Dec 10, 2021 | COVID-19, Medicare
The AMA recently released a report detailing the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medicare spending on physicians. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates that spending for all physician services in Medicare fell 40% between January and April 2020, and rose...
May 6, 2021 | CMS, Medicare
On April 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their CY2022 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule. Within the proposed rule, there is a request for comment on potentially adding TJA PROMs to the Inpatient...
Mar 25, 2021 | AAHKS Leadership, In the News, Medicare
James I. Huddleston III, MD, chair of the AAHKS Health Policy Council, is quoted in a March 21 Washington Post article, “New cost-cutting Medicare rule may add costs to patients.” The story examines a recent Medicare change to remove 266 musculoskeletal surgeries from...
Mar 4, 2021 | CMS, COVID-19, Medicare
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the MIPS automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC) policy, which holds physicians harmless from up to 9% MIPS penalties because of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. CMS...
Feb 4, 2021 | In the News, Medicare, Patient Outcomes
Healio reported that “the expansion of Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act has led to increased utilization of Medicaid-funded total hip and total knee arthroplasty procedures.” The study, originally published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery on...
Jan 7, 2021 | Advocacy, CMS, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) released the interim final rule (IFR), Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID– 19 Public Health Emergency – Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model and accepted comments...
