CMS’ Proposed Payment Policy Changes for 2022 Are Significant

Alix Braun, MPH

In July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the highly anticipated proposed rules for the calendar year (CY) 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the CY 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS/ASC).

Advocacy Does Not Start and Stop at the National Level

Douglas W. Lundy, MD, MBA, FAAOS; Travis P. Lindley

I’ll make the case that the work of state legislators, like those who serve “under the Gold Dome” in Atlanta in my home state, is equally important to orthopaedic surgeons and our patients.

Members Present the Orthopaedic Point of View to the Broader ‘House of Medicine’

Heidi M. Hullinger, MD, FAAOS

While specialty societies in orthopaedics have strong voices, they can exert even more influence if they work with colleagues across the “house of medicine.”

Advocacy Never Sleeps

Daniel K. Guy, MD, FAAOS

The activities and education at the AAOS 2021 Annual Meeting helped set the table for our upcoming 2021 Combined National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC)/Fall Meeting, which will be held Sept. 26–29 in Washington, D.C.

Outpatient Joint Replacement since COVID-19: AAOS Course Highlights the Changing Paradigm

Rebecca Araujo

On Nov. 19, AAOS will host a single-day virtual course, “AAOS Outpatient and Rapid Recovery in Total Joint Replacement,” addressing the current landscape of same-day discharge and outpatient total joint replacement.