Advocacy | AAHKS

AAHKS Member Considered for HHS Appointment

Nov 18, 2016 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS

Representative Tom Price (R-GA) is on the short list of candidates to be Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Dr. Price is an orthopaedic surgeon and AAHKS member from Roswell, Georgia. As a senior member of the Ways & Means...

AMA Offers MACRA Webinars

Nov 4, 2016 | Advocacy

The American Medical Association (AMA) is offering several educational opportunities to help physicians understand the requirements of the new Quality Payment Program (QPP) that was created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The sessions...

You’re Invited: Boots on the Ground Advocacy Luncheon in Dallas

Nov 4, 2016 | Advocacy

AAHKS is actively working to increase our impact on policy review and Congressional and CMS advocacy. Our Boots on the Ground (BOG) initiative seeks to connect our members with Members of Congress through the AAOS Orthopaedic PAC. We ask you to contribute to the...

AAHKS Attends LAN Summit, Hill Visits

Oct 28, 2016 | Advocacy

AAHKS President, William A. Jiranek, MD, represented the association in Washington, DC at Tuesday’s Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) Summit, of which AAHKS is a new Committed Partner. The Summit focused on development of Advanced Alternative...

AAHKS Comments on CMS Proposed Rule

Oct 7, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS

AAHKS sent a comment letter to CMS regarding their proposed rule Advancing Care Through EPMs; Cardiac Rehabilitation Incentive Payment Model; and Changes to the CJR. This rule builds on MACRA and proposes development of “BPCI-like” volunteer episode payment models...

Tom Price, MD Asks CMS to Stop Mandatory Work

Oct 7, 2016 | Advocacy, Legislation

Politico reports that US House members sent a letter to CMMI asking them to stop mandatory work. The innovation center should impose the limits on its experimental models and only gradually expand them following dialogue with participants, according to the letter,...