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...
Oct 28, 2021 | CMS, Federal Guidelines, Patient Outcomes, Performance Measures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has invited AAHKS members to review the Clinician-Level and Clinician Group-Level Total Hip Arthroplasty and/or Total Knee Arthroplasty (THA and TKA) Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Performance Measure (PRO-PM), as AAHKS...
Sep 23, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS, Patient Outcomes, Performance Measures
On July 19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare CY 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule. AAHKS comments included support for hospital-level Risk-Standardized Patient...
Sep 23, 2021 | CMS, In the News
Healio published a point-counterpoint article on August 16 asking the question, “Will moving orthopedic procedures to freestanding facilities impact health care economics?” Two orthopaedic physicians highlight different viewpoints: one calls it a “rare win” from the...
