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2013–2014 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship
The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) is seeking applications for its 2013–2014 Health Policy Fellowship. The goal of the AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship is to provide the fellow with the requisite exposure, training, and skills to prepare for the advocacy of health policy efforts of AAHKS. The 2-year program will provide exposure to the various legislative and regulatory bodies that affect members’ ability to render healthcare services to their patients. For more information, email eileen@aahks.org

AAHKS sponsors RUC survey course
The American Medical Association/Relative Value Scale Update Committee (AMA/RUC) Physicians Work Survey Training Course will take place on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Dallas. Participants can then attend the AAHKS Annual Meeting (same location, Nov. 4–6) and take advantage of AAHKS member pricing.

The goal of the course is to provide attendees with information on how to accurately complete the RUC survey on hip and knee codes for the review process. The RUC is responsible for making recommendations on relative value units (RVUs) for new and revised codes and for annually updating RVUs to reflect changes in medical practice. These values determine the rate at which Medicare and other payers reimburse for procedures. Recommendations are made to the RUC based on survey data collected from practicing orthopaedic surgeons.

For more information, email krista@aahks.org

AANA releases 2013 course schedule
The Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) has released its course schedule for 2013. Topics include shoulder, knee, wrist and elbow, hip, and foot and ankle. All courses will be held at the Orthopaedic Learning Center in Rosemont, Ill. For more information, visit www.aana.org

ABJS/CORR seek submissions for Urist, Andry Awards
The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS), in conjunction with Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR), has issued a call for manuscripts for the Marshall R. Urist Young Investigator Award and the Nicolas Andry Award. The deadline for submissions for both awards is Oct. 1, 2012.

The $5,000 Urist Award is limited to orthopaedic surgeon investigators younger than age 40 or with fewer than 7 years of post-training (including fellowships) at the time of application. The submitted work must deal with clinically relevant laboratory or clinical research related to the musculoskeletal system and should reflect work primarily done by the young investigator. This research may not have won an award or been previously published as a full paper. Only one manuscript per principal investigator may be submitted.

The $25,000 Andry Award is open to experienced orthopaedic investigators, including surgeons doing clinically relevant basic or patient-oriented research. Submissions should review a body of musculoskeletal research that has significantly contributed to orthopaedic knowledge and has been conducted and published over an extended period of time. The work may be ongoing. Bodies of work that in substance have received previous awards are not eligible.

Submission for one of these awards precludes simultaneous submission for the other. All submissions must be submitted electronically. Guidelines and instructions can be found on the website www.editorialmanager.com/corr

Questions should be directed to the ABJS awards committee chair, Karl R. Hamson, MD, 6300 N. River Rd, Suite 605, Rosemont, Ill. 60018-4237.

ACPOC seeks abstract submissions
The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC) seeks abstract submissions for its 2013 annual meeting to be held at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead, Atlanta, April 10–13, 2013. Topics of specific interest include spinal orthoses, orthoses used with limb lengthening, tibial deficiency, salvage vs. amputation, clubfoot orthoses, limb salvage in the treatment of malignant tumors, and orthotic use in arthrogryposis. The submission deadline is Oct. 1, 2012.

For more information, visit www.acpoc.org, call 847-698-1937, or email acpoc@aaos.org

OMeGA Core Competency Innovation grants
OMeGA is seeking Core Competency Innovation grant applications for the 2012–2013 academic year. Grants of up to $20,000 are available. Project proposals should describe how the program advances the six core competencies (patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, systems-based practice, professionalism, and interpersonal skills and communication) mandated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and include concrete metrics for judging results. The timeframe covered by this grant is Nov. 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013. Applicants are encouraged to submit a project that can be completed in this time period. Project proposals will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2012. For more information, visit www.omegamedicalgrants.org or email info@omegamedicalgrants.org

OMeGA Medical Grants Association extends thanks to Core Competency Innovation Grant donors Zimmer and Biomet Orthopedics for their support of orthopaedic general medical education.

AAOS Now
September 2012 Issue
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/sep12/youraaos6.asp

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