AAHKS News
The AAHKS News is delivered weekly to members' emails.Fall 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...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Hip Cementation
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Thursday, November 1, 2018 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Cementing the Hip: New Focus on a Gold Standard Heraeus Medical LLC Course participants will learn when to deploy and how to perform cementation...
read moreWe Need Your TKA Patient Stories!
AAHKS is seeking additional examples of patient care problems related to the removal of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Inpatient Only list (IPO). As a compelling example, a member recently reported on the negative...
read moreAAHKS Signs on to AMA Letter to CMS Administrator Verma
AAHKS, along with more than 150 other medical specialty and state societies, signed on to a letter to the CMS Administrator Seema Verma to thank CMS for continued dialogue related to reducing administrative burdens, particularly through their “Patients Over Paperwork”...
read moreApply to be an OMeGA Review Committee Member
OMeGA is accepting applications for its 2019 Review Committee (RC) in the Adult Reconstruction, Oncology, Pediatrics and Trauma subspecialties. RC members evaluate fellowship program applications in OMeGA’s merit-based grant process. All RC applicants must be...
read moreWhat Patients are Viewing: Hypnotherapy for Pain
NBC5-Chicago featured a knee replacement patient in a story on the use of hypnotherapy to help manage pain following surgery. The focus of the piece was how hypnosis therapy could help some patients reduce their use of opioids for pain management. In conjunction with...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Infection
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Thursday, November 1, 2018 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Rising to Meet the Threat Posed by Periprosthetic Joint Infection with Dr. Javad Parvizi Heraeus Medical LLC This forum will present...
read moreNew Arthroplasty Today App Launches!
AAHKS and Elsevier are pleased to announce the launch of the Arthroplasty Today mobile app. Read the current issue, search the archives of PubMed-indexed articles, take notes and create your own reading list. Download the free app from the Apple App Store for iPhone...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Knee Arthroplasty Technologies
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Thursday, November 1, 2018 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Survivorship & Satisfaction: Optimizing Both with the Persona Knee System Zimmer Biomet The future of knee arthroplasty is innovation that...
read moreAMA Expresses Concern over Walmart Opioid Policy
In the wake of Walmart’s policy of restricting opioid prescriptions in all US Walmart and Sam’s Club stores to a seven-day supply, the American Medical Association issued a letter to Walmart, Inc. president, Doug McMillon. The letter outlines three main concerns with...
read moreAAHKS Welcomes 300th International Member
The AAHKS Board of Directors approved new members for the month of July, and included in the group is Jesse James F. Exaltacion, MD, FPOA, FPCS from Cebu City, Philippines. Dr. Exaltacion is the 300th member of AAHKS with International status and represents the first...
read moreSex After TJA – New Article in AAHKS Patient Education Library
The AAHKS Patient and Public Relations Committee has just published a new article to the AAHKS Patient Education Library, “A Guide to Returning to Sexual Activity Following Total Hip and Knee Replacement.” This is a common concern that patients are often uncomfortable...
read moreNew Arthroplasty Today App Launches!
AAHKS and Elsevier are pleased to announce the launch of the Arthroplasty Today mobile app. Read the current issue, search the archives of PubMed-indexed articles, take notes and create your own reading list. Download the free app from the Apple App Store for iPhone...
read moreWhat Patients are Reading: Treating Joints with Crocodile Cartilage
A story in the 3D Printing Industry (3DPI) news blog looks at research being conducted at Central Queensland University in Australia that combines 3D bioprinting with crocodile protein. “The 3D bioprinting explant technique, transferring a cell or a piece of tissue...
read moreSpecial Advocacy Update: AAHKS Action in Washington, DC
Red Tape Relief Report The House Committee on Ways and Means released a report this week on their Red Tape Relief project, which was created to “modernize and improve the Medicare program for American seniors and the providers that serve them.” The report comes a year...
read moreAMA Offers Half-Year Dues Rate
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced a half-priced membership for the remainder of the 2018 calendar year. With an AMA membership, you'll have access to world-class research and resources that benefit your patients and your practice. You’ll also help to...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Outpatient TJR
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Thursday, November 1, 2018 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Hot Topics in Outpatient TJR DePuy Synthes This dynamic session will explore trending topics with outpatient total joint replacement and includes...
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