Feb 4, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
On behalf of our 4600 members, AAHKS thanks Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT), Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) for introducing the Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program Extension Act of...
Dec 17, 2021 | CMS, COVID-19
Last week, President Biden signed a bill, passed by Congress, providing short-term physician payment relief. The bill delays 6% of nearly 10% proposed Medicare cuts, including delaying and suspending three policies causing Medicare cuts. Specifically, the bill...
Dec 10, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS
Last week, AAHKS joined the AAOS and 47 other specialty and state orthopaedic societies in writing to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the Requirements Related to “Surprise Billing; Part II Interim Final Rule” (CMS-9908-IFC), published...
Dec 7, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Thank you to the hundreds of AAHKS members who have already written to their Congressional Representative in support of H.R. 6020, “Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021”. If you have not yet done so, please click here to tell Congress to take action to stop...
Nov 14, 2021 | Advocacy, Annual Meeting, CMS
Following the AAHKS Business Meeting, two AOA Health Policy Fellows presented their reports. In remarks to Annual Meeting attendees, Justin T. Deen, MD, addressed “Perioperative Pain Management During the Pandemic,” discussing unique patient management challenges...
