CMS Revisits the Quality Payment Program

Brandy Keys, MPH; Shreyasi Deb, PhD, MBA

Over the years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has experimented with ways to shift reimbursement from fee-for-service models to programs that incentivize high-quality, low-cost care.

Newest Podcast Addresses How AAOS Identifies and Tackles ‘Active Pursuit’ Issues

Kerri Fitzgerald

In the year since AAOS launched “The Bone Beat” podcast, episodes have focused primarily on individual healthcare policy topics affecting the orthopaedic specialty, such as disparities in healthcare, the shift of procedures to the outpatient setting, and the regulatory landscape of biologics.

Coding for Patient Optimization Work in the Presurgical Period

The AAOS Coding Coverage & Reimbursement Committee in conjunction with the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Health Policy Council addresses one of the most common coding questions in orthopaedic practices: How should work performed prior to surgery be reported?