Feb 9, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Webinars
AAHKS has worked with CMS and the AMA RUC for years to recognize the pre-optimization work and practice changes physicians undertake for better patient care. Late last year, the AMA CPT Assistant provided details on how arthroplasty surgeons may use principal care...
Feb 2, 2023 | Advocacy, Practice Management, Reimbursement
AAHKS has worked with CMS and the AMA RUC for years to recognize the pre-optimization work and practice changes physicians undertake for better patient care. Late last year, the AMA CPT Assistant provided details on how arthroplasty surgeons may use principal care...
Jan 26, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week AAHKS joined nearly 100 health care professional societies in writing to Congress about the broken Medicare payment system. The signatories urge Congress to work with the physician community to make long-term reform to Medicare payment models, including the...
Jan 19, 2023 | Advocacy, Residents, Webinars
Ever wondered if you’d like to run for political office? You may be interested in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ upcoming webinar with Kermit Jones, MD, a recent Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in California. Dr. Jones is a family physician, Navy...
Jan 5, 2023 | Advocacy, LEARN, Webinars
Visit LEARN, the AAHKS online education platform, to access a recording of this timely webinar focusing on the evolution of bundled payment programs and opportunities that may exist with future models. Moderators Jeffrey K. Lange, MD and Adam J. Rana, MD were joined...
Dec 23, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week Congress unveiled their $1.7 Trillion end-of-year spending bill which includes some Medicare relief for physicians but does not avert all proposed cuts for 2023. In the chart below we have provided a snapshot of AAHKS year-end priorities including the...
