Apr 24, 2015 | AAHKS Business, Advocacy, Legislation, Medicare
On Tuesday, April 21, 2015, AAHKS Executive Director, Michael J. Zarski, JD attended an event hosted by President Barack Obama in The White House Rose Garden to celebrate the signing of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) which repealed the...
Mar 26, 2015 | Advocacy, Medicare
On Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed the bill to repeal the SGR by a vote of 392-37 in a bipartisan effort that did not make it on the Senate’s agenda before they adjourned for a two week break. The Hill reported that “since 2003, lawmakers have...
Mar 20, 2015 | Advocacy, Medicare
The US House Committee on Ways and Means announced that leaders in Congress have introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that seeks to permanently fix the SGR formula. “This bipartisan policy agreement is an important milestone in finally resolving the flawed SGR...
Mar 13, 2015 | Advocacy, Medicare
The Hill is reporting that House leaders are closer to a deal that would permanently avert Medicare payment cuts to physicians. “The deal would offset only about $70 billion of the more than $200 billion cost of making the permanent fix,” they report. While there are...
Jan 30, 2015 | Advocacy, Legislation, Social Media
AAOS, together with AAHKS and other medical associations and the physician community, is urging Congress to continue the progress already made toward replacing the flawed SGR formula. On February 4, 2015, physician leaders from across the country and from dozens of...
Jan 30, 2015 | AAHKS Business, AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Committees and Task Forces
The AMA has an opportunity for AAHKS members to help shape health care policy and the positions of the AMA. Don’t let your voice and the voice of your specialty go unheard. AMA members are eligible to vote for the national medical specialty society that best...
