Jul 15, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS
On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. Read our full summary here. CMS proposes to decrease the PFS conversion factor by $1.53 to $33.08 due to statutory...
Jul 7, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Legislation, Medicare
This week the CMS Innovation Center released a report, “CMS Innovation Center Tackles Implicit Bias,” which assessed three CMMI payment models, including the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model. AAHKS advocacy partner Epstein Becker Green summarized the...
Jun 23, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS
AAHKS submitted our comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on their CY2023 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. Our comments included expressing concern about the rising Medicare payment for DRGs while surgeon payment...
Jun 3, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS
At the request of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), AAHKS, joined by AAOS, provided comments on maintenance of total hip and total knee arthroplasty electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs)...
Apr 1, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Last week, AAHKS submitted comments to the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) on its Request for Information (RFI) on “Electronic Prior Authorization Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification.” Thank you to our members who...
Apr 1, 2022 | CMS, Federal Guidelines
AAHKS is still seeking input from Fellow and Candidate members about the challenges and problems you are facing with Prior Authorization to inform ongoing advocacy efforts and share provider input with Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services....
