Aug 5, 2016 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Bundled Payments, CMS, Medicare
AAHKS leadership are heading to Baltimore and Washington, DC, to meet with officials from the CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and Members of Congress. Discussion will revolve around Advanced Alternate Payment Model (APM) requirements, and how...
Jul 29, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership
At last week’s Board retreat, the AAHKS Board of Directors voted to proceed with the formation of a task force to examine the feasibility of forming a subsidiary to convene and manage a bundled payment program for interested members. The Board’s concern is that some...
Jul 22, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership
The Annual AAHKS Board of Directors Retreat begins today and continues through Saturday in Rosemont, Ill. Board members and Committee Chairs will meet on effective leadership, review the results of a member needs assessment and define the role of AAHKS in enabling all...
Apr 22, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership
A vice president position in AAHKS opened when newly elected AAOS 2nd Vice president, David Halsey, MD stepped off the AAHKS Board, as required by AAOS. The AAHKS Nominating Committee is now accepting candidates for the 3rd Vice president. If you would like to...
Apr 22, 2016 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy
The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN), a partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and private, public and non-profit organizations, are holding their 2016 Spring Summit next week in Tysons Corner, VA. AAHKS President...
Apr 15, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership, Research
Research The Knee Society, supported by AAHKS, the NIH, AAOS and others conducted a research conference, “Strategies to Improve Total Knee Arthroplasty” this week in Bethesda, Md. In attendance were AAHKS Immediate Past President Jay R. Lieberman, MD, Executive...
