CMS | AAHKS - Part 11

Join Your Colleagues and Take Action for Unity Day

Nov 4, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Annual Meeting, CMS, Reimbursement

To continue the momentum from Arthroplasty Unity Day, yesterday’s advocacy event in conjunction with the 2023 AAHKS Annual Meeting, we’re asking all AAHKS members to urge Congress to pass H.R. 2474, the Strengthening Medicare Patients and Providers Act, by...

AAHKS Writes Congress Seeking Medicare Cut Relief

Oct 13, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement

Last week, AAHKS joined a surgical coalition of 47 organizations representing 1.2 million physician and non-physician providers urging Congress to halt the implementation of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems add-on code G2211, set forth by the Centers for...

Unity Day at the Annual Meeting: Join Your Colleagues to Advocate for Medicare Reform

Oct 13, 2023 | Advocacy, Annual Meeting, CMS, Reimbursement

This year during the Annual Meeting, AAHKS President Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS has declared Friday, November 2, Arthroplasty Unity Day. While attending the Annual Meeting, whether in person or virtually, we will ask you to stand together and write to Congress urging...

AAHKS Comments on CMS Proposed Rules

Sep 15, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines

This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rules. Our PFS comment letter requests that CMS...

AAHKS Comments on CMS Episode-Based Payment Model RFI

Aug 18, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement

This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for their Request For Information from the Innovation Center on the future of episode-based payment models. AAHKS again expressed concern about the continued downturn in...

Coding Tips and Tricks Part 1: Recent Data on TKA Conversion and Hip Preservation Coding

Jul 11, 2023 | AAHKS Amplified, Arthroplasty Topics Podcast, Practice Management, Reimbursement, The Augment Podcast, Young Arthroplasty Group, Young Arthroplasty Group Podcast

Podcast (yag): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn this episode the Augment hosts are joined by Nicholas M. Brown, MD and AAHKS Research Committee Member Stephen T. Duncan, MD to discuss recent research around coding issues in TJA....