Length of Stay Study Highlighted in Connections

The article “Mom on the Move” in the Winter 2015 issue of NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Connections magazine features a 24-year old patient with rheumatoid arthritis who had two hip replacements. Her surgeon, AAHKS member, Lalit Puri, MD, MBA, talks about the...

AAHKS Member Featured in Orthopedics This Week

Roy I. Davidovitch, MD was interviewed for Orthopedics This Week for reportedly completing the first outpatient hip arthoplasy at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. Dr. Davidovitch talks about the collaboration of his team,  the anterior approach he used, the...

CMS Extends EHR Reporting Deadline

CMS announced that physicians participating in the “meaningful use” electronic health record (EHR) incentive and penalty program will now have until March 20, 2015 to attest to meaningful use for the 2014 reporting year. The previous deadline was Feb. 28. “CMS...

AAHKS Urges Contingency Plans for ICD-10 Transition

AAHKS and 99 other medical societies signed on to a March 4 letter to CMS urging the agency to come up with contingency plans to address the potential negative impact of the ICD-10 transition. The concerns expressed to CMS Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt include...
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