Sep 2, 2025 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
Guided by the Health Policy Council and Advocacy Committee, AAHKS provides physicians and their patients with comprehensive and timely analysis of health policy issues pertaining to hip and knee surgery. Each year, AAHKS develops strategies to keep up with changes in...
Aug 22, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
The OrthoPAC charity match program is back for its fifth year, and now is your chance to make a bigger imPACt! From August 11 through September 12, OrthoPAC will match your contribution to an approved 501(c)(3) charity. This unique program allows you to simultaneously...
Aug 1, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS
Recently the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their CCY 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) proposed rules. AAHKS’ health policy partners...
Jul 4, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives both passed their Reconciliation Bill that includes a Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) conversion factor (CF) increase of 2.5% for all physicians for 2026. The bill now heads to the President’s desk, where...
Jun 27, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS joined a coalition of 75 national clinician and professional medical organizations to urge U.S. Senate leadership to include Medicare physician payment provisions from the House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill (HR 1) in the Senate version. The letter...
Jun 27, 2025 | CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz met with insurance industry leaders to discuss their pledge to ease the burden of prior authorization, which...
