Jun 6, 2014 | Legislation
The Washington Post reported this week that the Senate confirmed Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Burwell will be sworn in on Monday, and will take on further implementation of the Affordable Care Act among...
May 2, 2014 | Legislation
AAHKS representatives led by Brian S. Parsley, MD, participated in the National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) in Washington, DC this week. Dr. Parsley guided policy discussions on GME accreditation and risk adjustment of performance measures for physician...
May 2, 2014 | Legislation
AAHKS representatives in town for the National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC), took the opportunity to call on senators and representatives on Capitol Hill. Talks centered on issues affecting patient access as well as specific legislation such as SGR...
May 2, 2014 | Legislation
Following up on an earlier meeting, Past President Thomas K. Fehring, MD discussed risk adjustment and quality measures with CMS staff led by Kate Goodrich, MD, MHS. Joining Dr. Fehring were Kevin Bozic, MD, MBA representing AAOS, and David Ayers, MD along with AAHKS...
Mar 10, 2014 | Legislation
House Republicans announced a plan to bring SGR repeal to the floor, but with the bill paid for by repealing the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act. This would almost certainly kill any chance of repeal before the expiration of the current patch, and...
Feb 16, 2014 | Legislation
Use our advocacy tool to contact your senators and representatives with a letter encouraging them to enact the “SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014” (H.R. 4015/S....
