Volunteer's Note
One Question Results
Submit Your Proposal for $100,000 Multi-Center Clinical Research Grant
ASSH Job Board Can Help You Find What You're Looking For
Listserv Hot Topic: What to do When a Patient Wants an Endorsement
Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) Opportunities
AMA Membership Update
Thank You to AFSH Donors
Growth in US Health Spending Remains Slow
Conference Committee Members Appointed to Review SGR Legislation
Volunteer's Note
William H. Seitz, MD, Chair of the Corporate Advisory Council, has penned an extensive history of the CAC and the Commercial Support Committee (CSC) that also includes a look at future collaborations between the Hand Society and Industry.
To learn how the CAC and CSC have allowed the ASSH to, among other things, maintain a stable member registration fee for the Annual Meeting despite significantly escalating costs, read
Dr. Seitz's column.
One Question Results
Last week we asked you what type of mobile Web device you own and how often you use it to browse the Internet.
View results.
Submit Your Proposal for $100,000 Multi-Center Clinical Research Grant
The AFSH will award a $100,000 grant this year for a well-designed, prospective multi-center clinical research study. Applications must be submitted by February 1, 2012.
The ASSH Research Committee will review all proposals and select the recipient of this grant, to be announced at the 67th Annual Meeting of the ASSH in September 2012 in Chicago.
Find out how to apply.
Two-year
clinical grants at the $20,000 level will continue to be offered. Applications for $20,000 grants must be submitted by April 2, 2012.
ASSH Job Board Can Help You Find What You're Looking For
Explore your career opportunities anytime of the day or night with JobTarget.
Find positions, post an opening, or even sell your practice. Visit the ASSH Online Career Center at
jobs.assh.org, or find out more via the
ASSH page on Facebook.
Learn more.
Listserv Hot Topic: What to do When a Patient Wants an Endorsement
How would you handle a patient who has had surgery for a small finger injury and is now hounding you to endorse a modified glove that he wants to market for rehabilitation purposes? One member finds himself in this situation, and he's turned to the Listserv for advice.
If you have already signed up for the Physician Listserv, you can view or contribute to the patient endorsement discussion by visiting the
archives and scrolling down to the thread titled "patient wants an endorsement." If you don't know or remember your Listserv password, you can reset your password
here.
To sign up for the Listserv, visit the
ASSH website.
Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) Opportunities
OrthopaedicsBhutan: Volunteers are needed for a one-month assignment in December 2012 in Thimphu. Training is provided to orthopaedic technicians and some specific training to the orthopaedic surgical staff at the National Referral Hospital. Contact the
program department for more information.
Wenzhou, China: Volunteers are needed for 3-4 week assignments. Training is needed in a variety of subspecialties to residents and physicians at Wenzhou Medical School. For more information, contact the
program department.
For additional volunteer opportunities, visit the
AFSH Outreach webpage.
AMA Membership Update
AMA rules stipulate that in order to qualify for a seat in the AMA House of Delegates, 25% of our members must be AMA members. We'd like to recognize those who have answered the call to either join or rejoin.
Thank you to all of the ASSH members who notified us this week (via email or the Listserv) that they've joined or rejoined the AMA:
David A. Clough, MD
James R. Fowler, MD
Michelle A. James, MD
Curtis C. Johnson, MD
F. Thomas D. Kaplan, MD
Justin R. Kunes, MD
Jose A. Ortiz, Jr., MD
Have you recently joined or rejoined the AMA? Please let us know by contacting amitchell@assh.org so we can track the progress of your AMA membership. ASSH will reconcile our membership list with the AMA to get credit for our members in early 2012.
Have your voice heard: Join the AMA.
Thank You to AFSH Donors
David L. Cannon, MD
Daneca M. DiPaolo, MD
Walter W. Doren, MD
Avrum I. Froimson, MD
Hugh G. Harris, MD
Robert H. Hartwig, MD
Joseph Anthony Izzi, Jr., MD
Michael E. Jabaley, MD
Orhan Kaymakcalan, MD
Gary R. Kuzma, MD
Donald R. Laub, Jr., MD, FACS
Paul F. Nassab, MD
Robert J. Neviaser, MD
Morry A. Olenick, MD
Roger G. Rosenstein, MD
John T. Sack, MD
Cary Tanner, MD
Bobby J. Wroten, MD
Jeffrey Yao, MD
Andrew Y. Zhang, MD
Did you know you can now support the Foundation (AFSH) through automated monthly payments? Visit www.afsh.org/donate to complete an auto-pay form, or contact afsh@assh.org.
Growth in US Health Spending Remains Slow - from AAOS
US health care spending experienced historically low rates of growth in 2009 and 2010, according to the annual report of national health expenditures (NHE) published in the January issue of the journal Health Affairs.
Analysts at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) report in the article that the increase in spending for 2009 represents the lowest rate of increase in the entire 51 year history of the NHE. The low rate of growth, the data show, reflects lower utilization in health care than in previous years. The report notes that US health care spending grew only 3.9 percent in 2010, reaching $2.6 trillion, or $8,402 per person, just 0.1 percentage point faster than in 2009. Read more.
Conference Committee Members Appointed to Review SGR Legislation - from AMA
Over the last few weeks, House and Senate Democratic and Republican leaders appointed conferees to work out their respective differences on H.R. 3630, legislation that would continue funding for several expiring policies, including extended unemployment insurance, payroll tax cuts, and Medicare physician payment rates.
The conference needs to reach agreement on a longer-term bill prior to March 1, 2012, when the two-month Medicare physician payment freeze and other policies expire. Read more.