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...
Feb 27, 2019 | Advocacy, CMS
Representatives from AAHKS and AAOS met with CMS staff this week to discuss the previously reported Medicare Learning Network (MLN) newsletter, that was released in order to help clarify how the removal of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) from the inpatient only list...
Feb 14, 2019 | Advocacy, CMS
Despite AAHKS’s calls for clarity from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), there has been continued disorder regarding the removal of TKA from the Inpatient Only (IPO) List. Although CMS committed to suspending audits by Medicare Recovery Audit...
Jan 25, 2019 | Advocacy, CMS
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) removed total knee arthroplasty (TKA) from the inpatient-only list, it committed to suspending audits by Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) for two years. The suspension was to serve as a grace period...
