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AAHKS Signs Prior Authorization Letter to CMS

Sep 26, 2019 | Advocacy

AAHKS joined more than 100 specialty, state and other health care organizations in sending a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Seema Verma, regarding the use of prior authorization (PA). The letter shares our concerns with...

AAHKS Supports MA Prior Authorization Standardization

Sep 12, 2019 | Advocacy

AAHKS joined more than 360 specialty and state societies, as well as other patient, physician and health care professional associations and stakeholders, to write to Congress in support of the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2019 (H.R. 3107). The Act,...

Two Weeks to Health Policy Fellowship Deadline

Sep 12, 2019 | Advocacy, Fellowships

The deadline to submit an application for the 2020-2021 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship is approaching. If you or a colleague is about to enter, currently participating or practicing orthopaedic surgery within four years of completing a fellowship in an adult...

OrthoPAC: Potential Regulatory Changes Coming to your Practice

Aug 29, 2019 | Advocacy, Young Arthroplasty Group

By Chad A. Krueger, MD, Member, Young Arthroplasty Group Committee and Nicholas B. Frisch, MD, MBA, Member, Young Arthroplasty Group Committee If there is ever a time to consider the importance of donating to the Orthopaedic Political Action Committee (OrthoPAC), it...

Call for 2020-2021 Health Policy Fellows

Aug 8, 2019 | Advocacy, Fellowships, Residents

by Nicholas B. Frisch, MD Healthcare delivery continues to evolve, and as orthopaedic surgeons, our traditional education does little to prepare us for understanding the complexity of change in our healthcare system. The AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship (HPF) presents a...

AAOS Seeking Action on Surprise Billing

Jul 11, 2019 | Advocacy

AAOS is seeking support on grass roots action to “to find a common sense solution to surprise billing.” On Thursday the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee reported out the No Surprises Act, which benchmarks out-of-network payments to median in-network...