Jun 13, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2026. Our comments included general support for proposed increases to Medicare...
May 23, 2025 | CMS, Practice Management, Reimbursement
The AAHKS Health Policy Council developed a primer to help members understand the add-on code G2211, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2024. While CMS intended this code primarily for use by primary care providers, this code may be applied by any clinician who bills...
May 9, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Practice Management, Reimbursement
AAHKS has compiled a library of up-to-date coding resources to help your practice effectively bill for clinical time spent before, during and post-surgery. Visit the AAHKS Coding Resource Center to view webinars, guidelines and more addressing a variety of...
Apr 11, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
Last week AAHKS joined our orthopaedic colleagues in writing to Congress and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). First, we urged Congressional leadership to address Medicare Physician Payment reform, after the failure to do so at the end of 2024 and again at the...
Feb 28, 2025 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Thirty AAHKS leaders convened in Washington, D.C. this week for the AAHKS Legislative Retreat, a two-day advocacy action event focused on maintaining patient access to hip and knee care, health care consolidation issues and advocacy planning for the new...
Feb 21, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Please take a few minutes to urge your Congressional Representative to co-sponsor new legislation to replace Medicare payment cuts with a 2% increase. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have introduced the “Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025”, which...
