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...
Mar 4, 2021 | CMS, COVID-19, Medicare
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the MIPS automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC) policy, which holds physicians harmless from up to 9% MIPS penalties because of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. CMS...
Feb 25, 2021 | CMS, Research
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice are requesting surgeon input on their Measuring Outcomes in Orthopedics Routinely (MOOR) program. MOOR consists of four measures...
