Today at the Resource Center Theater

The Resource Center Theater is located in Moscone West, Lobby Level 1. All programs are free.

AAOS CEO Karen L. Hackett, FACHE, CAE, and AAOS President Daniel J. Berry, MD, formally open the new Resource Center in Moscone West.

10:30 a.m.
See the Power of the X…Orthopaedic CodeX
Presented by Howard Mevis, director of electronic media, evaluation programs, course operations, and practice management group

11:00 a.m.
AAOS Member Advantage Program: Group Purchasing
Presented by MedAssets

11:30 a.m.
AAOS Member Advantage Program: Insurance – Term Life, Disability, Long-term Care
Presented by Pearl Insurance

12:30 p.m.
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Why They Matter
Presented by members of the AAOS Evidence-Based Practice and Guidelines Oversight Committee

1:30 p.m.
AAOS Education Funds: Upholding Educational Excellence
Presented by Bonnie Emberton, director of development, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)

2:00 p.m.
Making Sense of MOC
Presented by Shepard R. Hurwitz, MD, executive director, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

2:30 p.m.
OREF Annual Campaign Volunteers: Making More Possible, Thanks to You
Presented by Ramon Jimenez, MD, and Frank Kelly Jr, MD

4:00 p.m.
Culturally Competent Care: An Orthopaedist’s Responsibility
Presented by Ramon Jimenez, MD

4:30 p.m.
Fixing Intertrochanteric Fractures with a Sliding Hip Screw—State of the Art or a Lost Art?
Presented by Michael T. Archdeacon, MD, MSE, director, division of musculoskeletal traumatology, professor and vice chairman, department of orthopaedic surgery, University Hospital, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center

5:00 p.m.
See the Power of the X…Orthopaedic CodeX
Presented by Howard Mevis, director of electronic media, evaluation programs, course operations, and practice management group

5:30 p.m.
AAOS Member Advantage Program: Revenue Management—Don’t Let Rejected Claims Cut Your Practice to the Bone
Presented by Gateway EDI

2012 Annual Meeting News
Tuesday through Friday, February 7 – 10, 2012.
http://www.aaos.org/news/acadnews/2012/AAOS4_2_8.asp