CMS Delays Start of Joint-Replacement Bundled Payments til April 1, 2016
The final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulating “episode-of-care” Medicare payments to hospitals for hip …
Case Connector “Watch” Cites Trunnion Troubles in Modular Hip Implants
The hip-arthroplasty community currently feels that the advantages gained from head-neck modularity outweigh the risks, but JBJS Case Connector raises …
Report on Cost Variation Spotlights Knee, Hip Arthroplasty
The Health of America, a new report from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), found that the amounts …
Operation Walk Gives People in Need Free Hip and Knee Replacements
This week (December 1-6, 2014), 120 people in 23 states are scheduled to receive a hip or knee replacement free …
Active Immune Cells Associated with Quick Recovery from Hip Replacement
The signaling activity of CD14+ monocytes after hip replacement surgery in 32 patients correlated strongly with the patients’ reports of …
AAOS Annual Meeting Roundup
With 840 scientific presentations, 560 posters, and 200 instructional course lectures, even OrthoBuzz couldn’t comprehensively summarize the 2014 AAOS Annual …
BoneStress app available
BoneStress is a new free app that allows orthopaedic surgeons to look at the effects of action and joint loading …