Mar 20, 2015 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership
The AAHKS Board of Directors is scheduled to conduct a meeting on Wednesday March 25 at the site of the AAOS Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. In addition to regular Board business, AAHKS President Brian S. Parsley, MD will hand over the reins to First Vice President Jay...
Mar 13, 2015 | Education, Publications, Research
This week, the first articles were published to Arthroplasty Today. “I am thrilled to say that the first online, open-access arthroplasty journal is underway. I am certain that it will be useful for and well received by our membership,” said Brian J. McGrory, MD,...
Mar 13, 2015 | Advocacy, Medicare
The Hill is reporting that House leaders are closer to a deal that would permanently avert Medicare payment cuts to physicians. “The deal would offset only about $70 billion of the more than $200 billion cost of making the permanent fix,” they report. While there are...
Mar 13, 2015 | Humanitarian Organizations
Jim Harper of San Luis Obispo, California has started an online campaign to help raise funds for Operation Walk USA. He received a hip replacement in 2010 and plans to walk the more than 2,600 miles of the Pacific Coast Trail starting May 1, 2015. “I would like to...
Mar 13, 2015 | International, Performance Measures
The Total Joint Arthroplasty Outcome Measures Toolkit developed by the Bone and Joint Canada (BJC) is now available on the BJC website. This toolkit enables health care providers to select, apply, score and interpret outcome measures for patients with total joint...
