Mar 4, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) selected AAHKS member David A. Halsey, MD as Second Vice President after serving as Chair of the Board of Specialty Societies for AAOS. At the AAHKS Board of Directors meeting on March 3, 2016, he stepped down from...
Mar 4, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership
Attendees of the AAHKS First Annual Spring Meeting taking place this month will have the opportunity to get case-related questions answered in an informal setting with faculty and peers over breakfast. The meeting takes place March 31-April 2 in Washington, DC....
Feb 5, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership
Jay R. Lieberman, MD, AAHKS President, and Richard Iorio, MD, Health Policy Council Chair traveled to Baltimore this week to meet with CMS. Working with our advocacy firm Epstein Becker & Green, AAHKS leaders along with Executive Director, Michael J. Zarski, JD...
Jan 8, 2016 | AAHKS Business
AAHKS is seeking volunteers to work with the AAOS’s Evidence-Based Medicine Unit on a writing panel and a voting panel regarding six consensus statements related to the Surgical Management of Osteoarthritis of the Knee (SMOAK) Guidelines. These guidelines were...
Dec 11, 2015 | AAHKS Business
On December 10, AAHKS President Jay R. Lieberman, MD and Executive Director Mike Zarski met with representatives of Cigna and eviCore, the utilization review company that is managing Cigna’s new precertification program for THA and TKA. Also in attendance were David...
Dec 11, 2015 | AAHKS Business
Krista Stewart, Manager of Member Services, has accepted a position at the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. Krista was one of our longest-serving employees. She was instrumental in achieving significant membership growth for AAHKS, as well as staffing the...
