Physician Assistant

This blog reviews the function and importance of menisci in protecting articular cartilage.

By Nirmala M. Sivaprakasapillai, MD

In this blog, Victoria Tam, PA-S, discusses the etiology, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of PJI. She includes a clinical case study to demonstrate how a prosthetic joint infection is diagnosed and managed.

The National Kidney Foundation’s Council of Advanced Practice Providers issues a biennial online survey to assess roles, compensation, benefits, trends in job description, payment models and benefits among advanced practitioners.

Advanced practitioners have gained considerable ground this past year in their profession.

Burnout, work exhaustion and disengagement are prevalent among physician assistants and may lead to anxiety, depression and medical errors, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

In its proposed rule for the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, CMS includes a section on billing for physician assistant services. It has people talking, but few know what it does – and does not – mean.

In a 198 to 68 vote, members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants’ House of Delegates passed a resolution to change the title of physician assistants to “physician associates.”

Patients who received rheumatology care from nurse practitioners or physician assistants rated their overall experience similarly to those who saw a rheumatologist, according to survey data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Editor’s note: For 2020, the Physician Assistants in Orthopaedic Surgery awarded four $5,000 scholarships to PA students with an interest in orthopedics.