Sep 15, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rules. Our PFS comment letter requests that CMS...
Aug 18, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for their Request For Information from the Innovation Center on the future of episode-based payment models. AAHKS again expressed concern about the continued downturn in...
Jul 11, 2023 | AAHKS Amplified, Arthroplasty Topics Podcast, Practice Management, Reimbursement, The Augment Podcast, Young Arthroplasty Group, Young Arthroplasty Group Podcast
Podcast (yag): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn this episode the Augment hosts are joined by Nicholas M. Brown, MD and AAHKS Research Committee Member Stephen T. Duncan, MD to discuss recent research around coding issues in TJA....
Jun 16, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
AAHKS participated in this week’s AMA House of Delegates, where they passed a resolution to “declare Medicare physician payment reform as an urgent advocacy and legislative priority.” This includes prioritizing funding for advocacy for physician payment to be “updated...
Jun 9, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week AAHKS submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Proposed Payment Systems (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2024. Comments included supporting increased payment rates to facilities for arthroplasty and...
May 26, 2023 | Practice Management, Reimbursement, Surveys
The AAHKS Practice Management Committee is conducting a survey to assess differences in billing patterns for adult reconstruction surgeons. The recent change in office E/M coding guidelines has led to widely varying approaches to how to bill standard office visits. We...
