May 8, 2015 | Advocacy, Medicare
In a letter to CMS, AAHKS President Jay R. Lieberman, MD, expressed support for the development of a measure for risk adjusted improvement in functional status after total hip and knee replacement. He concurred with the intent of assessing functional improvement...
Apr 30, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy
AAHKS members and staff attended the National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) hosted by AAOS in Washington, D.C. this week. The annual conference features leadership training, Capitol Hill visits, roundtable meetings, policy discussions, political reports and...
Apr 30, 2015 | Advocacy, Medicare
In a letter to CMS this week, AAHKS President, Jay R. Lieberman, MD, expressed support of the recommendation by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to create a new DRG for hip fractures. The AAMC conducted an evidence-based review of the national...
Apr 24, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, AAHKS Executive Director, Michael J. Zarski, JD attended an event hosted by President Barack Obama in The White House Rose Garden to celebrate the signing of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) which repealed the...
Mar 26, 2015 | Advocacy, Medicare
On Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed the bill to repeal the SGR by a vote of 392-37 in a bipartisan effort that did not make it on the Senate’s agenda before they adjourned for a two week break. The Hill reported that “since 2003, lawmakers have...
Mar 20, 2015 | Advocacy, Medicare
The US House Committee on Ways and Means announced that leaders in Congress have introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that seeks to permanently fix the SGR formula. “This bipartisan policy agreement is an important milestone in finally resolving the flawed SGR...
