Aug 9, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
CMS released both the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS & ASC) proposed rules. CMS proposes a 2025 conversion factor, upon which all...
Aug 9, 2024 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Practice Management
Wondering how physician unionization may affect you and your practice? The AAHKS Advocacy Committee has developed a primer on unionization for physicians, addressing who may be eligible to unionize, how to do so and what that might mean for your practice and patients....
Jul 26, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS joined 125 specialty and state societies to write Congressional leadership, urging prioritization and advancement of several key bills and legislative proposals that provide greater fiscal stability for physicians and reform key elements of the...
Jun 21, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Thank you to all members who have written to Congress and, if you have not already done so, please write your Senators and Representative today and ask them to support the “Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2024” (S. 4518/H.R. 8702)....
Jun 14, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on their 2025 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule, including the proposed Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) episode of care...
Jun 7, 2024 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Practice Management
This week AAHKS submitted comments to the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to their Request for Information on Consolidation in Health...
