Apr 1, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Last week, AAHKS submitted comments to the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) on its Request for Information (RFI) on “Electronic Prior Authorization Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification.” Thank you to our members who...
Mar 11, 2022 | Advocacy, Guidelines
AAHKS is seeking input from Fellow and Candidate members to capture the challenges and problems you are facing recently with Prior Authorization. The issue of Prior Authorization has caught the attention of Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services and...
Feb 21, 2022 | AAHKS Amplified, Advocacy, Uncategorized, Young Arthroplasty Group Podcast
Podcast (yag): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn this episode, recorded at the 2021 AAHKS Annual Meeting, the Augment hosts are joined by Advocacy Committee Members Drs. Chick Yates, Max Courtney and Chad Krueger to discuss the importance...
Feb 18, 2022 | Advocacy, CME, Co-Branded Meetings
AAHKS advocacy partner Epstein Becker Green is hosting their fourth annual Physician Transactions Conference will be held on March 24 at the University Club in Chicago. EBG states, “the sole objective of this 1-day conference is to educate physicians and leaders of...
Feb 11, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS
Last week AAHKS joined 14 other orthopaedic specialty societies in expressing several concerns regarding the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Medically Unlikely Edit (MUE) and Procedure-to-Procedure Edit...
Feb 4, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
On behalf of our 4600 members, AAHKS thanks Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT), Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) for introducing the Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program Extension Act of...
