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White Papers

NEW – Telehealth in Orthopedics: An Essential Technology


NEW –ASC Patient-Selection Criteria 


Expanding Services in and ASC Through the Addition of a Recovery Care Center


Orthopaedic Pre-Operative Testing Pathways


Occupational Injuries Suffered by Orthopaedic Surgeons: 2017 Survey Results


Concurrent/Overlapping Surgeries

To educate and update orthopaedic surgeons on new developments and policies involving Concurrent or Overlapping Surgeries.


Clinical Data in the Era of Value-Based Care- Rules of the Road for the Orthopaedic Surgeon


Patient-Reported Functional Outcomes: How to Collect and Report Risk-Adjusted Musculoskeletal Patient-Reported Functional Outcome Data in an Orthopaedic Practice


E-Billing for Workers’ Comp – How to be Successful

How to successfully implement an E-Billing system for Workers’ Compensation bills and attachments and why it is beneficial for your practice.


Action Plan for Bundled Payments

Evaluating and Successfully Managing the Risk


ICD-10 Implementation White Paper

Whether you are at the early stages or in the home stretch of ICD-10 implementations, here are some strategies to help you be prepared.

Learn more about the ICD-10 “Top Orthopedic ICD-10 Reference Cards”, covering nearly 500 of the most common orthopaedic conditions. Developed in collaboration with Newport Medical Solutions, they are available only through COA.


CMS PQRS Compliance White Paper

Learn the requirements and ways to use registries to report.


White Paper on Physician-Owned Distributorships – provides guidelines on ethical standards

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  • Background Information on PODs

Orthopaedic On-Call Emergency Room Survey

COA White Paper to help members determine their actual costs of serving on-call


Patient-Reported Outcomes: An Overview of the Validated Reporting Tools and Implementation Strategies

How to Collect and Report Risk-Adjusted Musculoskeletal Patient-Reported Functional Outcome Data in an Orthopaedic Practice.

News Alerts: 2016 • 2015

COA Report

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Cal Ortho Online

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White Papers

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    2019 Annual Meeting/QME Course

    Terranea Resort


Annual Meeting/QME Course

Terranea Resort
April 16-19, 2020

Upcoming COA Events

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    2020
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    19
    Apr
    2020

    2019 Annual Meeting/QME Course

    Terranea Resort

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California Orthopaedic Association
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Sacramento, CA 95814

Phone: 916-454-9884
Fax: 916-454-9882
Email: admin@coa.org

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