AAOS Now

A Closer Look at BPCI Advanced

Shreyasi Deb, PhD, MBA
On Jan. 9, the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model, a new voluntary episode-based payment model that will test bundled payments for 32 clinical episodes (29 inpatient and three outpatient episodes), many of which are relevant for orthopaedic surgeons.

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New President David A. Halsey, MD, Speaks of an Academy That Will Adapt to Challenges

Terry Stanton
In delivering his address as incoming AAOS president at the 2018 Annual Meeting on March 8, David A. Halsey, MD, invoked a biomechanical principle—Wolff’s law—to describe how under his leadership he envisions an Academy that continues to respond to the various disruptive changes affecting the practice of orthopaedic medicine.

Kristy L. Weber, MD, Begins Term as First Vice-President

Terry Stanton
Although it was only by coincidence of the calendar that Kristy L. Weber, MD, addressed an Annual Meeting audience as the 2018 first vice-president on International Women’s Day, the timing only underscored the historic aspect of the moment.

William J. Maloney, MD, Looks Back on Eventful Year

Terry Stanton
In delivering his final address as Academy president at the AAOS 2018 Annual Meeting, William J. Maloney, MD, described his year of service as “a very busy time.”

A Tribute to Stuart Hirsch, MD

S. Terry Canale, MD, and Kay C. Daugherty, BS
Authors reflect after the passing of former AAOS Now Editorial Board member Stuart Hirsch, MD, who peacefully passed away at his Florida home on March 7, 2018, with his wife Lisa by his side.

Cartilage Wear Pattern May Help Identify Pre-arthritic Hip Disorder

Peter Pollack
Cartilage lesions in patients with symptomatic, pre-osteoarthritic diseases are very common, according to Cecilia Pascual-Garrido, MD, who presented results from Paper 899, “Are there Disease-Specific Articular Cartilage Wear Patterns in Various Pre-arthritic Hip Disorders?” during the AAOS 2018 Annual Meeting.

Claudette Lajam, MD, is the New Advocacy Resources Committee Chairman

Julia Williams
Claudette Lajam, MD, an adult reconstructive surgeon at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, was named chairman of The Board of Councilors Advocacy Resources Committee during the AAOS 2018 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Is Your Practice Primed to Launch an Orthopaedic Urgent Care Center?

Jared Abel, JD, MHA, and Neal Lintecum, MD
As patient care moves to less-acute settings, orthopaedic urgent care (OUC) is becoming more common. One of the most common reasons for emergency room care are musculoskeletal, and OUCs are a great opportunity to provide better access, better quality, and better value for their patients and communities.