AAHKS News
The AAHKS News is delivered weekly to members' emails.Coding and Billing Subject of Next AAHKS Webinar
The AAHKS Webinar, “Coding and Billing: Tips and Tricks to Enhance Your Practice,” takes place on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. (CDT). The webinar will review clinical and surgical coding, how to maximize reimbursement and further your understanding of the...
read moreClinician Scholars Selected for ORS Career Development Program
The AAHKS Research Committee collaborated with the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) to review applicants who indicated hip and knee as their area of interest for the 2019 Clinician Scholar Career Development Program (CSCDP). Program participants seek to enhance the...
read moreWhat Patients are Reading: NSAIDs, OA and Cardiovascular Risk
A study published this month in Arthritis and Rheumatology concluded that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) may elevate the cardiovascular risk for patients with osteoarthritis. “Patients with OA were nearly 25% more likely than patients without OA to...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Non-Operative Pain Relief
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Friday, November 8 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: OA Symptom Management for Non-Operative and Non-Optimized Patients; Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Avanos Medical This symposium will...
read moreAAHKS Signs on to E/M Code Value Revision Letter
AAHKS, along with 52 other medical organizations, submitted a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH to express opposition to a proposal in the 2020 CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule “not to incorporate into the global codes the adjusted values...
read moreSymposia, Presentations Announced for AAHKS 2019
Selections have been made for the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting General Session. From the record 1,723 abstract and 36 symposium submissions, the Program Committee has selected 59 podium presentations, 350 posters and eight symposia. The symposium topics for the 2019...
read moreAAHKS Submits CMS RFI on Patients Over Paperwork Initiative
This week, AAHKS responded to the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services’ (CMS) Request for Information (RFI): Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients over Paperwork. Our comments included discussion of the “significant confusion among providers and program...
read moreOverview Shows Impact of TKA IPO Removal
With the release of the CMS 2020 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems proposed rule, CMS has sought input on the removal of total hip arthroplasty from the IPO list. AAHKS member Jeffrey D. Angel, MD,...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Industry Symposium: Robotic Lab
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: ROSA Knee Bioskills Experience – Cadaveric Lab Session 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Zimmer Biomet This educational event will offer attendees a hands-on cadaveric...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Symposium: Session and Lab for PAs
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Physician Assistant Specific Symposium – A Peer to Peer Professional Development Event 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. DePuy Synthes This session will cover the...
read moreAAHKS Member Featured in TLC’s “The Little Couple”
Jennifer “Jen” Arnold, MD and her husband Bill Klein are co-stars of The Learning Channel's (TLC) reality series, “The Little Couple.” In the premiere this week, Dr. Arnold, a neonatologist, is followed by crews as she undergoes a hip revision performed by AAHKS...
read moreCall for 2020-2021 Health Policy Fellows
by Nicholas B. Frisch, MD Healthcare delivery continues to evolve, and as orthopaedic surgeons, our traditional education does little to prepare us for understanding the complexity of change in our healthcare system. The AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship (HPF) presents a...
read moreMSIS Hosts First Co-Branded Symposium with AAHKS
The Musculoskeletal Infection Society (MSIS) held its 29th Annual Open Scientific Meeting in New York last week. The meeting included a co-branded symposium with AAHKS – a patient case panel discussion on the use of debridement, antibiotics and implant retention...
read moreCo-Branded Meeting in Colombia Draws AAHKS Members
AAHKS leaders were in Cartagena, Colombia attending the 15th Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cirujanos de Cadera y Rodilla (ELCCR) conference. AAHKS co-branded the meeting with the Sociedad Colombiana de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología (SCCOT - Colombian Society of...
read moreCMS Releases Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for CY2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the CY 2020 Proposed Payment Policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B on July 29, 2019. AAHKS has prepared a summary memo of the issues relating to our members within...
read moreAAHKS Video shows No Hassle Getting through Airport Security
One of the top articles viewed by visitors on the AAHKS patient education website, www.AAHKS.org/HipKnee, is about getting through an airport security checkpoint with a joint implant. AAHKS has turned the article into a fun video that demonstrates “what to do and how...
read moreLearn to Maximize Practice Success at AAHKS Business Course
Co-chaired by Past President, Mark I. Froimson, MD, MBA and Immediate Past President, Craig J. Della Valle, MD, the Business of Total Joint Replacement: 2019 and Beyond course features a focused curriculum in practice management. This course is beneficial for...
read moreStudy Shows Outpatient TJA Requires More Surgeon Time
A study published in the Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA), “Rapid Discharge and Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty Introduce a Burden of Care to the Surgeon,” concludes that surgeons and their teams take on additional perioperative care responsibilities for patients who...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Symposium: PJI
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Targeted Orthopaedics: Genetics, Microbiome, Environment and their Impact on PJI 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Heraeus Medical LLC Attendees of this session should come...
read moreTop AAHKS News Clicks for July 2019
These news items were the most clicked in AAHKS News last month: Study on Approach and PJI Dr. Bozic Describes His TKA JOR Publishes Stem Cell Issue Mini-Debates in AAHKS Team Course Read the AAHKS News...
read moreAAHKS Resident Arthroplasty Course Filled
The AAHKS Resident Arthroplasty Course that takes place at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting has filled. Nearly 200 applications were submitted for this popular course that provides residents with the opportunity to learn the latest principles in the field of total joint...
read moreNeed to Take the OITE in November? We Got You.
This year, the timing of the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting coincides with the Orthopaedic In-Training Scored and Recorded Examination (OITE). Any resident who needs to take the exam may do so at the AAHKS test site at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. Those residents not...
read moreAMA-RUC Process Advances
The data collection period for the RUC survey of total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty has ended. AAHKS and AAOS will now tabulate the results, prepare an analysis, and present to the RUC in October. We thank the members who participated in the survey....
read moreAAOS Registry Analytics Institute™ Helps Fund Research Projects
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Registry Analytics Institute™ (RAI) helps to improve orthopaedic and musculoskeletal care by making orthopaedic outcome data available to the scientific community. The Institute gives clinicians and...
read moreDr. Bozic Describes His TKA, Seeks Study Participants
In an interview with AAOS Now, Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA, describes his experience as a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patient. Dr. Bozic, who serves at the Chair and Professor in the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at the University of Texas at Austin Dell...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Symposium: Tourniquet-Free TKA
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Progressive Techniques and Technologies: Transition to Outpatient TJA and a Tourniquet Free TKA 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Medtronic Attendees will hear from...
read moreMini-Debates to Take Place in AAHKS Team Course
The AAHKS Team Course held during the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting will include mini-debates between faculty during the program. Mark J. Spangehl, MD will debate whether “Robotics for Knee Replacement is the Future” with Gwo-Chin Lee, MD. “The Anterior Approach is...
read moreNotice of Proposed Changes in AAHKS Bylaws
Members will be asked to approve changes in AAHKS Bylaws at the Annual Business Meeting on November 10, 2019 during the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting in Dallas. The significant changes include: Clarification of Candidate member and Arthroplasty Surgeon in Training member...
read moreStudy on Approach and PJI
A study in The Bone & Joint Journal at a single institution examined the impact of approach on periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Researchers compared the direct anterior (DA) approach to other surgical approaches (NA) and “found a higher rate of PJI in DA versus...
read moreTeen with Lymphoma Walks Again after Hip, Knee Surgery
ABC affiliate, WHAS-11 in Louisville, Kentucky, featured a news story about a 17-year old who had partial hip and partial knee replacement surgery after having to rely on a wheelchair for mobility. According to the story, Trinity Goodson was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Symposium: 3D Hip Imaging
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Functional THA Planning and Control with EOS 3D Solutions 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. EOS Imaging Surgeons will see how to identify patients at risk and avoid...
read moreCall for Nominations to AAHKS Board, Committee
The AAHKS Nominating Committee has put out a call for nominations to the following positions: Third Vice President (1) Treasurer (1)* Member-at-Large (2) Member, Nominating Committee (3) *Incumbent eligible for reappointment All nominations must hold Fellow membership...
read moreAAOS Seeking Action on Surprise Billing
AAOS is seeking support on grass roots action to “to find a common sense solution to surprise billing.” On Thursday the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee reported out the No Surprises Act, which benchmarks out-of-network payments to median in-network...
read moreGet Your AAHKS Member Resource Guide!
Download the latest issue of the AAHKS Update newsletter featuring member resources such as: Greetings from AAHKS President, Michael P. Bolognesi, MD A look back from Immediate Past President, Craig J. Della Valle, MD Listing of the AAHKS Board of Directors Listing of...
read moreJOR Publishes Stem Cell Issue
The Journal of Orthopaedic Research (JOR), a publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society, has published a special open-access issue, “Stem Cells,” with more than two dozen papers on the topic of stem cell therapy and orthopaedics. Farshid Guilak, PhD, Linda J....
read moreThis Week’s Featured Symposium: Emerging Trends
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Emerging Trends in Orthopedics: Innovation for Better Results 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Microport The long-term survivorship and high patient satisfaction...
read moreTop AAHKS News Clicks for June 2019
The following AAHKS News items were the most clicked in June 2019: New Issue of Arthroplasty Today Online Now! Opioid Use Before Hip or Knee Surgery Can Mean Trouble Risk Calculator Helps Determine Patient Outcomes Orthopaedic Surgeon Running for US Senate AAHKS...
read moreAAHKS Comments on CMS FY 2020 IPPS Proposed Rule
AAHKS submitted comments for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) proposed rule “Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2020...
read moreAAHKS Launches Online Opioid Resource Center
A special task-force collaboration by AAHKS members Stefano A. Bini, MD, Craig J. Della Valle, MD, Mark I. Froimson, MD, Charles P. Hannon, MD and Brett R. Levine, MD has produced a comprehensive source of education to address the opioid epidemic in the United States....
read moreGrocery Chain Contracts with Stem Cell Company for Employee Health Care
Time reported last week that grocery chain, Hy-Vee, has contracted with stem cell company, Regenexx, to provide stem cell treatments to employees who are experiencing knee pain. Hy-Vee is requiring that employees take the stem cell therapy route before they can seek...
read moreHave Regulatory Policies Affected Your Relationship with Patients?
The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) is accepting applications for the OREF Impact of Regulatory Policies on the Patient-Physician Relationship Research Grant in Honor of Sigvard Hansen, MD. This grant provides up to $75,000 in funding and solicits...
read moreMurray’s Surprise Return to Tennis
Professional British tennis player and former World Number 1, Andy Murray, announced his retirement at the beginning of the year as he faced additional surgery for hip pain. After undergoing resurfacing shortly after the announcement, he recovered and returned to...
read moreThis Week’s Featured Symposium: Opioid-free TKA
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Cryoanalgesia and Periarticular Infiltration as Part of a Multimodal Path to an Opioid-Free TKA 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacira BioSciences, Inc. This...
read moreOpioid Use before Hip or Knee Surgery Can Mean Trouble
The AAHKS Patient and Public Relations Committee has published an article for patients that addresses the use of opioids for osteoarthritis pain in the weeks and months leading up to hip or knee replacement surgery. Reviewed by the AAHKS Evidence Based Medicine...
read moreJOA Publishes “Proceedings of the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting”
In addition to the July issue of the Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) coming online, the “Proceedings of the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting” have been published in a special supplement. In the Editorial, 2018 Program Chair, Matthew P. Abdel, MD touts the success of the...
read moreNew Issue of Arthroplasty Today Online Now!
The June issue of the AAHKS open-access journal is now online. Here are the Issue Highlights: Editorial Peer review in the reporting of clinical trials in Arthroplasty Today Thomas J. Blumenfeld, Mark J. Spangehl, Gregory J. Golladay, Brett R. Levine, J. Bohannon...
read moreHip-Spine Collaboration Encouraged by Orthopedics Today
The cover story of the June issue of Orthopedics Today suggests that, “Surgeons should educate each other on the hip-spine connection.” Several AAHKS members were interviewed for the article, which features studies that show “important connections between the...
read moreFeatured Industry Symposium: Outpatient Techniques and Technology
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Early Adoption to Early Majority: The Movement of Joints from the Inpatient to Outpatient Setting 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. DePuy Synthes This symposium features an...
read moreCritical Arthroplasty Survey on the Way
In the next few weeks, you may be selected to participate in an AMA/Specialty Society RVS Update Committee (RUC) survey for total hip arthroplasty (27130) and total knee arthroplasty (27447). As you may know, the components of the Medicare Physician Payment Schedule...
read moreRisk Calculator Helps Patients Determine Outcomes
The University of Sheffield and University of Bristol have developed a new risk and benefit calculator for patients considering joint replacement surgery. The tool uses data from the National Joint Registry in the United Kingdom. “This tool is designed to highlight...
read moreOrthopaedic Surgeon Running for US Senate
Manish "Manny" Sethi, MD is an orthopaedic trauma surgeon and associate professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is running for the seat that Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is vacating in 2020 at the end of his current term. He is president and founder of...
read moreFeatured Industry Symposium: Component Placement
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Contemporary Technology to Optimize Implant Alignment in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Corin This symposium will feature the latest...
read moreAAHKS Annual Meeting Submission Reviews Underway
Following Monday’s submission deadline for the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting, reviewers are busy evaluating the 1,726 abstracts and 36 symposium proposals. The AAHKS Annual Meeting has become one of the most competitive venues for the debut of cutting-edge research in the...
read moreUNC Coach Mack Brown’s Knee Replaced by Former Player
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued a statement this week that head football coach, Mack Brown, underwent a successful knee replacement at Duke University Hospital – and that the surgery was performed by one of his former players. AAHKS President...
read moreWhat Patients are Viewing: Setting Surgical Expectations
AAHKS member, Raj K. Sinha, MD was interviewed by KESQ News Channel 3 in Palm Springs, Calif. on the subject of patient satisfaction following total joint replacement surgery. He talks about the importance of patients setting realistic expectations with their surgeons...
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AAHKS Returns to Capitol for AAOS NOLC
by Stephen M. Engstrom, MD 2018-2019 AAHKS Health Policy Fellow This week, AAHKS members and staff returned to Washington, D.C. as part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) to meet with members of...
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Last Weekend to Submit for AAHKS 2019
Put the final touches on your abstracts and symposium proposals for the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting! Submissions are due before the deadline at 11:59 p.m. (CDT) on Monday, June 3, 2019. Two extra days were added to the deadline this year since it falls on a weekend....
read moreFeatured Industry Symposium: Outpatient Bundles
The following industry-sponsored symposium takes place on Thursday, November 7 at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Learn a Bundle from the Experts - Reflexion Health Learn how four orthopaedic surgeons from Greensboro, North Carolina built one of the...
read moreFDA Authorizes PJI Test
In a news release issued last week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration announced marketing authorization of the Synovasure Lateral Flow Test Kit to CD Diagnostics Inc. The test will allow surgeons to detect “periprosthetic joint infection (infection around a joint...
read moreMinnesota Clinic Reduces Opioid Prescriptions
Orthopedics Today featured a story about orthopaedic surgeons at Twin Cities Orthopedics in Minneapolis/St. Paul who implemented a program to reduce opioid prescribing and patient use. Using a three-phase approach, the clinic first established a prescribing protocol....
read moreTop AAHKS News Clicks for May 2019
The following AAHKS News items were the most clicked in May 2019: Best Posters Awarded at AAHKS Spring Meeting Trending in JOA: Kneeling Protocol after TKA Residents Match for 2020 Get BPCI Advanced Guidance for Outpatient TKA...
read moreRegistration Opens for the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting
It’s time to register for the 2019 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) Annual Meeting! The Meeting takes place November 7-10, 2019 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. This is the premier hip and knee arthroplasty event of the year with the latest...
read moreAAHKS Supports Physician-Owned Hospital Model
AAHKS joined more than 70 state and specialty societies, as well as other interested parties, in writing to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma expressing support for a demonstration model that will be submitted to the Center...
read moreResearch Shows PRP Better than Hyaluronic Acid for OA
Orthopedics Today reported on a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) study presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting. “Matthew J. Kraeutler, MD, and colleagues randomly assigned 32 hips with early OA in 30 patients to receive treatment with either...
read moreTrending in JOA: Kneeling Protocol after TKA
A study published in the May issue of the Journal of Arthroplasty included a simple protocol for kneeling after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Authors Sara J.S. Wallace, MD, MPH and Richard A. Berger, MD from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago recognized the...
read moreCall for JOA Reviewers!
Would you like to serve as a volunteer reviewer for JOA? Please send your CV to journalofarthroplasty@gmail.com, and indicate the topics you would be most comfortable reviewing from the following list: - Avascular Necrosis - Basic Science - Bearing Surface -...
read moreNext AAHKS Webinar: A Look into AJRR
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 8:00 p.m. (EDT) The next AAHKS webinar, “A Look into the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR)” is intended to introduce AJRR to members of AAHKS. While reviewing the history of AJRR, we will focus on current activities, future plans, ways...
read moreGet BPCI Advanced Guidance for Outpatient TKA
If you’re not sure where to start with the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) second application period for the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model (BPCI Advanced) Model Year 3, AAHKS is providing a summary from our legislative firm...
read moreWhat Patients are Reading: Stem Cell Treatments
The New York Times reported this week on “rogue clinics” offering stem cell and platelet rich plasma (PRP) as treatment for osteoarthritis pain. The US Food and Drug Administration, the company Regenexx and a number of researchers were interviewed for the article,...
read moreBest Posters Awarded at AAHKS Spring Meeting
The 2019 AAHKS Spring Meeting included a poster exhibition of submissions by international attendees. This was the first year the poster program was in place. The posters were judged, and three awards were presented by AAHKS President Michael P. Bolognesi, MD: ...
read moreISHKS Launches National Indian Joint Registry
The Indian Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons (ISHKS) launched the new Indian Joint Registry (IJR) at the recent 13th National Congress of ISHKS. Partnering with Northgate Public Services (NPS), the same group who supported delivery of the National Joint Registry in the...
read moreCMS Issues New Primary Care Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced five value-based transformation models for primary care services. The Department of Health and Human Services and CMS believe this new Primary Cares Initiative “will transform primary care to deliver better...
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Spring Meeting 2019 Underway!
The sold-out 2019 AAHKS Spring Meeting kicked off on Thursday with a robust debate between surgeons from the US and Europe. “At this year’s AAHKS Spring Meeting, a very capable US side debated a formidable European squad on the hottest topics in joint replacement. I...
read morePJI Reduction Trial Receives Spring FARE Grant Award
The 2019 spring cycle grant from the Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) was awarded to the study: Vancomycin Powder and Dilute Povidone Iodine Lavage for Infection Prophylaxis in High Risk Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Randomized Prospective...
read moreEarn CME from AAHKS 2018 Videos
AAHKS is pleased to offer a new, online CME opportunity centered around presentations from the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting. Watch cutting edge research in primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty, the hip-spine relationship, infection, complications,...
read moreResidents Match for 2020
The Adult Reconstruction/Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery Fellowship Match took place on April 30 with 109 programs offering 207 total positions. The number of applicants, positions available and matched applicants continues to grow. A record number of 194 positions...
read moreTop News Clicks for April 2019
The following articles were the most clicked in the AAHKS News last month: Arthroplasty Today Features Digital Health Hip Replacement Can’t Keep Alabama’s Nick Saban Down AAHKS Resident Arthroplasty Course Opens for Applications AAHKS Patient Education: Choosing the...
read moreEarn CME from AAHKS 2018 Videos
AAHKS is pleased to offer a new, online CME opportunity centered around presentations from the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting. Watch cutting edge research in primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty, the hip-spine relationship, infection, complications,...
read moreResidents Match for 2020
The Adult Reconstruction/Musculoskeletal Tumor Surgery Fellowship Match took place on April 30 with 109 programs offering 207 total positions. The number of applicants, positions available and matched applicants continues to grow. A record number of 194 positions...
read moreTop News Clicks for April 2019
The following articles were the most clicked in the AAHKS News last month: Arthroplasty Today Features Digital Health Hip Replacement Can’t Keep Alabama’s Nick Saban Down AAHKS Resident Arthroplasty Course Opens for Applications AAHKS Patient Education: Choosing the...
read moreReport: New CMS Value-Based Models for Primary Care
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced five value-based transformation models for primary care services. The Department of Health and Human Services and CMS believe this new Primary Cares Initiative “will transform primary care to deliver better...
read moreAAHKS Resident Arthroplasty Course Opens for Applications
Residents considering a career in adult reconstruction are encouraged to apply early for the AAHKS Resident Arthroplasty Course taking place on Friday, November 8 during the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting. Residents in PGY3 receive free tuition for the Course, Annual...
read moreNew AAHKS Patient Education: Choosing the Right Surgeon for You
Using a combination of resources – both personal and online – to find and evaluate a surgeon to perform a hip or knee replacement surgery is recommended by the AAHKS Patient Education Committee in the latest article added to the online library, “Choosing the Right...
read moreBPCI Advanced Opens Second Application Period
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the second application period for the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model (BPCI Advanced). Participants selected for the second cohort will start Model Year 3, beginning on January 1, 2020....
read moreHip Replacement Can’t Keep Alabama’s Nick Saban Down
University of Alabama head football coach, Nick Saban, was back to work less than 48 hours after total hip replacement surgery. Saban played 18 holes of golf Monday morning and checked in to Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham for his surgery...
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OpWalk Denver Completes Honduras Mission
Operation Walk Denver completed a medical mission trip to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The team, led by AAHKS Past President Douglas A. Dennis, MD, completed 62 total joint replacements on 57 patients at Hospital Leonardo Martinez. In addition, Natalie Loper, AAHKS...
read moreHumanitarian Award Deadline Extended
The submission deadline for the 2019 AAHKS Humanitarian Award has been extended until May 15. The award recipient will be recognized at the 2019 AAHKS Annual Meeting in November, and a grant of $5,000 will be awarded to the organization. Last year, Gerard “Jerry” A....
read morePast Presidents Represent AAHKS at ISHKS Co-Branded Meeting
Immediate Past President Craig J. Della Valle, MD and Past President William A. Jiranek, MD attended the 13th National Congress of the Indian Society of Hip & Knee Surgeons (ISHKS) this past weekend in Bangalore, India. The Co-Branded event included an AAHKS-ISHKS...
read moreWhat Patients are Watching: Opioid Alternative Plan
ABC affiliate, KRDV 12 in Oregon, featured an interview with AAHKS member, James R. Van Horne, MD, who has created a treatment plan for patients to stop using narcotics for pain control within the first week after hip or knee replacement surgery. Part of the plan is...
read moreAAHKS Spring Meeting Sold Out!
Attendance at the AAHKS Spring Meeting has grown each year since the first one in 2016, and we are pleased to announce that we have reached the attendance cap for the 2019 AAHKS Spring Meeting. The AAHKS Spring Meeting concept was intentionally designed to be a small,...
read moreFARE Finalists Announced for Spring Award
Research proposals from the following applicants for the Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) Grant Award have been selected as finalists: Matthew S. Austin, MD, Rothman Institute The Impact of Preoperative Opioid Cessation on Post-Operative...
read moreAAHKS Supports Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act
AAHKS joined more than 65 health care groups in asking Congress to co-sponsor The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348, H.R. 1763). This bipartisan legislation would provide a responsible increase in Medicare support for graduate medical education...
read moreNew Part D Policies Address Opioid Epidemic
New Part D policies from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) can be reviewed in a roadmap published in a recent blog by Principal Deputy Administrator for Operations, Kimberly Brandt, “Early last year, the published a roadmap outlining our efforts to...
read moreParticipate in Documentation Burden Survey
The not-for-profit Health Level Seven (HL7) Da Vinci Project aims to develop content standards that help providers and others to positively impact clinical, quality, cost and care management outcomes. The Da Vinci Project is working with CMS on a survey where the...
read moreArthroplasty Today Features Digital Health
Here are some highlights from the latest issue of the AAHKS open-access journal, Arthroplasty Today: Patients, pictures, and privacy: managing clinical photographs in the smartphone era John F. Nettrour, M. Benjamin Burch, B. Sonny Bal Changes in prospectively...
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Download Patient Flyer for Your Practice
AAHKS has made it easier for you to refer your patients to the patient education website for peer-reviewed articles and videos created especially for patients by the Patient and Public Relations Committee. A new flyer includes the website address, scannable QR code...
read moreAAHKS Comments on CMS Prescription Drug Proposed Rule
AAHKS commented on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) proposed rule to modify requirements for use of the HIPAA National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) D.0 Standard. The proposed rule “would adopt a modification to the requirements for the use...
read moreCMS Announces New Enrollment Period for BPCI, TKA Bundle
The CMS Innovation Center will open a new enrollment period for Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced, which started on October 1, 2018 and runs through December 31, 2023. The new application period will open this month for participation in Model Year...
read moreWatch Recording of AAHKS Webinar on Dysplastic Hips
AAHKS hosted a lively webinar this week, “Total Hip Arthroplasty in Highly Dysplastic Hips,” with distinguished faculty members from Italy, Germany, Turkey, Greece and the US. Discussion included these topics: Anatomical references in both low and high dislocated hips...
read moreAnnouncing Health Security Topic at AAHKS Spring Meeting
Our featured guest speaker at the 2019 AAHKS Spring Meeting is William Bratton, US Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) Vice-Chair, Executive Chairman of Teneo Risk and former chief of both the Los Angeles and New York police departments. For hip...
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