AAOS’ Advocacy Efforts Focus on Access to Quality Care

Douglas W. Lundy, MD, MBA, FAAOS

This article and the next installment will specifically address quality of care.

Avoid the ‘Kickback Trap’

Terry Stanton

The takeaway from the AAOS 2022 Annual Meeting symposium “Orthopaedic Surgeons in Prison: It Could Happen to You” was all too well encapsulated by that eye-opening title.

CMS Updates Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Billing

Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC

Editor’s note: This article is part one of a two-part series focusing on the 2022 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updates to physician assistant and nurse practitioner billing.

Study Demonstrates How THA Care Pathways Can Lower Length of Stay for Patients

Patrick Daly

Care pathways in hip arthroplasty programs have effectively lowered the length of stay (LOS) after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA).