AAHKS News
The AAHKS News is delivered weekly to members' emails.AAHKS Releases Position Statement on Outpatient Joint Replacement
The AAHKS Board of Directors this week approved the AAHKS Position Statement on Outpatient Joint Replacement which was developed with input from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, The Hip Society and The Knee Society. This statement provides...
read moreAAHKS Survey Confirms Hospital Confusion over Medicare IPO Rules
A survey conducted by AAHKS shows that nearly 60% of surgeon members report their hospitals are interpreting new Medicare rules differently than the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) intended and possibly to the detriment of some patients. Studies have...
read moreCMS MIPS Field Testing Commences
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and its contractor, Acumen, LLC, will conduct field testing in October 2018 for 13 cost measures before consideration of their potential use in the cost performance category of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: THA Automation
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Friday, November 2, 2018 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in Grand Ballroom E Advancing Total Hip Arthroplasty through Automation DePuy Synthes Please join us to learn about a new technology...
read moreHigh School Health Care Club Checks Out Orthopaedics
The Chicago Tribune reported this week about Lyons Township High School students who observed a robotic surgery demonstration at La Grange Memorial Hospital in suburban Chicago. The students, who belong to the Future Healthcare Professionals Club, were hosted by AAHKS...
read moreTXA Focus of October JOA
This month’s issue of the Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) features the AAHKS-initiated clinical practice guidelines for the use of tranexamic acid in total joint arthroplasty along with accompanying articles that “clarify how and when tranexamic acid should be used with...
read moreAAHKS Contingent Represents in Guatemala
This week, former AAHKS President, Brian S. Parsley, MD led a team that included Immediate Past President Mark I. Froimson, MD, MBA and other AAHKS members on a medical mission trip to Antigua, Guatemala. “This is an awesome team of AAHKS members working together on...
read moreLab-Grown Knee Cartilage Trial in Canada
The Canadian television network, CTV, in Toronto reported on an international clinical trial for knee cartilage injuries taking place at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario. Surgeons collect a cartilage sample from the patient and send it to a clinic in...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Outpatient TJA Protocols
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Friday, November 2, 2018 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty: Economics, Protocols and Challenges Corentec America This Symposium has convened experts with many...
read moreTop AAHKS News Stories for September 2018
The following articles were the most clicked AAHKS News items in September 2018: What Are Joint Replacements Made Of? AAHKS 2018 Schedule Posted Online Tumor, Trauma Societies Endorse TXA Guideline Applications due for AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship To read the AAHKS...
read moreWhat are Joint Replacements Made Of?
The newest article added to the AAHKS patient education website explains in detail the parts of both hip and knee replacement implants. Here is the introduction: Hip and knee replacement surgery involve replacing the worn-out bone and cartilage lining your hip or knee...
read moreAAHKS in Uruguay This Week
AAHKS was represented this week at the co-branded meeting with the 20th Congress of the Uruguayan Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Montevideo, Uruguay. AAHKS International Committee Chair Rafael J. Sierra, MD provided the AAHKS 2017 Annual Meeting...
read moreAAHKS Comments on CMS OPPS Proposed Rule, Meets with Legislators
AAHKS has commented on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s (CMS) CY 2019 hospital outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule. Our comments focused on the continued impact our members and your patients are experiencing regarding the removal of TKA from the...
read moreCMS Field Testing Elective Primary Hip Arthroplasty MIPS Cost Measure
Starting in October of 2018, CMS will conduct field testing of cost measures including one for elective primary hip arthroplasty. The measures could be used in Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) starting in 2020. The hip measure was developed with...
read moreCall for JOA Reviewers
The Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) is seeking volunteers to become reviewers. If you would like to be a part of the JOA, please email your statement of interest to Managing Editor, Taylor Bowen, at journalofarthroplasty@gmail.com. He will then send you instructions on...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Patient Care
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Friday, November 2, 2018 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Developing a Referral Strategy to Improve Quality Surgical Care Affiliates Understand how a collaborative care environment improves quality of...
read moreFall 2018 FARE Finalists Announced
AAHKS congratulates the following researchers who are finalists for the next Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) Grant. The winner will be announced and presented with the grant at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Antonia F. Chen, MD Brigham and...
read moreInvite Your Colleagues to “The Business of TJR” Course
Co-Chairs, William A. Jiranek, MD and Mark I. Froimson, MD, MBA, invite you and your hospital colleagues to the AAHKS Business of Total Joint Replacement Course taking place on Friday, November 2, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. The course ends before the start of the General...
read moreImportant Dates Coming Up
Tuesday, September 25, 2018: Join the UKA Webinar at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern) Wednesday, September 26, 2018: Deadline to apply to the Women in Arthroplasty Committee Monday, October 1, 2018: Deadline to apply for the AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship Friday, October 12, 2018:...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Bundled Payment Success
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Friday, November 2, 2018 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Practical Tools for Bundled Payment Success – Will Your Strategy Work? Smith & Nephew The US healthcare environment is shifting, and bundled...
read moreAAHKS Conducts Round of Senate Hill Visits
As Hurricane Florence bore down on the East Coast, former Health Policy Fellow and AAHKS Advocacy Committee member P. Maxwell Courtney, MD made the rounds on Capitol Hill Thursday. Accompanied by AAHKS lobbyists, the offices of 10 Senators from both sides of the aisle...
read more2018 AAHKS Award Papers Selected
The Annual Meeting Program Committee has announced three outstanding papers that will be presented with the AAHKS Awards at the Annual Meeting: The James A. Rand Young Investigator’s Award “Large Opioid Prescriptions Are Unnecessary After Total Joint Arthroplasty: A...
read moreRegister for AAHKS Webinar on UKA Success
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 Time: 8:00 p.m. (Eastern) Moderator: Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD Partial knee arthroplasty (UKA) has experienced increased growth in the last several years. Patient selection along with an understanding of which ancillary tests are...
read moreAAHKS Submits Physican Fee Schedule and QPP Comment Letter to CMS
This week AAHKS submitted comments to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on their proposed rule “Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for FY 2019; Quality Payment Program; and Medicaid Promoting...
read moreOREF Grant Deadline Approaching
The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) is accepting applications for various funding opportunities ranging from $5,000 to $225,000. Letters of Intent (LOI) must be completed as required. All properly submitted LOIs will be reviewed by the OREF...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: OA Knee Pain
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Friday, November 2, 2018 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. OA Symptom Management for Non-Operative and Non-Optimized Hip and Knee Patients: Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation Avanos A discussion of clinical...
read moreAAHKS 2018 Schedule Posted Online
The preliminary program schedule for the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting is now available on the AAHKS website. View paper and symposia titles and authors in the order that they will present during the General Session November 2-4, 2018. Also available are the preliminary...
read moreDon’t Forget Your Running Shoes!
This year’s Fun Run and 5K walk are sponsored by Smith & Nephew and Elsevier, publisher of The Journal of Arthroplasty and Arthroplasty Today. Check in for the event begins at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2018, and the race begins at 5:55 a.m. The course is the...
read moreArthroplasty Today September Issue
The September issue of Arthroplasty Today is published online and in the new app. This issue features an editorial by Rafael J. Sierra, MD focusing on the growing international membership of AAHKS. “Arthroplasty Today continues its commitment to support our...
read moreTumor, Trauma Societies Endorse TXA Guideline
The Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) and the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) have granted AAHKS their official endorsement of the Tranexamic Acid in Total Joint Arthroplasty Clinical Practice Guidelines. AAHKS, the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and...
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