AAOS Advocacy in the News

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January 4, 2013
MedPage Today: Physician Groups React to 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal

January 3, 2013
Becker’s ASC Review: AAOS Praises Fiscal Cliff Deal & Calls to Eliminate SGR

December 4. 2012
CQ HealthBeat: Health Care Professionals Descend on Washington: Visits are part of an intense effort by groups to protect their members from potential Medicare payment cuts

December 3, 2012
The Hill’s Healthwatch: Medical PACs abandon DesJarlais for future bid

November 29, 2012
Politico Pulse: Orthopaedic Surgeons Fly-in

November 28, 2012
The Hill: Overnight Health Blog

November 28, 2012
Politico Influence: Disparate Lobbying Groups Hit Capitol Hill on Budget, Tax Issues

November 28, 2012
Becker’s: AAOS to Lobby Congress on Fiscal Cliff Issues

November 28, 2012
Inside Health Policy: Orthopaedic Surgeons Lobby to Keep In-Office Ancillary Services

November 19, 2012
Chiroeco.com: Healthcare industry reacts to President Obama's reelection

November 8, 2012
Government Health IT: Healthcare Associations Congratulate Obama, Press Issues for Next Term

November 7, 2012
Becker’s: AAOS President Dr. John Tongue Responds to President Barack Obama’s Re-Election

November 7, 2012
Healthcare Finance News: Healthcare Industry Reacts to President Obama’s Re-election

November 4, 2012
Nature: Health Sector Opens Purse for US Election

November 2, 2012
Medscape: Self-Referrals Cost Medicare an Extra $109 Million, GAO Says

November 1, 2012
Politico: Surgeons to Congress: Don’t Beat Up on Imaging Services

October 31, 2012
CQ HealthBeat: New Findings Suggest Doc Overuse of Imaging to Boost Income

October 31, 2012
Politico: Physician PACs Step Up Spending

October 31, 2012
Modern Healthcare: Self-referrals Boosts Medicare Imaging Costs: GAO

October 31, 2012
Politico: Doc PACs Spending More This Cycle

October 31, 2012
Health Policy News Stand: GAO Finds Self-Referrals Hike Medicare Spending; Providers Reject Limits

August 20, 2012
American Medical News: Doctors Ask Congress for Role in Reforming Medicare Programs

August 15, 2012
Inside Health Policy: More Demos Needed To Refine Risk Adjustment, Providers Say

August 10, 2012
Wall Street Journal: Giant Helium Reserve Awaits Likely Closure

July 20, 2012
Becker’s: Physicians on Capitol Hill Discuss Concerns over Hospital Employment

July 23, 2012
Becker’s: AAOS Concerned about Decline in Private Practices

July 20, 2012
The Daily Caller: Doc says ‘physicians have reached a tipping point’

July 19, 2012
The Washington Post: Health-care Law Driving Doctors Away From Small Practices, Toward Hospital Employment

July 19, 2012
Bloomberg: Demise of Small Group and Solo Physician Practices Bodes Ill for Physician-Patient Relationship, Panel Told

July 3, 2012
Inside Health Policy: Providers Renew Bid to Repeal IPAB In Light Of SCOTUS' ACA Decision

May 23, 2012
Becker’s: AAOS Hosts Comparative Effectiveness Symposium in Washington, D.C.

October 12, 2011
Becker’s: AAOS Holds Inaugural Orthopaedic Quality Institute in Washington, D.C.

May 19, 2011
Healio: AAOS to Host Collaborative Summit on Quality Improvement

April 13, 2011
Becker’s: AAOS: Research Comes Closer to Finding Heterotopic Ossification Treatment

April 8, 2011
Orthopedic Design & Technology: Orthopedic Surgeons Lobby for Support of Musculoskeletal Disease-Related Issues

March 1, 2011
Peninsula Press: Rep. Anna Eshoo caught between powerful lobbies in medical liability debate

March 2011
Orthopaedics Today: Maryland court rules against physician self-referral of patients for radiation, advanced imaging

January 27, 2011
The Daily Record: Court bans doctors’ in-office referrals for MRI and CT scans

January 27, 2011
DOTMed News: Radiologists and orthopedic surgeons scrap over self-referral