AAHKS Interprets “Two-Midnight Rule” for TKA

Following the announcement that total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is being removed from the inpatient only list in the most recent CMS CY18 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems (HOPPS) rule, AAHKS and our regulatory firm...

AAHKS Comments on CMMI New Direction Request for Information

AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (“Innovation Center” or CMMI) New Direction Request for Information (RFI). AAHKS is guided by its three principles: payment reform...

MACRA Field Testing Deadline Extended

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Acumen, LLC have extended the deadline to provide feedback on MACRA Episode-Based Cost Measures field testing. The new deadline (12:00 p.m. EST on Monday, November 20, 2017) will allow more time to review and...

AAHKS Statement on CMS Outpatient Rule

AAHKS released a statement regarding the 2018 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on November 1. CMS finalized their earlier proposal to remove total knee...