Nov 21, 2025 | Advocacy, Reimbursement
Last week, AAHKS joined the AMA and more than 80 professional and state societies to express our concerns about and urge immediate rescinding of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s recently announced Facility Administrative Policy, Use of a Nonparticipating Care...
Nov 14, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule. 2026 outpatient and ASC rates are expected to be released within 4 weeks, delayed due to the government shutdown. The following is a...
Oct 24, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
In his opening remarks today, Dr. Meneghini urged all arthroplasty surgeons to actively contact their elected officials to voice their concerns about proposed Medicare reimbursement cuts affecting their practices: “It means that our reimbursement will drop by 7% next...
Oct 20, 2025 | CMS, Committees and Task Forces, Practice Management, Reimbursement, The Augment Podcast, Young Arthroplasty Group, Young Arthroplasty Group Podcast
Podcast (yag): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreDr. Schwartz, chair of the AAHKS Practice Management Committee, joined hosts Dr. Landy and Dr. Weber on this episode of the Augment. They discuss the work of the committee, answering coding...
Oct 17, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Congress needs to hear from all orthopaedic surgeons now in opposition to proposed 2026 Medicare cuts. CMS is planning several radical changes to how physician rates are calculated, including an across-the-board 2.5% “efficiency adjustment” and cuts to indirect...
Sep 19, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
In the last week AAHKS has commented on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs...
