Jan 6, 2022 | In the News, Popular
See what’s important to your colleagues! The most popular AAHKS Weekly News stories in December 2021 were: Write Congress to About Reimbursement Reductions asking AAHKS members to contact their elected officials to stop further reductions to Medicare reimbursement....
Dec 17, 2021 | In the News
Modern Healthcare spoke with AAHKS Program Committee Chair Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA, to get her thoughts on “smart implants,” the first of which was recently approved by the FDA. AAHKS members Peter K. Sculco, MD, Fred D. Cushner, MD and Yale A. Fillingham, MD also...
Nov 4, 2021 | AAHKS Business, In the News, Popular
See what your fellow orthopaedic surgeons are reading! Here are the most popular stories from the AAHKS Weekly News in October: “Orthopaedic Surgeon Forbes Article on Health Care Bureaucracy” (Oct. 21) about AAHKS member Prem Ramkumar’s Forbes article, “If Patients...
Oct 28, 2021 | In the News, Opioids, Patient Outcomes
Healio reported that one-sixth of patients over the age of 60 were still taking opioid pain medication three to six months after surgery, according to research presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting last month. “While prior research...
Oct 21, 2021 | In the News, Membership
AAHKS member Prem Ramkumar, MD, has written a follow-up to his last Forbes article, “If Patients Knew: Surgeon Stewardship Versus Balance Sheet Bureaucracy In Orthopaedic Surgery.” Dr. Ramkumar spoke with entrepreneur Mark Cuban about his experiences as a patient...
Oct 14, 2021 | In the News, Research
Research reported in Healio finds that “Instability has been cited as the most common cause of revision after total hip arthroplasty, with rates of 1% to 4% after primary THA and 10% to 15% after revision THA, according to Christopher L. Peters, MD, chief of adult...
