Mar 6, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Corporate Partners
This week, Mike Zarski, Executive Director and Jean Furlan, Manager of Corporate Relations, met with Heidi J. Katz, RPh, Director, Medical Affairs, Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. They discussed the development of multi-modal pain management education. They...
Feb 28, 2015 | AAHKS Leadership, Humanitarian Organizations
Brian S. Parsley, MD, AAHKS President spent his birthday in Guatemala during a Faith in Practice mission trip with his team #426. With a full week of surgeries planned in Antigua, the team spent their time organizing equipment in the operating room, screening...
Feb 28, 2015 | New Orthopaedic Headquarters
On February 21, 2015 the new Orthopaedic Headquarters officially opened with a ribbon cutting hosted by the AAOS and its equity partners. The mayor of Rosemont and many stakeholders involved in the project attended the event. AAHKS Second Vice President and...
Feb 28, 2015 | In the News, Medicare
On February 26, the House Ways and Means Committee passed PIMA, a bill to prevent Medicare fraud that includes a number of reforms that can be beneficial to orthopaedic surgeons. Specifically, it includes increased outreach and education for providers by Medicare...
Feb 28, 2015 | In the News, Research
Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that the expansion of insurance coverage in Massachusetts increased the number of elective knee and hip replacement procedures by 4.7 percent, with greater increases among black and Hispanic patients. The findings...
