Nov 20, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final rule for the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program (CJR). Seven changes were published with the final rule including a new start date of April 1, 2016, and a reduction of the...
Nov 20, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
AAHKS Executive Director, Michael J. Zarski, JD filed a letter commenting on CMS’s Request for Information regarding development of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs) under the new Medicare Access and CHIP...
Nov 6, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation
AAHKS joined the American Medical Association and other medical associations in a letter to the U.S. Senate expressing strong concerns with the implementation of Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use program despite widespread failure of Stage 2. The letter calls for action...
Sep 18, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy, Fellowships
The deadline to apply for the Health Policy Fellowship is approaching. To be considered, please email the requirements listed below to Joshua Kerr at jkerr@operationwalkglobal.org no later than October 1, 2015: 1. Cover Letter 2. Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae 3....
Sep 11, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy
AAHKS has retained Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (EBG) as our new advocacy and law firm. They will work with AAHKS leadership and staff to ensure we are protecting the interest of our members and advocating for the advancement of the profession to HHS, CMS and...
Aug 7, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
On July 31, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the advance text of its final rule to update the Medicare acute hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) for fiscal year (FY) 2016. The official version of the rule will be...
