Feb 28, 2025 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Thirty AAHKS leaders convened in Washington, D.C. this week for the AAHKS Legislative Retreat, a two-day advocacy action event focused on maintaining patient access to hip and knee care, health care consolidation issues and advocacy planning for the new...
Feb 21, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
Please take a few minutes to urge your Congressional Representative to co-sponsor new legislation to replace Medicare payment cuts with a 2% increase. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have introduced the “Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 2025”, which...
Feb 14, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Reimbursement
This week AAHKS joined 130 other national and state medical societies in writing to urge Congress to include in the forthcoming March 2025 appropriations bill, provisions that both reverse the latest round of Medicare payment cuts and provide physicians with a...
Jan 31, 2025 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week, AAHKS submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for their proposed rule, Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit. Our comments consist of ensuring...
Jan 21, 2025 | AAHKS Amplified, AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, AJRR, The Augment Podcast, Uncategorized, Young Arthroplasty Group Podcast
Podcast (yag): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Spotify | RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Augment recorded at the 2024 Annual Meeting, hosts Dr. Rozell, Dr. Gabrielli and Dr. Yang are joined by Dr. Huddleston, the 2023-2024 AAHKS President, to discuss how he...
Dec 6, 2024 | AAHKS Amplified, Advocacy, CMS
AAHKS Advocacy Committee Chair Adam J. Rana, MD, Vice Chair P. Max Courtney, MD and Member Chad A. Krueger, MD discuss the basics of the upcoming mandatory CMS Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) program, including what you need to know and watch out for...
