AAHKS Leadership Participating in LAN Summit

The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN), a partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and private, public and non-profit organizations, are holding their 2016 Spring Summit next week in Tysons Corner, VA. AAHKS President...

BPCI Extension Available For Awardees

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that awardees who started participation in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative in October 2013 and are scheduled to end in 2016, are now able to extend participation in...

AAHKS Comment Letters This Week

Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network: Elective TJR White Paper Medicare Proposed Rule (joint letter with AAOS): Expanding Uses of Medicare Data by Qualified Entities

Rep. Price Introduces HIP Act to Delay CJR

This week, Representative Tom Price, MD (R-GA) introduced H.R. 4848, the Healthy Inpatient Procedures Act of 2016 (HIP Act) that aims to suspend operation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) payment...

Help Shape Legislation with the Orthopaedic PAC

The Political Action Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and AAHKS, also known as the “Orthopaedic PAC,” supports candidates for Federal office who understand the issues that you face daily and who will be sensitive to these concerns while in...

Announcing the 2016 Health Policy Fellows

The AAHKS Health Policy Fellowship provides young, future leaders with an opportunity to get involved in the policy-making process where they learn to become effective advocates. AAHKS is pleased to announce this year’s fellows: Chancellor F. Gray, MD and Roshan P....