Jun 23, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS
AAHKS submitted our comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on their CY2023 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule. Our comments included expressing concern about the rising Medicare payment for DRGs while surgeon payment...
Jun 3, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS
At the request of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), AAHKS, joined by AAOS, provided comments on maintenance of total hip and total knee arthroplasty electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs)...
May 19, 2022 | Advocacy, Surveys
As part of our ongoing commitment to health policy advocacy, the AAHKS Advocacy Committee invites you to participate in a brief poll. The goals of this poll are to better identify the most pressing health policy issues affecting the AAHKS community and guide the...
May 6, 2022 | Advocacy, Surveys
As part of our ongoing commitment to health policy advocacy, the AAHKS Advocacy Committee invites you to participate in a brief poll. The goals of this poll are to better identify the most pressing health policy issues affecting the AAHKS community and guide the...
Apr 22, 2022 | Advocacy, Federal Guidelines
This week AAHKS joined the Arthritis Foundation and other medical and public organizations in writing to the Congressional Senate and House Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education, Committee on Appropriations, urging them to provide funding for the Centers for Disease...
Apr 1, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
Last week, AAHKS submitted comments to the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) on its Request for Information (RFI) on “Electronic Prior Authorization Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification.” Thank you to our members who...
