AAHKS Signs CMS Emergency Waivers Letter

This week AAHKS joined the AMA and more than 100 other specialty and state medical societies in writing to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in support of temporary waivers for health care providers during the COVID-19 public health emergency....

AAHKS Comments on Hip Fracture DRGs

AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding their proposed rule for FY2021 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS). Within the proposed rule, CMS delineated development of two new proposed DRGs...

CMS Announces Provider Relief in Quality Payment Program

At the end of June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced “flexibilities for clinicians participating in the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2020,” for providers impacted by the COVID-19...

AAHKS Comments on CJR Final Rule

This week AAHKS submitted comment to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its interim final rule with comment period (IFC) to give Medicare providers needed flexibilities to respond effectively to the serious public health threats posed by the...

CMS Releases IPPS Proposed Rule

On May 11, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that updates payment policies, payment rates and quality provisions for service furnished under the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for acute and...

New AAHKS Podcast: Value-Based Care

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: TuneIn | RSS | - AAHKS leaders in the value-based care space discuss their work with CMS and how they address value-based care in their institutions. Topics How value-based care came about Challenges in arthroplasty...
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