CMS | AAHKS - Part 43

AAHKS Leaders to Visit CMS and Capitol Hill

Aug 5, 2016 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Bundled Payments, CMS, Medicare

AAHKS leadership are heading to Baltimore and Washington, DC, to meet with officials from the CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and Members of Congress. Discussion will revolve around Advanced Alternate Payment Model (APM) requirements, and how...

CMS Modifies CJR

Jul 29, 2016 | CMS

Proposed rule includes modification to CJR and Cardiac Care Bundled Payment Model A new CMS Proposed Rule revises the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model (CJR) to potentially qualify as an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) if participants meet...

CMS Open to Alternative MACRA Start Date

Jul 15, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS

Modern Healthcare reported this week that the CMS is open to delaying the start of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency is considering delaying the start date for...

AAHKS Comments on Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems

Jun 24, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) received comments from AAHKS on its hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2017. Our comments focused on three issues: combination codes for removal and replacement of...

AAHKS Advocacy Scores Major APM Win

May 27, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS

AAHKS advocacy efforts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) resulted in positive reform on the Alternate Payment Model front. AAHKS worked in an alliance with the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Academy of...

MACRA Update from EBG

May 27, 2016 | CMS

On May 9, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule addressing implementation of physician payment reforms included in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). This proposed rule defines how CMS...