AAOS Advocacy In Action

September 30, 2025 By Bryce Marshall

A few recent highlights from the AAOS’s advocacy efforts:

During the Combined National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC)/Fall Meeting, AAOS members and advocates held more than 300 meetings with congressional offices on issues impacting musculoskeletal care.
The AAOS Orthopaedic PAC (OrthoPAC) hosted a reception to conclude NOLC, where the Congressional Bipartisanship Award was presented to Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA).
OrthoPAC was proud to mark the 10-year anniversary of its Advisor’s Circle, which provides leadership and political advocacy opportunities for orthopaedic group practices and specialty societies.

Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists Carilion Clinic Orthopaedics Colonial Orthopaedics Countryside Orthopaedics, PC Fredericksburg Orthopaedics Hess Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Jordan Young Institute Nirschl Orthopaedic Center Orthopaedic and Spine Center OrthoVirginia Shenandoah Valley Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Tidewater Orthopaedic Associates Tuckahoe Orthopaedic Associates UVA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery VCU Health Systems Virginia Institute for Sports Medicine Winchester Orthopaedic Associates, Ltd.

By participating in this program, your group receives discounts on membership dues for all eligible physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in your practice. New members receive a 25% discount on their first year of membership dues, and all current members receive a 10% discount on dues. There is one comprehensive renewal notice for all members in your practice or institution, requiring only one check to be issued for membership dues. There must be at least three eligible physicians, PAs or NPs in your practice for the group to qualify..

Group Billing Benefit
Your practice manager can join VOS for free as part of the group billing option. If a physician leaves the practice and moves out of state, the VOS membership will be transferable to a new physician in the group. Any new members will immediately begin receiving benefits such as the e-newsletter, legislative updates, reduced registration fees at meetings, the online "Find a Doc" feature, and much more.

We will screen the list of physicians in your practice so that any members in your group who have already paid will not have to pay again this cycle. It’s not too late to add your practice to the growing list and save on VOS membership dues! Please contact Greg Leasure, Membership Manager, at (804) 565-6305 or [email protected] with questions or to enroll in the group billing program.

Thank you for considering membership in the Virginia Orthopaedic Society for the physicians in your practice!

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