on the short list of candidates to be Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Dr. Price is an orthopaedic surgeon and AAHKS member from Roswell, Georgia. As a senior member of the Ways & Means...
Nov 18, 2016 | AAHKS Business, Co-Branded Meetings, Education
On the heels of the AAHKS Annual Meeting, Education Council Chair, Brian D. Springer, MD, gave an update on the status of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) collaboration at the ACR Annual Meeting this week. “With extensive literature review and expert input,...
