Karen Wu Talks About Being a Joint Replacement Surgeon

Sep 4, 2015 | In the News

Outpatient Magazine featured a Q&A with AAHKS member, Karen Wu, MD. Dr. Wu is a joint replacement surgeon at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, and Assistant Professor of Joint Reconstruction and Replacement in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery &...

CMS THA/TKA Payment Measure Dry Run

Aug 28, 2015 | Medicare

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is conducting a confidential hospital reporting period (dry run) for a new claims-based measure from August 24 – September 22, 2015. CMS added the measure to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program...

Vendor Data Errors Discovered in PQRS

Aug 28, 2015 | Medicare, Performance Measures

The AMA reported that The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) discovered errors in the 2014 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) data submitted by vendors on behalf of physicians and group practices that reported via electronic health records (EHR)...

BMJ Case Report Looks at Flossing and Joint Infection

Aug 28, 2015 | Research

The case report “Streptococcus gordonii prosthetic joint infection in the setting of vigorous dental flossing” was published this month in the British Medical Journal. The report examines an incident of a 65-year old woman who developed sudden onset knee...