Dec 3, 2020 | Advocacy, CMS, Federal Guidelines, Legislation, Medicare
This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2021 Medicare Physician Payment Schedule (PFS) Final Rule. Within the Rule CMS stated that they would move forward with the AMA-RUC recommended revaluation of total joint arthroplasty CPT...
Dec 3, 2020 | Advocacy, CMS, Legislation, Medicare
CMS also released the 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule. CMS added THA to the list of ASC Medicare covered procedures. CMS is proceeding with its plans to eliminate the inpatient only...
Jun 6, 2019 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
by Stephen M. Engstrom, MD 2018-2019 AAHKS Health Policy Fellow This week, AAHKS members and staff returned to Washington, D.C. as part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) to meet with members of...
Apr 11, 2019 | Advocacy, Legislation
AAHKS joined more than 65 health care groups in asking Congress to co-sponsor The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (S. 348, H.R. 1763). This bipartisan legislation would provide a responsible increase in Medicare support for graduate medical education...
Aug 17, 2018 | Advocacy, CMS, Legislation
Red Tape Relief Report The House Committee on Ways and Means released a report this week on their Red Tape Relief project, which was created to “modernize and improve the Medicare program for American seniors and the providers that serve them.” The report comes a year...
May 11, 2018 | Legislation
The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact (APRN Compact), a product of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), creates a multistate license for all four types of APRNs that threatens to undermine state scope of practice laws. Specifically, the...
