Nov 5, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Annual Meeting, Digital Health, Digital Health Podcast, Operation Walk
Members of all AAHKS Committees were invited to a working breakfast this morning to meet with each other, review accomplishments and plan for the remainder of the year. The Digital Health and Social Media Committee interviewed award winners for their podcast, and the...
Nov 4, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Annual Meeting, Humanitarian Award, International
AAHKS President Bryan D. Springer, MD officially opened the #AAHKS2022 General Session this afternoon, welcoming attendees to the Dallas area for what may be one of our largest meetings to date. Sessions and symposia covered topics including health policy, the...
Oct 20, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Diversity, Video, Women in Arthroplasty
The AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) and AAHKS leadership introduce a new video demonstrating ACTION you can take if you overhear discrimination toward female colleagues. We hope to give you tools to allow you to intervene when you witness harassment. AAHKS is...
Oct 14, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Publications, Social Media
In the latest episode of the AAHKS Amplified podcast, Publications Committee Chair Sam S. Wellman, MD talks with The Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) and Arthroplasty Today’s (AT) journal and social media editors to give AAHKS members an insight into their roles and how...
Sep 30, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Medicare
Last week AAHKS joined the American Medical Association (AMA) and 122 other national specialty and state medical societies in calling on Congressional leadership to work with the physician community to address the “deeply alarm[ing]…mounting financial instability of...
Sep 16, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy
AAHKS leaders met with members of Congress to urge them to pass prior authorization and physician safety legislation, as well as physician payment updates. Representatives Ami Bera, MD (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN) introduced Supporting Medicare Providers Act of...
