Aug 21, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
As we work to finalize our first of two comment letters on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule, we are sharing a summary of our arguments. Read the summary here. Once the Comment Letter is...
Aug 21, 2026 | Annual Meeting, Industry, Reimbursement
The Business of Modern Orthopaedic Surgery, Beyond RVUs: The Market Value of Orthopaedic Surgery Friday, Nov. 5 | 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.  Sponsored by Alteva RCM  This presentation explores the evolution of health care reimbursement and examines how standardized payment...
Aug 14, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, LEARN, Reimbursement, Webinars
Tuesday, Aug. 25 7 p.m. Central Join AAHKS President Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA and members of the Advocacy Task Force on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. Central to receive updates on AAHKS actions related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) CY2027...
Aug 14, 2026 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Thank you to all members who have written Congress, asking them to tell CMS to stop the proposed cuts to TJA. Now it’s time to ask your orthopaedic team and staff to do the same. Please share this message and ask them to write to Congress!  Orthopaedic team and...
Aug 7, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, LEARN, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS President Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA and members of the recently appointed Advocacy Task Force held a virtual town hall to discuss what is at stake with CMS’s CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, and how AAHKS is responding. The town...
Aug 7, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
CMS has proposed a 20% cut to the primary codes for THA/TKA for 2027. This unprecedented reduction in reimbursement to Medicare’s top procedures by volume is the latest of a string of increasingly frequent cuts, including a 10.5% cut previously this year. As many...
