Orthopaedic Advocacy Week Advances Three AAOS Policy Priorities

Catherine Hayes

AAOS members dedicated May 24–28, 2021, to amplifying yearlong advocacy efforts during the first-ever Orthopaedic Advocacy Week.

Grasstops Advocacy Is a More Targeted, Tactical Approach

Douglas W. Lundy, MD, MBA, FAAOS

Grassroots is a common concept, but people may not be as familiar with the idea of grasstops advocacy. Technically speaking, grasstops advocacy describes the situation when specific opinion leaders are tactically deployed to effect change through the politic.

Legislators Discuss Prior Authorization Reform

Kristen Coultas

The May episode of AAOS’ advocacy-focused podcast, “The Bone Beat,” centered on a high-priority advocacy initiative: reforming prior authorization and coverage reviews.

Navigating the National Correct Coding Initiative

Michelle AbrahamMHA, CCS-P; Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC

For procedural coding in orthopaedic surgery, physicians, and their staff primarily rely on two information sources: Current Procedural Terminology and the AAOS publication Complete Global Service Data for Orthopaedic Surgery.