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Of our top 10 interviews from 2023, we're sharing Sam's 3 favorites, starting with Chad Silverberg, DO. Dr. Silverberg is a fellowship-trained Musculoskletal Radiologist and spoke at our 2023 subspecialty conference, Extremities in the Carolinas, on the Basics of Trauma Imaging. Be sure to listen to the rest of the interview with Dr. Silverberg on the orthoPAc! Included here are three slides to accompany this discussion: https://youtu.be/s_6YbaBkcZI Check out PAOS.org for Category I Enduring Credit CME, including Dr. Silverberg's two talks on MRI. Nonmembers may purchase PAOS on Demand at AAPA.org.

Kristin Freitas, PA-S, is one of our 2023 Susan Lindahl Memorial Scholarship winners. She shares with us her research on orthopaedic treatment and prevention of Rickets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about the scholarship here: paos.org/scholarship

Lucy Bowers, PA-S. is a 2023 winner of the Susan Lindahl Memorial Scholarship. Here, she discusses her poster presentation. Learn more about the scholarship for future Ortho PAs here: https://paos.org/scholarship

Chris Carrier, PA-C shares with us more clinical pearls on the diagnosis and management of hand injuries. With a distal radius fracture, how much angular deformity can you accept at different age groups, knowing that the fracture will remodel?

Chris Carrier, PA-C, specializes in hand and wrist. He presented recently at our Ortho Boot Camp and we asked him to join us on the podcast to cover important considerations for hand injuries. In part 2, we discuss a case of a professional baseball player with pain while swinging the bat and a case of a cat bite.

Chris Carrier, PA-C, specializes in hand and wrist. He presented recently at our Ortho Boot Camp and we asked him to join us on the podcast to cover important considerations for hand injuries. In part 1, we discus a displaced intraarticular middle phalanx base fracture and the importance of the v sign in a PIP joint fracture, the Seymour fracture, and the perilunate injuries.

This week Sam is back with Dr. G. Peter Maiers II, a sports medicine specialist with a specialty in hip and knee injuries. As head team physician for the Indianapolis Colts, Dr. Maiers utilizes the same methods and techniques developed for athletes to treat those who are injured at home, at play or in the workplace. He is actively performing research on the arthroscopic treatment of hip impingement and arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. For part three they will discuss more of Dr. Maiers' clinical experience with different hip conditions and how they are managed.

This week Sam is back with Dr. G. Peter Maiers II, a sports medicine specialist with a specialty in hip and knee injuries. As head team physician for the Indianapolis Colts, Dr. Maiers utilizes the same methods and techniques developed for athletes to treat those who are injured at home, at play or in the workplace. He is actively performing research on the arthroscopic treatment of hip impingement and arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. For part two they will discuss Dr. Maiers' clinical experience with different hip conditions and how they are managed.

For the next series of episodes Sam will be joined by Dr. G. Peter Maiers II, a Sports Medicine Specialist with a specialty in hip and knee injuries. For part one they will discuss Dr. Maiers' standard workup for the painful hip in a patient who is an athlete.

Sam is back for the final installment with Michael L. Powe, the Vice president of Reimbursement and Professional Advocacy for the American Academy of Physician Associates. This episode, Sam and Michael discuss modifiers, the MedPAC, 99024 postoperative coding and demonstrating PA value.

Part five with Michael L. Powe, the Vice president of Reimbursement and Professional Advocacy for the American Academy of Physician Associates. This episode Sam and Michael discuss PA scope of practice and medicare billing rules.

Sam is back this week for part four with Michael L. Powe, the Vice president of Reimbursement and Professional Advocacy for the American Academy of Physician Associates. This episode they discuss payer policies for PA services.

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 the implications are for PAs, as well as the hot topic of the provider nondiscrimination provision.

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 this year are available as well -- Earn Category 1 CME credits from home! PAOS Members can purchase CME at the PAOS Learning Center: https://paos.mycrowdwisdom.com/diweb/gateway PAs who are not PAOS members may find these videos available on the AAPA website: https://www.aapa.org/cme-central/cme-on-demand/paos-on-demand/

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. If you're not a member of the PAOS, join today! Or check out "PAOS on Demand" at AAPA.org

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 purchase PAOS on Demand at AAPA.org.

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! Reserve your room (and book your flight!) at the same time. More info on the PAOS website - https://paos.org/events/event_list.asp

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 annual meeting August 21-25! Registration is open now.

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 3.

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 available for non-PAOS members at AAPA.org

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.org

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?”, and agreed to come on our podcast to discuss foot and ankle arthroplasty. Part 1 of 3 - Lesser toes to the greater toe - nonoperative treatment, arthrodesis, fusion, and more.

Tim Thompson, PAC, discusses proximal humerus fractures and considerations for treatment in part 2 of 2. He also discusses career options for PAs beyond clinical practice and ways to explore what's out there. Tim recently gave a talk on proximal humerus fractures and the treatments of proximal humerus fractures at our meeting Ortho in the West, Feb 23, in PHX. Check out our homepage for a link to our video of the month, featuring this talk.

Tim Thompson, PA-C, discusses proximal humerus fractures and considerations for treatment. Tim recently gave a talk on proximal humerus fractures and the treatments of proximal humerus fractures at our meeting Ortho in the West, Feb 23, in PHX. He discussed several types of treatments and surgeries but admitted he couldn't say what the best treatment is for every fracture because so much depends on the patient's goals and expectations from the surgery. What are the pros and cons of each surgical repair?

Ashley Reasey, MPAS, PA-C practices Palliative and Supportive care. She discusses with Sam what to consider as we treat and communicate with patients and their families facing hip fracture and other injuries and conditions. Part 2 of 2.

Ashley Reasey, MPAS, PA-C practices Palliative and Supportive care. She discusses with Sam what to consider as we treat and communicate with patients and their families facing hip fracture and other injuries and conditions. Part 1 of 2.

New interview next week on Palliative Care and orthopedics! Here is part 2 of a conversation between Sam and PA Emeritus Mike Weber, as they discuss how to get involved in leadership in the profession.

Mike Weber, PA-C Emeritus, talks leadership with Sam and what to consider when taking a leadership role.

An episode on Eponyms with host Sam Dyer, PA-C, MHS.

Highlights from the newly published Practice and Compensation survey from the PAs in Orthopaedic Surgery. Specific to PAs practicing in orthopedics, the annual survey is a great tool for negotiating a salary or a raise. Kevin Whorton shares what trends he is seeing in the profession based on PAOS members and non-members who completed the survey in 2022. This publication is included in membership to the PAOS.

Kevin Whorton of Whorton marketing and research discuses the most recent compensation survey. This survey is available to PAOS members at no cost!

In the final installment on E&M coding, Sam and Cindi Crenshaw, CPC, cover details on billing specific to orthopedics, including medications.

We discuss further details of E&M coding and considerations for what we might commonly see in an orthopedic setting. Cindi Crenshaw, CPC, covers more on MDM levels and what is important for us to have in our notes.

Cindi Crenshaw, CPC, presents at our Charlotte conferences on the latest in E&M Coding. She joined us on the orthoPAc to cover what's new in 2023. In Part 2, we begin a discussion on Medical Decision-Making (MDM) and the three categories. Here is the link discussed in the episode: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2019-06/cpt-revised-mdm-grid.pdf Join us in Phoenix for our 4th annual subspecialty conference Ortho in the West! https://paos.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1690664&group=