Watch PQRS 101 Webinar Replay

The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) hosted a webinar on the new Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) reporting method for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). A QCDR is a CMS-approved entity (such as a specialty society or certification board) that...

You’re Invited to Docs’ Night Out

Operation Walk USA and the Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education are holding a benefit event on Saturday, November 12, 2016 from 8:30 – 11:00 p.m. at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. Attendees of the 26th AAHKS Annual Meeting are invited to attend and enjoy...

Surgeon General Appeals to Physicians on Opioid Epidemic

In a letter to 2.3 million physicians and other health professionals, US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, asks for a commitment to take a pledge “to turn the tide on the opioid crisis.” Dr. Murthy also advises colleagues to educate themselves on treating pain...

AAHKS Signs on to CMS Refinement Panel Letter

In a letter to CMS Acting Administrator, Andrew M. Slavitt, AAHKS joined other medical societies in recommending that CMS restores the Refinement Panel to serve as the relative value appeals process that was appropriately in place prior to 2011. CMS had convened the...

ASIA Conference September 1-3

AAHKS members, led by former AAHKS Board Secretary and International Committee Chair, William J. Maloney, MD, hosted a co-branded, day-long symposium at the Arthroplasty Society in Asia (ASIA) Conference on September 1 in Guangzhou, China. Dr. Maloney was joined by...
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