Nov 13, 2021 | Annual Meeting, Patient Outcomes, Popular
2021 AAHKS Annual Meeting attendees witnessed an engaging keynote session conversation between AAHKS President Richard Iorio, MD and Martin Makary, MD. Dr. Makary is a health care futurist, Johns Hopkins surgeon, and Professor of Public Health. The wide-ranging...
Oct 28, 2021 | CMS, Federal Guidelines, Patient Outcomes, Performance Measures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has invited AAHKS members to review the Clinician-Level and Clinician Group-Level Total Hip Arthroplasty and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (THA and TKA) Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measure (PRO-PM), as AAHKS...
Oct 28, 2021 | In the News, Opioids, Patient Outcomes
Healio reported that one-sixth of patients over the age of 60 were still taking opioid pain medication three to six months after surgery, according to research presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting last month. “While prior research...
Sep 23, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS, Patient Outcomes, Performance Measures
On July 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare CY 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule. AAHKS comments included support for hospital-level Risk-Standardized Patient...
Sep 23, 2021 | Patient Education, Patient Outcomes, Popular
We’re proud to announce that the AAHKS Patient Education website is now the home of material translated into Spanish and Hindi. The Patient and Public Relations Committee understands the importance of having web-based material for our international patients and those...
Aug 26, 2021 | Membership, Patient Outcomes
The “2021 Hip and Knee Implant Review” is now available to AAHKS members. This annual issue, published by Orthopedic Network News (ONN), includes a side-by-side comparisons of implant pricing among the various manufacturers. The 2021 edition also features:...
