Apr 26, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS
Last week AAHKS joined more than a dozen national specialty societies in writing to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to oppose their intent to develop and implement a prior authorization demonstration for certain ambulatory surgical center (ASC)...
Mar 29, 2024 | Advocacy, Promotions
The OrthoPAC is holding its first ever Final Four Game. Show off your basketball handicapping skills for a chance to receive a custom branded pair of Air Force Ones. Residents pay $5; Fellows, Fellowship and Candidate Members pay $50. Text shoein to 41444 or click...
Mar 29, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Performance Measures, Reimbursement
Next week, CMS is implementing a mandatory Inpatient Quality Reporting Total Hip and Knee Replacement PROMs Performance Measure (IQR THA/TKA PRO-PM) for THA and TKA. The goal of this measure is to quantify pain and functional improvements with validated PROMs to...
Mar 20, 2024 | Advocacy, Annual Meeting, The Augment Podcast, Uncategorized, Young Arthroplasty Group, Young Arthroplasty Group Podcast
Podcast (yag): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn this episode Augment hosts Dr. Chalmers and Dr. King are joined by AAHKS Past President Dr. Iorio to discuss the AAHKS Business Course at the Annual Meeting and the larger business of...
Mar 14, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Medicare, Reimbursement
On March 8, Congress passed a suite of health policies in a federal funding package that averted a partial government shutdown. Included in those policies were several critical Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for which AAHKS has been advocating. As a preface to...
Mar 8, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, In the News, Medicare
Earlier this year, CMS released the Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes final rule to address certain operational and technical aspects of prior authorization for “Impacted Payers” across Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid,...
