Feb 2, 2024 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Legislation
Last week AAHKS joined more than a dozen other national medical societies to write the Congressional leadership of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee regarding Section 5 of the “Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0,” (S.3548) which...
Sep 22, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Legislation
This week, AAHKS leaders were in Washington, DC to participate in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) and Fall Meeting. The delegation, led by Health Policy Council Chair Adam J. Rana, MD and Health...
Aug 25, 2023 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Fellowships, Legislation
The 2024–2025 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship is now accepting applications through Saturday, 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...
Mar 17, 2023 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
This week AAHKS joined the AMA and more than 130 other specialty and state societies representing more than 900,000 physicians in writing Congressional leaders to urge Congress to provide physicians with much needed fiscal stability by passing legislation that...
Jul 7, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Legislation, Medicare
This week the CMS Innovation Center released a report, “CMS Innovation Center Tackles Implicit Bias,” which assessed three CMMI payment models, including the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model. AAHKS advocacy partner Epstein Becker Green summarized the...
Oct 21, 2021 | Advocacy, Co-Branded Meetings, Legislation
AAHKS members are invited to participate in the 2021 Specialty Physician and Dentist Candidate Workshop on Friday, November 5, from 10:00 a.m.- 3:45 p.m. EST. This one-day virtual workshop is specifically designed for physicians interested in advocacy and politics....
