Oct 9, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Committees and Task Forces, In the News
This week Advocacy Chair P. Maxwell Courtney, MD was interviewed by Colby Itkowitz, contributing host and analyst at 535 News, about CMS’s proposed 20% cut to reimbursement for hip and knee replacement procedures. Dr. Courtney discussed how the proposed cut could...
Oct 2, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
Left to right in first photo: Alexander T. Bradley, MD, David N. Kugelman, MD, Yale A. Fillingham, MD, Zachary C. Lum, DO, P. Maxwell Courtney, MD. Second photo shows the group meeting with Sen. John Barrasso, R-WYÂ This week, AAHKS representatives participated in the...
Oct 2, 2026 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership, Committees and Task Forces
The AAHKS Board of Directors is pleased to endorse the slate of candidates presented by the 2026 Nominating Committee. The elections will take place during the Annual Business Meeting on Sunday, Nov. 8, prior to the start of the General Session during the 2026 AAHKS...
Sep 25, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
This week, 35 members of the House of Representatives wrote a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD requesting that...
Sep 18, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Federal Guidelines
Congressman Greg Murphy, MD (R-NC), Co-Chair of the Congressional Doctor’s Caucus, has introduced a letter to CMS opposing the 20% cut to the primary codes for TJA that have been proposed by CMS for 2027. AAHKS is working with Congress to gain additional signatures...
