Sep 4, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Last week, AAHKS joined the American Medical Association (AMA) and 149 other national and state medical societies in writing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA, urging CMS not to finalize the proposed policy to...
Sep 4, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) payment system proposed rule for calendar year 2027. In this letter, we...
Aug 28, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Due to the magnitude of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule, AAHKS submitted the first of two planned comment letters this week, ahead of the Sept. 14 deadline. This comment letter centers on the...
Aug 28, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, CMS, In the News, Reimbursement
Last week AAHKS President Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA was interviewed by Becker’s Spine Review for an article on the cuts to arthroplasty in the CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. “Dr. Chen believes patients will feel that misalignment before policymakers...
Aug 28, 2026 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
Thank you to all AAHKS members who have sent Congressional letters and asked your staff and patients to do the same. We have had a very robust response from members on this front. If you have connected with your Congressional Member or Senator and would like to take...
Aug 28, 2026 | Advocacy, Reimbursement, Surveys
Please complete this urgent survey to collect information on how this drastic reduction in payment could impact your practice and patient care. The Member Impact Survey gathers member data to inform AAHKS’s formal comment and response to CMS on the CY2027...
