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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...

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...