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Guided by the Health Policy Committee, AHHKS provides physicians and their patients comprehensive and timely analysis of health policy issues pertaining to hip and knee surgery. Each year, there are changes in regulations affecting patient care reimbursement for hip and knee surgery. AAHKS develops strategies to keep up with changes and to influence the law-making process. Advocacy is necessary to maintain adequate compensation and reimbursement for services performed by hip and knee surgeons, as well as to ensure the quality of patient care.

Learn About the Bundled Payment Redesign Process

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains a number of provision for improving the delivery of healthcare in the United States, among the most impactful of which may be the call for modifications in the packaging of and payment for care that is bundled into episodes. The move away from fee for service payment models to payment for coordinated care delivered as comprehensive episodes is heralded as having great potential to enhance quality and reduce cost, thereby increasing the value of the care delivered. This effort builds on the prior experience around delivering care for arthroplasty under the Acute Care Episode Project and offers extensions and opportunities to modify the experience moving forward.Read the full JOA Article by the AAHKS Bundled Payment Task Force.

Apply for the Health Policy Fellowship

We believe in the importance of engaging young, future members of AAHKS, to assure they remain involved throughout their careers. The Health Policy Fellowship (HPF) program was created to provide an opportunity for future AAHKS members to get involved in the policy-making process, and to help them become effective advocates. The goal of this program is to provide Fellows with the requisite exposure, training, and skills to prepare for the advocacy of health policy efforts of AAHKS. Full Details.

Download PowerPoint Presentation

Mark Froimson, MD, MBA has made this PowerPoint presentation, “CMS Payment Policy Update: AAHKS Efforts to Avert Cuts” available to any member wishing to use it for advocacy efforts.