Aug 10, 2018 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership
The AAHKS Nominating Committee has put out a call for nominations to the following positions: Third Vice President (1) Member-at-Large (2) All nominations must hold Fellow membership status with AAHKS. Nominate yourself by Friday, August 24, 2018 by emailing a...
Jun 15, 2018 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership, Committees and Task Forces
Thanks to the work of several new arthroplasty physicians and guidance by AAHKS leadership, the Young Arthroplasty Group Committee has been created and populated. The committee, which is charged with “connecting young arthroplasty surgeons – less than 5 years in...
Jun 15, 2018 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy
by Linda I. Suleiman, MD The American Medical Association’s Annual House of Delegates Meeting took place this past week in Chicago. While AAHKS no longer has a seat in the House, we are represented. AAHKS 2018-2019 Health Policy Fellow Linda Suleiman, MD, a fellow at...
May 4, 2018 | AAHKS Business
The AAHKS Board of Directors and Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs convened a day-long strategic planning session prior to the start of the 2018 AAHKS Spring Meeting in Miami. Groups reviewed the progress and accomplishments of goals set out in the 2016-2018 Strategic...
Apr 27, 2018 | AAHKS Business, CMS
AAHKS President Craig J. Della Valle, MD, Immediate Past President Mark I. Froimson, MD, MBA, Health Policy Council Chair James I. Huddleston, MD and AAHKS staff were joined by AAOS President David A. Halsey, MD and staff at a meeting with Centers for Medicare &...
Apr 27, 2018 | AAHKS Business, CMS
In November, AAHKS provided comments to the CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), which sent out a New Direction Request for Information (RFI) to help guide CMMI on future activities. This week they released the comments received from more than...
