Oct 13, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Last week, AAHKS joined a surgical coalition of 47 organizations representing 1.2 million physician and non-physician providers urging Congress to halt the implementation of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding Systems add-on code G2211, set forth by the Centers for...
Oct 13, 2023 | Advocacy, Annual Meeting, CMS, Reimbursement
This year during the Annual Meeting, AAHKS President Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS has declared Friday, November 2, Arthroplasty Unity Day. While attending the Annual Meeting, whether in person or virtually, we will ask you to stand together and write to Congress urging...
Aug 18, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for their Request For Information from the Innovation Center on the future of episode-based payment models. AAHKS again expressed concern about the continued downturn in...
Jul 11, 2023 | AAHKS Amplified, Arthroplasty Topics Podcast, Practice Management, Reimbursement, The Augment Podcast, Young Arthroplasty Group, Young Arthroplasty Group Podcast
Podcast (yag): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn this episode the Augment hosts are joined by Nicholas M. Brown, MD and AAHKS Research Committee Member Stephen T. Duncan, MD to discuss recent research around coding issues in TJA....
Jun 16, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
AAHKS participated in this week’s AMA House of Delegates, where they passed a resolution to “declare Medicare physician payment reform as an urgent advocacy and legislative priority.” This includes prioritizing funding for advocacy for physician payment to be “updated...
Jun 9, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week AAHKS submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Inpatient Proposed Payment Systems (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2024. Comments included supporting increased payment rates to facilities for arthroplasty and...