29 09, 2017

September 29, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-10-09T21:29:39-04:00September 29th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Tom Price, MD, resigns as HHS secretary. According to a statement from the White House, Thomas E. Price, MD, has resigned as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). President Trump intends to designate Don J. Wright, MD, MPH, FAAFP, to serve as acting secretary. Dr. Wright currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Read more... Read the [...]

27 09, 2017

September 27, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-09-28T15:59:16-04:00September 27th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Latest ACA repeal measure falls short of votes needed to pass Senate. The New York Times reports that Republican legislators in the U.S. Senate have shelved their most recent effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Progress was halted when a number of influential senators announced their opposition to the proposal, which among other things sought to replace the federal ACA bureaucracy with block grants to the states. Senate filibuster rules required [...]

25 09, 2017

September 25, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-09-26T15:07:38-04:00September 25th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story CMS Innovation Center to refocus on increased payment model flexibility. In a letter to The Wall Street Journal, the administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) states that the agency is redesigning the CMS Innovation Center to offer providers increased payment model flexibility and encourage greater competition among healthcare systems. She notes that current models have encouraged consolidation and states that the Innovation Center is addressing eight focus areas, including: Increasing [...]

22 09, 2017

September 22, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-09-26T15:02:20-04:00September 22nd, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Study: Implant-specific blood metal ion thresholds may improve identification of MOM patients at risk of ARMD. A study conducted in Europe and published in the Sept. 20, 2017, issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery suggests that implant-specific blood metal ion thresholds may be more effective in identifying metal-on-metal (MOM) hip arthroplasty patients who may be at risk of adverse reactions to metal debris (ARMD). The authors performed a validation study of 710 [...]

20 09, 2017

September 20, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-09-21T16:50:51-04:00September 20th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Study: Romosozumab followed by alendronate may reduce risk of fracture for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Findings from a study published online in The New England Journal of Medicine suggest that romosozumab treatment for 12 months followed by alendronate may reduce risk of fracture compared to alendronate alone for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. The authors conducted a randomized, blinded, prospective study of 4,093 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and a fragility fracture who were assigned to receive [...]

19 09, 2017

Bipartisan Health Care Efforts Continue, While States Make Progress on Balance Billing

By |2017-09-21T16:54:03-04:00September 19th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Bipartisan Health Care Efforts Continue, While States Make Progress on Balance Billing For questions or concerns on these or other advocacy issues, contact the Office of Government Relations at dc@aaos.org. Senate Takes Up Bipartisan Health Care Talks At a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing this month, Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said that “it’s clear to truly protect patients, we need to stabilize the markets, limit premium increases, and begin to lower premiums in the future.” [...]

18 09, 2017

September 18, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-09-19T16:31:11-04:00September 18th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story HHS activates disaster program to assist providers with Irma patients. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has activated the National Disaster Medical System Definitive Care Reimbursement Program to help hospitals and medical facilities providing care to people affected by Hurricane Irma. Under the program, HHS reimburses medical facilities and hospitals for care provided to people who became injured or ill as a result of natural disasters, if medical care is no longer [...]

15 09, 2017

September 15, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-09-18T15:13:31-04:00September 15th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Study: Barbotage plus SAIC may offer only short-term benefit compared to SAIC alone for rotator cuff calcific tendinitis. Data from a study published online in The American Journal of Sports Medicine suggest no significant difference in mid-term outcomes between barbotage combined with corticosteroid injection in the subacromial bursa (SAIC) compared to isolated SAIC for treatment of calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff. The researchers conducted a randomized, controlled trial of 48 patients. At mean 5.1-year [...]

13 09, 2017

September 13, 2017 | Today’s News

By |2017-09-14T15:39:51-04:00September 13th, 2017|Top Stories|

Today's Top Story Study: Some physicians spend more than one-half of their workday on EHR tasks. Data from a study published online in the journal Annals of Family Medicine suggest that clinicians may spend 5.9 hours a day interacting with electronic healthcare record (EHR) systems. The authors conducted a retrospective cohort study of 142 family practitioners in a single system in Wisconsin and found that they spent an average of 4.5 hours during clinic hours and 1.4 hours [...]

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