Jul 17, 2015 | In the News
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interviewed several AAHKS members and a patient who had undergone same-day knee surgery at a local facility. The article describes the benefits of being able to recover at home as well as information that a short stay is not for everyone....
Jul 10, 2015 | Medicare, Performance Measures, Practice Management
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed an extensive “pilot” of a new Medicare Part A and B payment model, “Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) Model” under which acute care hospitals in geographic areas covering about 25% of patients...
Jul 10, 2015 | In the News, Medicare
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Mary Wakefield as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Andy Slavitt as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the Department of Health and Human...
Jul 10, 2015 | In the News
Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson and St. Jude Medical announced that they will offer guarantees on their heart devices to U.S. hospitals if the devices do not perform as expected. According to Reuters, “Orthopedic implant makers are exploring such agreements for hip...
