Spring 2010 | View/Download PDF
- President’s Column – Glenn Pfeffer, M.D.
- People in the News
- Highlights – COA’s 2010 Annual Meeting
- Economic Survival Course
- QME Course
- Billing Tips
- Hyaluronic Acid (Viscosupplementation) Intra-articular Knee Injection Series
- Billing News
- Workers’ Compensation— Utilization Reviewers
- AETNA—New Rate for Assistant Surgeons
- CMS Approves Three National Organizations to Accredit Suppliers of Advanced Imaging Services
- CMS Change Request 6670
- Membership in COA’s Political Action Committee
- Summary of Propositions in the June 2010 Primary Election
- Are Patients Still Packing Their Bags and Going Abroad for Their Medical Care?
- COA Members Oppose DWC Efforts
- Reimbursement for ASCs
- Transition of the OMFS to a Medicare RBRVS System
- AAOS Publishes “Hospital Employment of Orthopaedic Surgeons” Primer
- Getting it Together: Integrating Options for Orthopaedic Surgeons
- News from the Medical Board of California
- California becomes first state to shorten patient wait times for appointments
- New Notice to Patients Required
- Expert Reviewers