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Part 3. Michael L. Powe is the Vice president of Reimbursement and Professional Advocacy for the American Academy of Physician Associates. He recently discussed fraud and abuse at the annual conference Ortho in Indy, and covers it with Sam here.

Part II. Sam and Michael L. Powe (vice president of reimbursement and professional advocacy for the American Academy of Physician Assistants) continue their conversation on PA practice and reimbursement. This episode they cover the CMS changes to coding and billing.

Part 1: PA Advocacy Updates This episode, Sam talks with Michael L. Powe who is vice president of reimbursement and professional advocacy for the American Academy of Physician Assistants. They discuss PA and NP Medicare payments, the ABSA or (the American Board of Surgical Assistance) and how it might potentially affect PA practice, the CMS fee schedule and CMS interest in post-op visits, and what...

Sam highlights an earlier conversation with Dr. Bill Mallon; professional golfer, orthopaedic surgeon, Olympic historian, and published author. Dr. Mallon is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Today's episode is about treatments of the shoulder, including history of certain procedures and techniques.

Who gets elbow OA? Sam sums up the evaluation and treatment of this condition. Male laborers in middle age are many of the patients that will present with this more unusual OA. Arthroscopic debridement or open incision? The Elbow OA talk from Dr. Hamid is on the Learning Center. Meetings from previous years, including this one, are free for members PAOS as a reference library. Conferences from thi...

Sam discusses the Physician Assistant National Recertification Exam (PANRE) Longitudinal Assessment, which is a take home exam, as an alternative to the regularly proctored exam. It's important to between PANRE and PANRE-LA several years prior to your recertification.

While we're in Indianapolis for the PAOS Annual Conference, we are sharing a popular interview from earlier this year. Parts 2 and 3 of "Ankle Arthroplasty: Where is the Love" is a conversation with foot and ankle surgeon Jason Patterson, MD and is based on his presentation at our subspecialty conference. Videos of all of our conferences are available at PAOS.org for discounted enduring credit CME...

Part 3 of 3 - Sam talks with PA Kristin Burton about personal finance for healthcare professionals. Make sure to attend the New PA panel at our annual conference if you're just starting out and want to learn more about the business of being a PA! See you next week! For more from Kristin Burton, check out www.strivewithkristin.com/

Sam talks with PA Kristin Burton about personal finance for healthcare professionals. Make sure to attend the New PA panel at our annual conference if you're just starting out and want to learn more about the business of being a PA! For more from Kristin Burton, check out https://www.strivewithkristin.com/

Sam talks with PA Kristin Burton about personal finance for healthcare professionals. Make sure to attend the New PA panel at our annual conference if you're just starting out and want to learn more about the business of being a PA! For more from Kristin Burton, check out https://www.strivewithkristin.com/

Tate Heuer, VP of Federal Advocacy at the AAPA, shares with us an important way PAs and NPs are limited in caring for federal workers comp patients and efforts to change this. Learn more! https://www.aapa.org/advocacy-central/

Chad Silverberg, DO, MRMD, discusses what to look for in an MRI. Firbrocartilage, muscle strains, and more. Each month the PAOS provides a video for free - link on our homepage! For July 2023, it is one of Dr. Silverberg's talk from Extremities in the Carolinas this Spring1

Chad Silverberg, DO, MRMD, discusses what to look for in an MRI. What does a Cuff tear have to do with the three stooges? Each month the PAOS provides a video for free - link on our homepage! For July 2023, it is one of Dr. Silverberg's talk from Extremities in the Carolinas this Spring1

Nuts and bolts of trauma imaging, Part 2. Chad Silverberg, DO, discusses Wolff's Law and the Mechanostat theory and how we should think about bone adaptation when we interpret images. His full talk at Extremities in the Carolinas is available at PAOS.org to view for free for July 2023 as our "Video of the Month!" Link on the homepage carousel.

Chad Silverberg, DO is a fellowship-trained Musculoskletal Radiologist and recently spoke at our subspecialty conference, Extremities in the Carolinas, on the Basics of Trauma Imaging. Included here are three slides to accompany this discussion: https://youtu.be/s_6YbaBkcZI Check out PAOS.org for our next CME conference as well as conference videos for Category I Enduring Credit! Nonmembers may pu...

Join us in Indianapolis August 21-25! In this episode, we talk to Scott and Sarah about our upcoming conference. ScottJolman, D.SC., PA-C, Lt Colonel US Army (retired), is the Conference Chair of the PAOS annual meetings. Sarah Bolander D.M.Sc., PA-C, associate professor at Midwestern U andLynchburg U, is the Workshop Coordinator. Be sure to register for the conference and any workshops soon! Rese...

Part 4 of 4 part interview with Nick Patterson, PharmD, BCPS. David N. (Nick) Patterson spoke at our subspecialty conference, Ortho in the West. Our Ortho in the West videos are now available for purchase for enduring credit CME at PAOS.org. Or join us in Indianapolis for our annual meeting August 21-25! Registration is open now.

Discussion of alternatives to opioids and what to consider for the challenges of individual patients, including dosages. Part 3 of 4 part interview with Nick Patterson, PharmD, BCPS. David N. (Nick) Patterson spoke at our subspecialty conference, Ortho in the West. Our Ortho in the West videos are now available for purchase for enduring credit CME at PAOS.org. Or join us in Indianapolis for our an...

What are the goals of therapy when managing postoperative pain? Part 2 of 4 part interview with Nick Patterson, PharmD, BCPS. David N. (Nick) Patterson spoke at our subspecialty conference, Ortho in the West. Our Ortho in the West videos are now available for purchase for enduring credit CME at PAOS.org. Or join us in Indianapolis for our annual meeting August 21-25! Registration is open now.

What are the goal of therapy when managing postoperative pain? Part 1 of 4 part interview with Nick Patterson, PharmD, BCPS. David N. (Nick) Patterson was a popular speaker at our Denver annual conference and came back for our subspecialty conference, Ortho in the West. Our Ortho in the West videos are now available for purchase for enduring credit CME at PAOS.org.

Dr. Tim Bert is a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon and recently spoke at the PAOS subspecialty conference, Ortho in the West. Part 3 of 3. Discussion of operative intervention, including surgical outcomes and typical post-op courses.

Dr. Tim Bert is a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon and recently spoke at the PAOS subspecialty conference, Ortho in the West. Part 2 of 3. What are we looking for on XR? Are there patients that benefit from PT? How can an IA injection aid in the diagnosis? Here's a video about the measurements discussed in this episode, the LCEA, the ACEA, and Alpha Channel: https://youtu.be/YfS-QhUO_UU

Dr. Tim Bert is a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon and recently spoke at the PAOS subspecialty conference, Ortho in the West. What is FAI and what causes it? What are the risk factors? What is the difference between CAM and pincer impingement? Are there common concomitant injuries or pathologies associated with FAI? What would be a typical patient who we might see with this problem? Part 1 of...

Part 3 of 3. Nuts and bolts of ankle arthroplasty. Jason Patterson, MD is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in foot and ankle and practices in the active, outdoorsy community of Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Patterson recently gave a talk at our Phoenix meeting titled “Ankle Arthroplasty, where is the love?” which will be available at PAOS.org for discounted enduring credit CME. "PAOS on Demand" is also av...

Part 2 of 3. Jason Patterson, MD is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in foot and ankle and practices in the active, outdoorsy community of Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Patterson recently gave a talk at our Phoenix meeting titled “Ankle Arthroplasty, where is the love?” which will be available at PAOS.org for discounted enduring credit CME. "PAOS on Demand" is also available for non-PAOS members at AAPA.o...