Apr 22, 2022 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines
This week AAHKS joined the Arthritis Foundation and other medical and public organizations in writing to the Congressional Senate and House Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education, Committee on Appropriations, urging them to provide funding for the Centers for Disease...
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...
Apr 1, 2022 | CMS, Federal Guidelines
AAHKS is still seeking input from Fellow and Candidate members about the challenges and problems you are facing with Prior Authorization to inform ongoing advocacy efforts and share provider input with Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services....
Feb 24, 2022 | Federal Guidelines, In the News
A reporter from Modern Healthcare interviewed Adam Rana, MD, AAHKS Advocacy Committee Chair, regarding the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) payment model, which attempts to achieve cost savings by bundling payment for joint replacement. Specifically,...
Feb 11, 2022 | Co-Branded Meetings, Federal Guidelines, Practice Management
Practicing physicians encounter a wide variety of contracts for payment for their services. The AMA held a virtual mini-bootcamp on December 1, 2021, covering both introductory and advanced contracting topics important for physicians to know. The introductory portion...
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...
