Nov 20, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program (CJR). Seven changes were published with the final rule including a new start date of April 1, 2016, and a reduction of the...
Nov 20, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
AAHKS Executive Director, Michael J. Zarski, JD filed a letter commenting on CMS’s Request for Information regarding development of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the new Medicare Access and CHIP...
Nov 20, 2015 | Committees and Task Forces
AMA Delegate Chris J. Dangles, MD and Alternate Delegate Edward C. Tanner, MD, attended the AMA Interim Meeting in Atlanta November 14-17, 2015. Dr. Dangles and Dr. Tanner attended the presentation of over 100 resolutions and committee reports including Resolution 917...
Nov 13, 2015 | Annual Meeting
When a record of 1,253 abstracts were submitted for the AAHKS 25th Annual Meeting, it was a good indication that this year’s meeting would be great. The meeting, which took place in Dallas November 5-8, 2015, had a record 2,434 total attendees – up 25% from the 2014...