AAHKS Comments on Two CMS Proposed Rules

Sep 15, 2017 | CMS, Legislation, Medicare

AAHKS has commented on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) CY 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems Proposed Rule (HOPPS) and the CY 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (MPFS). In...

AAHKS Submits Recommendations to House

Sep 1, 2017 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare

Following up on our previous report regarding Congress seeking input regarding Medicare burdens, this week AAHKS submitted 10 recommendations for Medicare regulatory and statutory relief to the US House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on...

AAHKS Comments on 2018 Updates to QPP

Aug 25, 2017 | Medicare

The CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) that encompasses the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) as established under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), is reviewed and updates are proposed by...

US Congress Seeking Input to Reduce Medicare Burdens

Aug 11, 2017 | Advocacy, Medicare

The US House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Health Subcommittee announced that it is seeking input from healthcare providers to find legislative and regulatory burdens in Medicare that can be eliminated or changed. In June, AAHKS members provided input on this...

Mid-Year Look at CJR Feedback

Aug 11, 2017 | Medicare

Navigant, an operational consulting firm in Chicago, is reporting that many of their hospital clients will likely incur penalties this year from Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement reimbursement model (CJR). While preparedness has improved, many...

We Need Your Input on Regulatory Burdens

Jun 9, 2017 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, MD has invited AAHKS to participate in a roundtable discussion with the Secretary and his senior staff to identify and discuss regulatory burdens imposed on physicians by HHS/CMS that interfere or have the potential to...