Oct 6, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Last week AAHKS submitted input to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Development of a Hospital-Level 90-Day Risk-Standardized Complication Rate (RSCR) Following Elective Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)...
Sep 30, 2022 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Surveys
As part of our ongoing commitment to health policy advocacy, the AAHKS Advocacy Committee invites you to participate in a brief poll. The goals of this poll are to better identify the most pressing health policy issues affecting the AAHKS community and guide the...
Sep 9, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week AAHKS submitted our comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CY2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. AAHKS comments include a call for CMS to join physician associations in calling on Congress for reform of the...
Aug 18, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Earlier this month, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year 2023 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and Long-Term Prospective Payment System Final Rule. In June, AAHKS submitted comments in...
Aug 18, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Fellowships
The deadline to submit an application for the 2023-2024 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship is Friday, September 30. The program, which runs on the calendar year, is open to orthopaedic surgeons in the United States currently participating in a Joint/Adult Reconstruction...
Aug 5, 2022 | CMS, Federal Guidelines
On July 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2023 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule including the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System. Included in the proposed rule is an increase to...
