Sep 23, 2022 | Practice Management, The Augment Podcast
In this episode of the Augment, “Tips for Starting in Practice,” AAHKS Education Committee Member Michael P. Ast, MDjoins Young Arthroplasty Group (YAG) hosts Mark E. Mildren, MD, Chad A. Krueger, MD and Brian P. Chalmers, MD to provide advice to young surgeons in...
Aug 18, 2022 | Annual Meeting, CME, Practice Management
Make your plans now to attend the 2022 AAHKS Annual Meeting in Dallas, November 3–6, to participate in this cutting-edge symposium. Daniel J. Berry, MD, the moderator of this symposium, will conduct a poll of the membership using an audience response system with...
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...