Aug 5, 2016 | AAHKS Leadership, Advocacy, Bundled Payments, CMS, Medicare
AAHKS leadership are heading to Baltimore and Washington, DC, to meet with officials from the CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and Members of Congress. Discussion will revolve around Advanced Alternate Payment Model (APM) requirements, and how...
Apr 22, 2016 | Advocacy, Bundled Payments, CMS
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...
Apr 22, 2016 | Bundled Payments
An article on NPR’s All Things Considered reports that some major companies in the US, including Lowe’s home improvement company and Walmart, offer their employees surgery for some major operations with no out-of-pocket costs. The companies are making...
Feb 26, 2016 | Bundled Payments, Webinars
AAHKS hosted the webinar “Navigating Bundled Payments and CJR in Total Joint Arthroplasty” on February 24, 2016. Jay R. Lieberman, MD served as moderator, and Richard Iorio, MD; Stephen J. Zabinski, MD; and Gabrielle White, RN served as faculty . If you...
Feb 12, 2016 | Bundled Payments, Webinars
If you are among the many AAHKS members affected by the new Medicare CJR bundled payment pilot, you can’t afford to miss the next AAHKS webinar. Register online now for “Navigating Bundled Payments and CJR in Total Joint Arthroplasty” taking place on Wednesday,...
Oct 2, 2014 | Bundled Payments
OrthoCarolina or Charlotte, NC is the latest physician group to announce its plan for a hip and knee bundled payment program. The Charlotte Observer reports that the plan is in place for patients at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville and Watuga Medical...
