Feb 11, 2021 | CMS, Patient Outcomes, Performance Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice are requesting surgeon input on their Measuring Outcomes in Orthopedics Routinely (MOOR) program. MOOR consists of four measures...
Jun 23, 2017 | CMS, Performance Measures
AAHKS is joining the American Medical Association (AMA) in “Pick Your Pace” week to address questions about the new Quality Payment Program (QPP) physician payment system created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) administered by CMS. In its...
Feb 24, 2017 | Medicare, Performance Measures
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded approximately $20 million to 11 organizations for the first year of a five-year program to provide on-the-ground training and education about the Quality Payment Program for clinicians in individual or...
Jan 6, 2017 | AJRR, CMS, Performance Measures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP) began on January 1, 2017. You should submit at least one measure between now and October 2, 2017 to ensure you do not incur a payment penalty; however, you get to pick your pace for the...
May 6, 2016 | Performance Measures
AAHKS has finalized the Primary Hip Arthroplasty Performance Measurement Set and published the set and the complete document created by the Hip Arthroplasty Work Group on the AAHKS website. The measures evaluate outcomes and appropriate preoperative, intraoperative...
Apr 22, 2016 | AJRR, Performance Measures
AAHKS is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), our official registry, to align quality initiatives and reporting through the AJRR’s Orthopaedic Quality Resource Center in 2016. The AJRR Orthopaedic Quality...
