Oct 23, 2026 | Advocacy, Committees and Task Forces, Reimbursement
Last week, a coalition of 10 national physician, patient advocacy, senior and rural health care organizations joined AAHKS to express our strong concerns to Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD about the proposed reductions to...
Oct 23, 2026 | Advocacy, FOCAL, Webinars
Monday, Oct. 26 8 p.m. Eastern | 7 p.m. Central This one-hour FOCAL session is designed as a practical “Advocacy 101” for new arthroplasty surgeons. The goal is to demystify physician advocacy and give attendees a basic understanding of why advocacy matters, how...
Oct 9, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Committees and Task Forces, In the News
This week Advocacy Chair P. Maxwell Courtney, MD was interviewed by Colby Itkowitz, contributing host and analyst at 535 News, about CMS’s proposed 20% cut to reimbursement for hip and knee replacement procedures. Dr. Courtney discussed how the proposed cut could...
Oct 2, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
Left to right in first photo: Alexander T. Bradley, MD, David N. Kugelman, MD, Yale A. Fillingham, MD, Zachary C. Lum, DO, P. Maxwell Courtney, MD. Second photo shows the group meeting with Sen. John Barrasso, R-WY This week, AAHKS representatives participated in the...
Sep 25, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
This week, 35 members of the House of Representatives wrote a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD requesting that...
Sep 25, 2026 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Fellowships
Applications for the 2027-2028 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship must be received by Wednesday, Sept. 30, so don’t wait to apply. This program engages fellows in the policy-making process, guided by AAHKS mentors, to become more effective advocates for the profession....
