May 10, 2024 | CME, Reimbursement, Webinars
“Coding It Right in the Office: Getting Paid for What You Do” May 28, 2024 | 7:00 p.m. Central Evaluation and management (E/M) coding was updated in 2021 and conversion factor changes have increased the value of office-based care. Don’t leave dollars on the table –...
Mar 29, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Performance Measures, Reimbursement
Next week, CMS is implementing a mandatory Inpatient Quality Reporting Total Hip and Knee Replacement PROMs Performance Measure (IQR THA/TKA PRO-PM) for THA and TKA. The goal of this measure is to quantify pain and functional improvements with validated PROMs to...
Mar 14, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Medicare, Reimbursement
On March 8, Congress passed a suite of health policies in a federal funding package that averted a partial government shutdown. Included in those policies were several critical Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for which AAHKS has been advocating. As a preface to...
Feb 23, 2024 | CMS, Federal Guidelines, Patient Outcomes, Performance Measures, Practice Management, Reimbursement
In less than two months, CMS is implementing a mandatory Inpatient Quality Reporting Total Hip and Knee Replacement PROMs Performance Measure (IQR THA/TKA PRO-PM) for THA and TKA. The goal of this measure is to quantify pain and functional improvements with validated...
Feb 23, 2024 | Advocacy, Bundled Payments, Reimbursement
CMS recently approved including knee and hip osteoarthritis pre-optimization work under principal care management (PCM) codes. Watch the recent AAHKS webinar to learn how you and your staff can use PCM codes to document pre-opt care and regain value within TJA...
Feb 2, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Patient Outcomes, Practice Management, Reimbursement
After CMS devalued TJA reimbursement in 2019, AAHKS worked diligently with CMS and the RUC to determine how to capture and pay for pre-optimization work by orthopaedic surgeons. In late 2022 CMS approved including knee and hip osteoarthritis pre-optimization work...
