New U.S. Senate Bill Would Improve Access to Orthopedic Services

A new bill to expand outreach to potential orthopedic patients, coordinate orthopedic research and improve monitoring of childhood musculoskeletal diseases was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate after introduction in the House, according to the AAOS.

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The “Access to America’s Orthopaedic Services Act,” or S. 1548, would also authorize a study on graduate medical education and the impact of funding on the availability of specialty physicians.

In addition, the act would reauthorize the Transplantation Transmission Sentinel Network administered by the United Network of Organ Sharing through a grant from the CDC.

Read the AAOS release about the Access to America’s Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009.

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