Sep 18, 2026 | Advocacy, Committees and Task Forces, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS submitted our second of two comment letters to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding their proposed rule for the CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. While the first comment letter exclusively addressed the proposed 20%...
Sep 11, 2026 | Advocacy, CMS, LEARN, Reimbursement, Webinars
Act now! Register for our next Town Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. Central to learn about the immediate need to connect with your Member of Congress now while they are campaigning in your home district before the midterm elections and how to best raise the issue...
Sep 4, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Last week, AAHKS joined the American Medical Association (AMA) and 149 other national and state medical societies in writing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA, urging CMS not to finalize the proposed policy to...
Sep 4, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2027. In this letter, we...
Aug 28, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Due to the magnitude of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule, AAHKS submitted the first of two planned comment letters this week, ahead of the Sept. 14 deadline. This comment letter centers on the...