Aug 5, 2022 | Practice Management, Surveys
The AAOS Patient Safety Committee is conducting an anonymous survey to learn about workplace violence in orthopaedics. “On June 1, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the AAOS lost a friend and colleague, Dr. Preston Phillips, to a senseless act of workplace violence (WPV). This...
Mar 3, 2022 | Co-Branded Meetings, Practice Management
As a reminder, AAHKS advocacy partner Epstein Becker Green is hosting their fourth annual Physician Transactions Conference on March 24 at the University Club in Chicago. EBG states, “the sole objective of this 1-day conference is to educate physicians and leaders of...
Feb 11, 2022 | Co-Branded Meetings, Federal Guidelines, Practice Management
Practicing physicians encounter a wide variety of contracts for payment for their services. The AMA held a virtual mini-bootcamp on December 1, 2021, covering both introductory and advanced contracting topics important for physicians to know. The introductory portion...
Jun 18, 2021 | In the News, Practice Management
Healio reported that, according to research published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, “Medicare physician fee reimbursement for septic revision total knee arthroplasty has not kept up with inflation and has been devalued at a greater rate than aseptic...
May 27, 2021 | In the News, Practice Management
In 2020, less than 50% of patient care physicians worked in a private practice for the first time, after dropping almost 5% from 2018, according to a new report from the American Medical Association. The report, based on the AMA’s Physician Practice Benchmark...
Apr 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Industry, News Releases, Practice Management
The American Medical Association (AMA) published a survey of 1,000 physicians this week, showing that 70% of respondents “reported that health insurers had either reverted to past prior authorizations policies or never relaxed these policies in the first place.” 94%...
