AAOS Announces New Partnership with American Corporate Partners

John J. McGraw, MD; Elizabeth Fassbender, Esq.

AAOS is pleased to announce it has partnered with national nonprofit organization American Corporate Partners (ACP) to provide career guidance to returning military veterans as they transition back into civilian life. Founded in 2008, ACP volunteers help veterans find new careers through one-on-one mentoring, networking, and online career advice. To that end, Sidney E. Goodfriend, founder and director of APC, works with an impressive board of nationally known directors and advisors.

A Closer Look at BPCI Advanced

Shreyasi Deb, PhD, MBA

On Jan. 9, 2018, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) announced the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) model, a new voluntary episode-based payment model that will test bundled payments for 32 clinical episodes (29 inpatient and three outpatient episodes), many of which are relevant for orthopaedic surgeons (Fig. 1). The model, which begins on Oct. 1, 2018, will run through Dec.

Does it Feel Like the 1900s?

Mitchell S. Fourman, MD, M.Phil

“Our aim is not to do away with corporations; on the contrary, these big aggregations are an inevitable development of modern industrialism. We are not hostile to them; we are merely determined that they shall be so handled as to subserve the public good. We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.” —President Theodore Roosevelt, 1902 State of the Union The essence of capitalism is our endeavor for individual prosperity.

Second Look – Advocacy

These items originally appeared in AAOS Headline News Now, a thrice-weekly enewsletter that keeps AAOS members up to date on clinical, socioeconomic, and political issues, with links to more detailed information. Subscribe at www.aaos.org/news/news.asp (member login required). A report from medical liability insurer Coverys finds diagnosis-related events to be the single largest root cause of medical liability claims.

Bipartisan Budget Deal Addresses Numerous AAOS Priorities

Elizabeth Fassbender, Esq.

On Feb. 9, Congress passed a budget deal and continuing resolution—the Bipartisan Budget Act—that increases military and domestic program spending caps and funds the government through March 23. Congress subsequently passed an omnibus appropriations bill for the current fiscal year that funds the government through Sept. 30.