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Military Health System Bundling TJR

Apr 8, 2016 | Medicare

The United States Department of Defense issued a notice that they have started a test bundled payment process called “TRICARE Bundled Payment for Lower Extremity Joint Replacement or Reattachment” (LEJR). According to the statement, TRICARE will be based on the CJR...

MedPAC Releases Annual Report to Congress

Apr 8, 2016 | AAHKS Business, Legislation, Medicare

Epstein Becker & Green reviewed the March Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Report and prepared the following summary of issues AAHKS is tracking: MedPAC’s March Report includes analyses of payment adequacy in fee-for-service Medicare and makes...

AAHKS Comment Letters This Week

Apr 1, 2016 | Advocacy, Medicare

Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network: Elective TJR White Paper Medicare Proposed Rule (joint letter with AAOS): Expanding Uses of Medicare Data by Qualified Entities

CMS Announces New Calls

Mar 18, 2016 | Medicare

The CMS Medical Learning Network (MLN) has announced new, educational conference calls for those interested in the Shared Savings Program, Open Payments System and the IMPACT Act. Learn more and register on the CMS MLN website.

AAHKS Comments on CMS Quality Measure Plan

Mar 4, 2016 | Medicare

In a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Michael J. Zarski, JD, AAHKS Executive Director, offered comments to the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) team. The comments focused on: Applicability of Measures Across...

CMS Releases Orthopaedic Quality Measures

Feb 26, 2016 | Medicare

On February 16, CMS and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), as part of a broad Core Quality Measures Collaborative of health care system participants, released seven sets of clinical quality measures. These measures support multi-payer alignment on core measures...