Aug 14, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, LEARN, Reimbursement, Webinars
Tuesday, Aug. 25 7 p.m. Central Join AAHKS President Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA and members of the Advocacy Task Force on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. Central to receive updates on AAHKS actions related to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) CY2027...
Aug 14, 2026 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Thank you to all members who have written Congress, asking them to tell CMS to stop the proposed cuts to TJA. Now it’s time to ask your orthopaedic team and staff to do the same. Please share this message and ask them to write to Congress!  Orthopaedic team and...
Aug 7, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, LEARN, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS President Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA and members of the recently appointed Advocacy Task Force held a virtual town hall to discuss what is at stake with CMS’s CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule, and how AAHKS is responding. The town...
Aug 7, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
CMS has proposed a 20% cut to the primary codes for THA/TKA for 2027. This unprecedented reduction in reimbursement to Medicare’s top procedures by volume is the latest of a string of increasingly frequent cuts, including a 10.5% cut previously this year. As many...
Jul 31, 2026 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
As reported last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their CY2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule and has proposed a 20% cut to the primary codes for total hip and knee arthroplasty for 2027. In response AAHKS President...
Jul 31, 2026 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement, Webinars
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026 7 p.m. Central | 8 p.m. Eastern Join AAHKS President Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA and members of the recently appointed Payment Task Force on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. Central, to learn what is at stake with the Centers for Medicare &...
