Mar 14, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Medicare, Reimbursement
On March 8, Congress passed a suite of health policies in a federal funding package that averted a partial government shutdown. Included in those policies were several critical Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for which AAHKS has been advocating. As a preface to...
Mar 8, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, In the News, Medicare
Earlier this year, CMS released the Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes final rule to address certain operational and technical aspects of prior authorization for “Impacted Payers” across Medicare Advantage plans, Medicaid,...
Dec 1, 2023 | Advocacy, Medicare, Reimbursement
On November 16, AAHKS joined 120 state and national health care societies in writing Congress urging them to avert all Medicare payment cuts for 2024. The letter states that the “combination of ever-increasing practice costs and long stagnated Medicare payment rates...
Mar 17, 2023 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
This week AAHKS joined the AMA and more than 130 other specialty and state societies representing more than 900,000 physicians in writing Congressional leaders to urge Congress to provide physicians with much needed fiscal stability by passing legislation that...
Feb 16, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Medicare
This week AAHKS sent comments to CMS regarding their Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program proposed rule. Our comments supported MA coverage and payment criteria that is...
Dec 9, 2022 | Advocacy, Medicare
This week AAHKS joined 100 organizations representing more than 1 million physician and non-physician health care providers urging Congressional action to “prevent the entire 4.5% reduction to Medicare payment rates from being implemented on January 1, 2023.” Click to...
