Advocacy | AAHKS

Support Your OrthoPAC in 2020

Jan 9, 2020 | Advocacy

You can help strengthen the advocacy voice of AAHKS by contributing to the Orthopaedic PAC (OrthoPAC) from your smartphone now. Text the word AAHKS to the number 41444, and follow the link that will be sent in the reply, or log on to the PAC website and click the...

AAHKS Leaders Participate in CMS Listening Session and Visit Capitol Hill

Nov 14, 2019 | Advocacy

On Tuesday, AAHKS President Michael P. Bolognesi, MD, was joined by James I. Huddleston III, MD and Adolph J. Yates Jr., MD in representing AAHKS in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Innovation Center listening session on potential future bundled payment...

AAHKS Writes Congress Regarding Surprise Billing

Oct 17, 2019 | Advocacy

AAHKS joined the American Medical Association and more than 100 specialty and state medical societies in sending letters to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives regarding surprise billing. The letters call for legislation not to “create new imbalances in the...

AAHKS Comments on CMS OPPS and PFS Proposed Rules

Oct 3, 2019 | Advocacy, CMS

Last week, AAHKS sent our comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) on two proposed rules for calendar year 2020. The proposed changes to the CMS Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment Systems included...

FDA Holding Public Meeting on Metals Used in Medical Devices

Oct 3, 2019 | Advocacy, Practice Management

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced they are holding their first public advisory committee meeting to convene experts and the public on the issue of evaluating the safety of metal used in medical devices. The Immunology Devices Panel of the Medical...

Second AAOS Member Runs for US Senate

Sep 26, 2019 | Advocacy

The Political Action Committee of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Orthopaedic PAC) formally endorsed fellow member and Alaskan orthopaedic surgeon Al Gross, MD, FAAOS, for the U.S. Senate. Dr. Gross, who is running as an Independent, is a lifelong...