Jul 2, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19
AAHKS joined the AMA and 100 other medical societies in urging Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar “under the public health emergency declaration to preserve patient access to care and mitigate financial distress due to the pandemic” by implementing the RUC...
Jul 2, 2020 | CMS, COVID-19
At the end of June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced “flexibilities for clinicians participating in the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2020,” for providers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic....
Jun 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Surveys
AAHKS has completed the fourth member survey on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the practice of hip and knee replacement surgery. This survey focused on continued change and re-opening plans and processes. Here are some of the data we have collected: 61% all...
Jun 11, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19
Congressional champions on the issue of reimbursement need help from members of AAHKS to recruit Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to join their letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Representatives Terri Sewell (D-AL), Brad...
Jun 11, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19
AAHKS joined the American Medical Association and more than 130 other specialty and state medical societies in writing to U.S. House and U.S. Senate leaders expressing our support for the bipartisan H.R. 7059 bill, the “Coronavirus Provider Protection Act,” which...
Jun 11, 2020 | Advocacy, COVID-19
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week that it is distributing additional funds from the Provider Relief Fund through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Funds will be made available to eligible Medicaid and...
