Apr 22, 2016 | Advocacy, Bundled Payments, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that awardees who started participation in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative in October 2013 and are scheduled to end in 2016, are now able to extend participation in...
Apr 1, 2016 | Advocacy, Medicare
Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network: Elective TJR White Paper Medicare Proposed Rule (joint letter with AAOS): Expanding Uses of Medicare Data by Qualified...
Mar 25, 2016 | Advocacy, Legislation
This week, Representative Tom Price, MD (R-GA) introduced H.R. 4848, the Healthy Inpatient Procedures Act of 2016 (HIP Act) that aims to suspend operation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) payment...
Jan 22, 2016 | Advocacy, Fellowships
The AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship provides young, future leaders with an opportunity to get involved in the policy-making process where they learn to become effective advocates. AAHKS is pleased to announce this year’s fellows: Chancellor F. Gray, MD and Roshan P....
Nov 20, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program (CJR). Seven changes were published with the final rule including a new start date of April 1, 2016, and a reduction of the...
