Jun 14, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on their 2025 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule, including the proposed Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) episode of care...
Jun 7, 2024 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Practice Management
This week AAHKS submitted comments to the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to their Request for Information on Consolidation in Health...
May 31, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week AAHKS submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Request for Information (RFI) on Medicare Advantage Data, specifically to respond to the RFI’s solicitation of comments regarding data related to prior authorization (PA) in...
May 10, 2024 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Practice Management
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to approve and release the draft of a Final Regulation that bans for-profit employers from using non-compete clauses. The rule becomes effective September 4, 2024, 120 days following its formal publication....
Apr 26, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS
Last week AAHKS joined more than a dozen national specialty societies in writing to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to oppose their intent to develop and implement a prior authorization demonstration for certain ambulatory surgical center (ASC)...
Mar 29, 2024 | Advocacy, Promotions
The OrthoPAC is holding its first ever Final Four Game. Show off your basketball handicapping skills for a chance to receive a custom branded pair of Air Force Ones. Residents pay $5; Fellows, Fellowship and Candidate Members pay $50. Text shoein to 41444 or click...