Sep 19, 2014 | In the News
Linda Rasmussen, MD was featured in a story about the physician shortage in the state of Hawaii. The Star Advertiser said that “reimbursement from government payers and health insurers is lower in Hawaii than in other states, despite having the same skills and...
Sep 12, 2014 | In the News
Coastal Point, a newspaper for the Delaware beach community, featured an article about the age of knee replacement patients and what they can do once they have TKR surgery. The article cites patient statistics from the AAOS and AAHKS that show more total knee...
Sep 5, 2014 | In the News
Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, Washington has announced that they now offer a surgical warranty for total joint replacement. The warranty is part of a bundled-service contract available to insurance companies and businesses. The warranty covers the full range of...
Aug 29, 2014 | In the News
WRVO Public Media, New York featured an interview with AAHKS member Seth Greenky, MD on the topic of the latest advancements in hip replacement surgery, the improvement in recovery time and the changing demographic of patients. Listen online. Listen to the...
Aug 8, 2014 | In the News
Eric Niller, a 45-year old Washington Post columnist, wrote an article in 2011 about the trend in younger hip replacement patients. Three years later, he underwent his own surgery in April. Niller recounts his personal experience and details the surgery with help from...
Jul 25, 2014 | In the News
USA Today reported that former President, George W. Bush, returned to Rush University Medical Center’s Midwest Orthopaedics in Chicago for a partial knee replacement on his left knee. This is the second visit to Richard Berger, MD since Memorial Day when he had a...