AAOS Now May 2007

Volume 1, Number 3

Cover Story

• Doctors, patients lobby for increases in NIAMS funding
• What’s to be done about the uninsured?
• Joint supplements: Is there hope behind the hype?

Your AAOS

• Across the President's Desk
• Professional compliance program continues to evolve
• Diversity champions open doors for women, minorities in orthopaedics
• AAOS files amicus brief on Maryland MRI issue
• Orthopaedic educators needed in ‘the other Iraq’
• AAOS puts the world at your doorstep
• OKO goes monthly
• Specialty societies focus on education
• Stem cell research makes headlines
• A pat on the back to:
• It’s time to drop insurance contracts
• In memoriam
• From cartilage to carburetors: Sonny Bal, MD, treats classic cars
• Industry News
• Upcoming Orthopaedic Meetings of Interest

Managing Your Practice

• Once bitten, twice shy: Choosing the right practice the first time
• Reducing OR inefficiencies improves financial results
• Increasing diversity sparks demand for cultural competency
• The aging surgeon: How old is too old?
• Contingency plan does not eliminate need for NPI
• Do the uninsured present a higher liability risk?
• A simple system for coding E/M services
• Where to go for more information on the NPI
• The ins and outs of coding for hip resurfacing

Clinical News & Views

• A weighty problem: Trauma treatment for obese patients
• Sharpen your abstract for 2008 Annual Meeting
• Considerations for Grading Abstracts
• Tissue recalls: What to do
• MOC Class of 2010: Requirements for recertification
• Changing trends in CME present opportunities for AAOS
• Antibiotic laden cement: Current state of the art

Reimbursement & Regulation

• Nanotechnology: From nano to micro to macro
• Did You Know? Nanotechnology by the numbers
• Facts and FAQs on the Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative
• PQRI: A way to get more out of Medicare
• States moving toward universal coverage
• Does state advocacy for tort reform work?
• Public service messages work—even at statehouse

Research & Technology

• Orthopaedic patients personalize need for research
• AAOS outlines plan to engage future members
• Resident education: Striking the right match
• Resident education: Rule changes compel innovation
• OREF grant winner gives surgeons a say in health policy decisions
• AAOS supports research on many fronts

May 2013
Volume 7, Number 5

• Cover Story
• Clinical News & Views
• Research & Quality
• Managing Your Practice
• Advocacy
• Your AAOS
• Marketplace

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