Jul 17, 2015 | In the News, Performance Measures
The non-profit news outlet, ProPublica, published a database of “Adjusted Complication Rates” of surgeons performing common surgeries. The data was derived from Medicare claims data and can be searched online. In a statement released by the American Academy of...
Jul 17, 2015 | In the News
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interviewed several AAHKS members and a patient who had undergone same-day knee surgery at a local facility. The article describes the benefits of being able to recover at home as well as information that a short stay is not for everyone....
Jul 10, 2015 | In the News, Medicare
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Mary Wakefield as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Andy Slavitt as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human...
Jul 10, 2015 | In the News
Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson and St. Jude Medical announced that they will offer guarantees on their heart devices to U.S. hospitals if the devices do not perform as expected. According to Reuters, “Orthopedic implant makers are exploring such agreements for hip...
Jul 10, 2015 | In the News
HBO has produced a video about Bill Krissoff, MD, who joined the Marines as a battalion surgeon after his son, Nathan, who was on active duty as a First Lieutenant in Iraq, was killed by a roadside bomb in 2006. Dr. Krissoff received a special “age waiver” from...
Jun 26, 2015 | In the News, Legislation
In a ruling on King v. Burwell this week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the federal tax subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are being provided lawfully. The New York Times reported that, “Without the subsidies, many people would be unable to...
