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Dec 6, 2018 | Advocacy

by David A. Halsey, MD, AAOS President As you know, in the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule, CMS identified several potentially current procedural terminology (CPT) codes as “misvalued”, including 27130 (total hip arthroplasty) and 27447 (total knee...

CMS Surveys High Volume Medicare Participants on THA

Nov 15, 2018 | Advocacy

AAHKS members may have received an email from Kathy Bryant, Senior Technical Advisor, Hospital and Ambulatory Payment Group, and accompanying letter from Carol Blackford, Director, Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship Deadline is November 30

Nov 15, 2018 | Advocacy, Fellowships

AAHKS Health Policy Fellows report that the experience provides them with the opportunity to engage with legislators on issues important to hip and knee surgeons and also to receive mentoring from AAHKS leaders. This part-time fellowship can be integrated into a...

AAHKS Comments on CMS OPPS Proposed Rule, Meets with Legislators

Sep 28, 2018 | Advocacy, CMS

AAHKS has commented on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s (CMS) CY 2019 hospital outpatient prospective payment system proposed rule. Our comments focused on the continued impact our members and your patients are experiencing regarding the removal of TKA from...

AAHKS Conducts Round of Senate Hill Visits

Sep 14, 2018 | Advocacy, CMS

As Hurricane Florence bore down on the East Coast, former Health Policy Fellow and AAHKS Advocacy Committee member P. Maxwell Courtney, MD made the rounds on Capitol Hill Thursday. Accompanied by AAHKS lobbyists, the offices of 10 Senators from both sides of the aisle...

We Need Your TKA Patient Stories!

Sep 1, 2018 | Advocacy

AAHKS is seeking additional examples of patient care problems related to the removal of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Inpatient Only list (IPO). As a compelling example, a member recently reported on the...