Aug 11, 2017 | Advocacy, Medicare
The US House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Health Subcommittee announced that it is seeking input from healthcare providers to find legislative and regulatory burdens in Medicare that can be eliminated or changed. In June, AAHKS members provided input on this...
Jun 23, 2017 | Advocacy, CMS
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Tom Price, MD and CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH hosted a trio of roundtable discussions this week to discuss regulatory burdens imposed on physicians by HHS/CMS that interfere or have the potential to...
Jun 16, 2017 | Advocacy, Membership
AAHKS has participated in the American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates for 17 years and through our presence represented the distinct interests of AAHKS members. As we have experienced a period of rapid growth for our association, we have fallen below...
Jun 9, 2017 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, MD has invited AAHKS to participate in a roundtable discussion with the Secretary and his senior staff to identify and discuss regulatory burdens imposed on physicians by HHS/CMS that interfere or have the potential to...
Jun 9, 2017 | Advocacy, Legislation
AAHKS signed on to a letter with the AAOS thanking Members of Congress for introducing the “Increasing Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2017.” The legislation will help “ensure that patients have access to dual-energy X-ray...
