Reimbursement Changes and Implementation of Surprise Billing Law

Orthopaedic surgery is set to face reductions in Medicare reimbursement and changes to the process for resolving surprise medical bills beginning Jan. 1, 2022. AAOS Advocacy Council Chair Douglas W. Lundy, MD, MBA, FAAOS, sits down with senior staff from the AAOS Office of Government Relations to explain these healthcare policy changes, what the AAOS has been doing to preserve the value of surgical services, including recent updates from Capitol Hill, and how these issues will continue to play out in 2022.

Host:
Douglas Lundy, MD, MBA, FAAOS, Chair, Advocacy Council

Guests:
Shreyasi Deb, PhD, MBA, AAOS Senior Director of Health Policy

Catherine Hayes, MPP, AAOS Senior Director of Government Relations