Aug 26, 2022 | Advocacy, Webinars, Women in Arthroplasty, Young Arthroplasty Group
The AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) and Young Arthroplasty Group (YAG) Committees are partnering with the Advocacy Committee in September to present a two-part webinar on the basics and importance of advocacy in arthroplasty. On Thursday, September 8, 2022, 8:30...
Aug 18, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Earlier this month, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year 2023 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for Acute Care Hospitals and Long-Term Prospective Payment System Final Rule. In June, AAHKS submitted comments in...
Aug 18, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Fellowships
The deadline to submit an application for the 2023-2024 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship is Friday, September 30. The program, which runs on the calendar year, is open to orthopaedic surgeons in the United States currently participating in a Joint/Adult Reconstruction...
Jul 15, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS
On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. Read our full summary here. CMS proposes to decrease the PFS conversion factor by $1.53 to $33.08 due to statutory...
Jul 7, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Legislation, Medicare
This week the CMS Innovation Center released a report, “CMS Innovation Center Tackles Implicit Bias,” which assessed three CMMI payment models, including the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model. AAHKS advocacy partner Epstein Becker Green summarized the...
Jun 23, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS
AAHKS submitted our comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on their CY2023 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. Our comments included expressing concern about the rising Medicare payment for DRGs while surgeon payment...
