Feb 23, 2024 | Advocacy, Bundled Payments, Reimbursement
CMS recently approved including knee and hip osteoarthritis pre-optimization work under principal care management (PCM) codes. Watch the recent AAHKS webinar to learn how you and your staff can use PCM codes to document pre-opt care and regain value within TJA...
Feb 2, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Patient Outcomes, Practice Management, Reimbursement
After CMS devalued TJA reimbursement in 2019, AAHKS worked diligently with CMS and the RUC to determine how to capture and pay for pre-optimization work by orthopaedic surgeons. In late 2022 CMS approved including knee and hip osteoarthritis pre-optimization work...
Jan 18, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week AAHKS joined 128 other national and state medical societies in writing Congressional leaders “to quickly pass legislation to reverse the 3.37 percent Medicare physician payment cuts that took effect on January 1, 2024.” As further noted, “Physicians are the...
Jan 12, 2024 | CME, CMS, Reimbursement, Webinars
Getting Reimbursed for TJA Pre-Optimization Work with Principal Care Management Code Tuesday, January 30, 2024 5:00 p.m. Pacific | 7:00 p.m. Central | 8:00 p.m. Eastern The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently approved the inclusion of...
Jan 5, 2024 | AAHKS Amplified, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
As previously reported, CMS is implementing a mandatory Inpatient Quality Reporting Total Hip and Knee Replacement PROMs Performance Measure (IQR THA/TKA PRO-PM) for THA and TKA this year. The goal of this measure is to quantify pain and functional improvements with...
Jan 3, 2024 | AAHKS Amplified, Advocacy, CMS, Performance Measures
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: TuneIn | RSS | -In this episode of Amplified, Dr. Rana hosts Dr. Huddleston and Dr. Sterling to discuss the new mandatory Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Inpatient Quality Reporting Total Hip and Knee...
