May 6, 2021 | CMS, Federal Guidelines
CMS last week released the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Final Rule, which extends the model for an additional three performance years, through December 2024. CMS previously issued a proposed rule on the CJR Model on February 24, 2020, and...
Mar 25, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Earlier this month AAHKS joined more than 45 orthopaedic specialty and state societies to provide HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and CMS Acting Administrator Liz Richter with rulemaking guidance for the No Surprise Act of 2020. The Act, which will provide for surprise...
Feb 11, 2021 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines
The AAHKS Advocacy Committee has selected the 2021-2022 Health Policy Fellows: Jenna A. Bernstein, MD, New Haven, CT Leonard T. Buller, MD, Fishers, IN Charles P. Hannon, MD, MBA, Rochester, MN Ugo N. Ihekweazu, MD, Houston, TX Beau J. Kildow, MD, Omaha, NE AAHKS...
Jan 28, 2021 | Federal Guidelines, Practice Management
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has released “a value-based care continuum to help orthopedic surgeons and practices better understand and navigate various alternative payment models,” Healio reported on January 25. The report, titled Navigating the...
Dec 3, 2020 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Legislation, Medicare
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2021 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule (PFS) Final Rule. Within the Rule CMS stated that they would move forward with the AMA-RUC recommended revaluation of total joint arthroplasty CPT...
Aug 3, 2018 | Federal Guidelines
The following industry symposium takes place at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting: Thursday, November 2 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Breaking Down the Buzz DJO Surgical Breaking down the hottest topics and technologies in orthopaedics, this session will describe surgical techniques...
