Nov 20, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
AAHKS Executive Director, Michael J. Zarski, JD filed a letter commenting on CMS’s Request for Information regarding development of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the new Medicare Access and CHIP...
Nov 6, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation
AAHKS joined the American Medical Association and other medical associations in a letter to the U.S. Senate expressing strong concerns with the implementation of Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program despite widespread failure of Stage 2. The letter calls for action...
Aug 7, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
On July 31, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the advance text of its final rule to update the Medicare acute hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2016. The official version of the rule will be...
Aug 7, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation
AAHKS has sent a comment letter to National Government Services, Inc. (NGS) during the open comment period for the local coverage determination regarding total joint arthroplasty (“Draft LCD”). NGS covers Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New...
Jun 26, 2015 | In the News, Legislation
In a ruling on King v. Burwell this week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the federal tax subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are being provided lawfully. The New York Times reported that, “Without the subsidies, many people would be unable to...
Jun 19, 2015 | In the News, Legislation
The Hill reports that the US House of Representatives voted to repeal a tax imposed by the Affordable Care Act by a vote of 280-140 with 46 Democrats on the prevailing side. The article states, “While the bill does not include a plan to make up for the lost revenue...
