Feb 16, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
AAHKS President Bryan D. Springer, MD and Health Policy Chair Adam J. Rana, MD traveled to Washington DC this week to meet with House and Senate members and staff, as well as CMS staff to discussion Congressional priorities for 118th Congress and the Administration...
Feb 16, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Medicare
This week AAHKS sent comments to CMS regarding their Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program proposed rule. Our comments supported MA coverage and payment criteria that is...
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...
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...