Sep 27, 2024 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS representatives participated in the National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) in Washington, DC. As part of the conference, leaders met with more than a dozen Congressional offices to discuss support for inflation updates to physician...
Sep 20, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
House Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) are leading a letter calling on House leadership to stop unsustainable Medicare cuts to physicians. If you have not already done so, now is a critical time to reach out to your...
Sep 13, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines
This week, AAHKS submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) proposed rule for calendar year 2025. CMS has again proposed cuts to all physicians due to expiring temporary increases and decreases...
Aug 16, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
CMS recently released the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule for the fiscal year 2025 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for acute and long-term care, which includes the Innovation Center’s Transforming Episode Accountability...
Aug 9, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
CMS released both the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS & ASC) proposed rules. CMS proposes a 2025 conversion factor, upon which all...
Jul 26, 2024 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Reimbursement
This week, AAHKS joined 125 specialty and state societies to write Congressional leadership, urging prioritization and advancement of several key bills and legislative proposals that provide greater fiscal stability for physicians and reform key elements of the...
