May 27, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS
AAHKS advocacy efforts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) resulted in positive reform on the Alternate Payment Model front. AAHKS worked in an alliance with the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Academy of...
Apr 22, 2016 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy
The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN), a partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and private, public and non-profit organizations, are holding their 2016 Spring Summit next week in Tysons Corner, VA. AAHKS President...
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...
