Jan 27, 2017 | In the News
Citing anti-trust laws, a U.S. Federal judge blocked the proposed merger between insurance companies Aetna and Humana. Concerns over reducing competition were expressed last year by the Justice Department. In an interview with The Washington Post, “Deputy Assistant...
Jan 13, 2017 | AAHKS Business, CMS, In the News
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality & CMS Chief Medical Officer, has been selected for the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service. AAHKS President William A. Jiranek, MD,...
Dec 22, 2016 | In the News
The New York Times featured the article, “Should Medicare Allow Outpatient Knee Replacement? Doctors are Deeply Split” this week. It tells the story of Ira H. Kirschenbaum, MD, an AAHKS member, who underwent an outpatient TKA as a patient this year. The article...
Dec 16, 2016 | In the News
The prototype of the first robotic surgical system that is now part of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History began with the research efforts of AAHKS member William L. Barger, MD and his University of California, Davis colleague, Howard “Hap” A. Paul,...
Dec 16, 2016 | In the News
Gary Stevens, three-time Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes winner and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, has announced that he will have a total hip replacement this month. “I wasn’t ready to hang it up and I still don’t know if I’m...
Dec 2, 2016 | In the News
After this week’s nomination of Representative Tom Price (R-GA), an orthopaedic surgeon and AAHKS member, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), AAHKS, AAOS and AMA released statements in support of the nomination. “We believe the President’s Cabinet and...
