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Orthopedic Practices Face Growing Challenges in COVID-19

By: Bradley Coffey, MA on 05/12/20 12:42

In March 2020, the 2019 novel coronavirus forced most states to ban elective musculoskeletal surgeries to reserve personal protective equipment (PPE) for hospitals and health ...

CMS Provides Additional Guidance for 2019 MIPS Reporting

By: Bradley Coffey, MA on 04/15/20 17:38

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reopened the Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances exception application for 2019 reporting for the COVID-19 public health ...

AAOE Empower Resources During COVID-19

By: Alli Summers on 04/09/20 10:15

AAOE understands the impact that COVID-19 is having on you and your practices. We also know that data drives your practice. Even during this very uncertain time, there may be an ...

CMS Provides More Guidance on QPP Extension

By: Bradley Coffey, MA on 03/30/20 11:51

Baltimore, MD - Building on a previous announcement to extend the 2019 Quality Payment Program reporting deadline to April 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

CMS Delays 2019 MIPS Reporting Deadline

By: Bradley Coffey, MA on 03/22/20 23:16

Effective March 22, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an extension to the Quality Payment Program reporting deadline. The new deadline for ...

AAOE Approved as a 2020 Qualified Registry

By: Bradley Coffey, MA on 12/30/19 8:00

INDIANAPOLIS, December 20 – The American Association of Orthopaedic Executives (AAOE) has been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in ...

AAOE Releases Fourth Annual QPP Guidance

By: Bradley Coffey, MA on 12/26/19 16:25

Indianapolis, IN - The American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives (AAOE) released it's fourth annual version of its guidance for the Quality Payment Program (QPP). The annual ...

New MIPS Resources Added to AAOE Registry

By: Bradley Coffey, MA on 10/01/19 15:38

As we get closer to the end of the 2019 performance period, we've been updating the resources in the AAOE Registry to help you best succeed in the MIPS program. The Quality Import ...

Benchmarking Results for Data Year 2018 Now Available

By: Bradley Coffey, MA on 09/30/19 19:35

Indianapolis, IN - The AAOE Benchmarking Results for Data Year 2018 were released on Friday, September 27, 2019 with 156 total practices participating in this year's version of ...

Announcing Exscribe Partial Connection to AAOE’s Empower

By: Alyssa Gibson on 09/16/19 10:48

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