May 23, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week the U.S. House of Representatives passed a reconciliation bill that includes some health care provisions, including a potential MEI update for physicians for 2026. The American Medical Association has issued a statement on the bill, saying “The AMA...
Apr 25, 2025 | Federal Guidelines, The Augment Podcast
David S. Jevsevar, MD, MBA, Past Chair of the AAHKS Evidence-Based Medicine Committee and CEO of OrthoVirginia, joins hosts Jenna A. Bernstein, MD and David C. Landy, MD, PhD in the newest Augment podcast episode. They discuss Dr. Jevsevar’s journey from small private...
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...
Jan 31, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for their proposed rule, Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. Our comments consist of ensuring...
Nov 15, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Medicare
This week, AAHKS submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Parts C and D Oversight and Enforcement Group in response to its Information Collection Request on Medicare Part C Utilization Management Annual Data...
Sep 27, 2024 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS representatives participated in the National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) in Washington, DC. As part of the conference, leaders met with more than a dozen Congressional offices to discuss support for inflation updates to physician...
