Oct 21, 2021 | Advocacy, Co-Branded Meetings, Legislation
AAHKS members are invited to participate in the 2021 Specialty Physician and Dentist Candidate Workshop on Friday, November 5, from 10:00 a.m.- 3:45 p.m. EST. This one-day virtual workshop is specifically designed for physicians interested in advocacy and politics....
Sep 30, 2021 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Co-Branded Meetings
AAHKS was represented this week at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) by Past President Michael P. Bolognesi, MD; PAC Representative Adolph J. Yates Jr., MD; Advocacy Chair Adam J. Rana, MD; and...
Sep 30, 2021 | Advocacy, Fellowships
Today is the deadline to submit an application for the 2022-2023 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship! The program, which runs on the calendar year, is open to orthopaedic surgeons in the United States currently participating in a Joint/Adult Reconstruction Fellowship, or...
Sep 23, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS, Patient Outcomes, Performance Measures
On July 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare CY 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule. AAHKS comments included support for hospital-level Risk-Standardized Patient...
Sep 23, 2021 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy
AAHKS would like to congratulate P. Maxwell Courtney, MD, AAHKS Advocacy Committee Vice Chair, on his election as an At-Large member to the Orthopaedic PAC’s Executive Committee, representing the PAC Adviser’s Circle. AAHKS has been a member of the Ortho PAC Advisor’s...
Sep 16, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS
On July 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule. AAHKS has submitted a comment letter on the Proposed Rule, asking CMS to explain how or why it uses different standards to derive work RVU...
