Mar 17, 2023 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
This week AAHKS joined the AMA and more than 130 other specialty and state societies representing more than 900,000 physicians in writing Congressional leaders to urge Congress to provide physicians with much needed fiscal stability by passing legislation that...
Feb 16, 2023 | Advocacy, CMS, Medicare
This week AAHKS sent comments to CMS regarding their Contract Year 2024 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program proposed rule. Our comments supported MA coverage and payment criteria that is...
Dec 9, 2022 | Advocacy, Medicare
This week AAHKS joined 100 organizations representing more than 1 million physician and non-physician health care providers urging Congressional action to “prevent the entire 4.5% reduction to Medicare payment rates from being implemented on January 1, 2023.” Click to...
Oct 27, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Medicare, Reimbursement
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) are organizing a letter calling on Senate leadership to stop Medicare cuts to providers. The second half of their letter specifically addresses the pending 4.42% reduction to the Physician Fee Schedule...
Sep 30, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, CMS, Medicare
Last week AAHKS joined the American Medical Association (AMA) and 122 other national specialty and state medical societies in calling on Congressional leadership to work with the physician community to address the “deeply alarm[ing]…mounting financial instability of...
Sep 16, 2022 | Advocacy, CMS, Medicare
This week, AAHKS submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule for calendar year 2023. The comments included support for proposed increases to the weights of...