Sep 9, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS
Two letters sent to CMS this week from AAHKS Executive Director, Michael J. Zarski, JD, provide comments on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and the hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). These comments are offered in anticipation of...
Aug 12, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS
AAHKS representatives, Jay R. Lieberman, MD, Immediate Past President, Mark I. Froimson, MD, First Vice President, Richard Iorio, MD, Health Policy Council Chair, Michael J. Zarski, JD, Executive Director, and Joshua Kerr, Director of Advocacy, met this week with...
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...
Jul 15, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS
Modern Healthcare reported this week that the CMS is open to delaying the start of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency is considering delaying the start date for...
Jun 24, 2016 | Advocacy, CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) received comments from AAHKS on its hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) proposed rule for fiscal year 2017. Our comments focused on three issues: combination codes for removal and replacement of...
