Sep 15, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rules. Our PFS comment letter requests that CMS...
Sep 15, 2023 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines
The deadline to apply for the 2024–2025 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship is Saturday, September 30. The program, which runs on the calendar year, is open to orthopaedic surgeons in the United States currently participating in a Joint/Adult Reconstruction Fellowship, or...
Aug 25, 2023 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Fellowships, Legislation
The 2024–2025 AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship is now accepting applications through Saturday, September 30. The program, which runs on the calendar year, is open to orthopaedic surgeons in the United States currently participating in a Joint/Adult Reconstruction...
Apr 21, 2023 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Popular
This week AAHKS submitted a comment letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on their proposed rule, “Non-Compete Clause Rulemaking, Matter No. P201200”. In our letter, AAHKS supports and emphasizes the physician-patient relationship as “a unique professional...
Feb 16, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
AAHKS President Bryan D. Springer, MD and Health Policy Chair Adam J. Rana, MD traveled to Washington DC this week to meet with House and Senate members and staff, as well as CMS staff to discussion Congressional priorities for 118th Congress and the Administration...
Jan 26, 2023 | Federal Guidelines, Practice Management, Surveys
As you may have seen, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released a proposed rule to eliminate non-compete clauses. Under the proposed rule, all post-employment non-compete clauses would be considered an unfair method of competition and would therefore become...
