COVID-19: Elective Surgery Safety Remains a Complex Issue

Ariana Lott, MD; Kenneth L. Urish, MD, PhD

As hospitals and physicians continue to adapt, there are questions regarding how to proceed with elective surgery in patients who have had COVID-19.

AAOS Responds to Big Changes in the 2021 Medicare IPO List

Michelle Abraham, MHA, CCS-P,

In formal comments and meetings with CMS prior to the removal of 266 musculoskeletal procedures from the IPO list, effective Jan. 1, AAOS expressed serious concern over this complicated clinical and policy decision to remove these procedures from the IPO list.