May 20, 2021 | Bundled Payments, CMS, Federal Guidelines
AAHKS and AAOS have published an article addressing billing for the presurgical period that has developed in the evolving model of care related to patient optimization. As the article states, “many of the steps now required for presurgical decision making and patient...
May 6, 2021 | CMS, Medicare
On April 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their CY2022 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule. Within the proposed rule, there is a request for comment on potentially adding TJA PROMs to the Inpatient...
May 6, 2021 | CMS, Federal Guidelines
CMS last week released the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Final Rule, which extends the model for an additional three performance years, through December 2024. CMS previously issued a proposed rule on the CJR Model on February 24, 2020, and...
Apr 29, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS
This week, AAHKS joined more than 60 other health care organizations in urging Congressional leadership to provide an additional $3 billion for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), “to once again mitigate expected reductions to the Medicare conversion factor,...
Apr 8, 2021 | CMS, Co-Branded Meetings, Webinars
Next week, join AAHKS members John Heiner, MD and Frank R. Voss, MD for a webinar on the effects the 2021 CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule have had on total joint arthroplasty and what it means for you. The yearly MPFS updates CMS polices and...
Mar 25, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Earlier this month AAHKS joined more than 45 orthopaedic specialty and state societies to provide HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and CMS Acting Administrator Liz Richter with rulemaking guidance for the No Surprise Act of 2020. The Act, which will provide for surprise...
