Dec 14, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Committees and Task Forces, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
The AAHKS Advocacy Committee and Health Policy Fellows have developed a primer to help members navigate utilizing the Principal Care Management (PCM) codes CMS has approved for use in capturing the pre-optimization work you may be doing to take care of your patients....
Dec 7, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Patient Outcomes, Performance Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid will be implementing a mandatory inpatient PROM for THA and TKA next year. The goal of this measure is to quantify pain and functional improvements with validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to improve patient...
Sep 29, 2023 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Fellowships
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...
Sep 22, 2023 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Federal Guidelines, Legislation
This week, AAHKS leaders were in Washington, DC to participate in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) and Fall Meeting. The delegation, led by Health Policy Council Chair Adam J. Rana, MD and Health...
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...
