Jun 6, 2019 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
by Stephen M. Engstrom, MD 2018-2019 AAHKS Health Policy Fellow This week, AAHKS members and staff returned to Washington, D.C. as part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) to meet with members of...
Apr 11, 2019 | Advocacy, Legislation
AAHKS joined more than 65 health care groups in asking Congress to co-sponsor The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348, H.R. 1763). This bipartisan legislation would provide a responsible increase in Medicare support for graduate medical education...
Aug 17, 2018 | Advocacy, CMS, Legislation
Red Tape Relief Report The House Committee on Ways and Means released a report this week on their Red Tape Relief project, which was created to “modernize and improve the Medicare program for American seniors and the providers that serve them.” The report comes a year...
May 11, 2018 | Legislation
The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact (APRN Compact), a product of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), creates a multistate license for all four types of APRNs that threatens to undermine state scope of practice laws. Specifically, the...
Apr 5, 2018 | Legislation
There are recent developments in federal actions related to prevention, treatment and enforcement related to opioid addiction in the U.S. A report from the AAHKS advocacy partner, Epstein Becker & Green, provides details on: The 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act...
Mar 30, 2018 | Legislation, Medicare
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently published its semiannual report to Congress, which includes a recommendation to eliminate the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). While MedPAC has recommended the elimination of MIPS on more than one...
