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CY2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule - August 8
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During this 90 minute webinar, AAMC staff will present on hospital payment and quality provisions from CMS's calendar year (CY) 2025 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions once the presentations have concluded.
Shahid Zaman, JD
Director, Hospital Payment Policy
Shahid Zaman is the Director, Hospital Payment Policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). His portfolio covers hospital payment, including Medicaid, Medicare, and drug pricing issues. In his role he is responsible for the strategic development of regulatory initiatives and advocacy efforts on these issues on behalf of the AAMC and its members.
Prior to joining the AAMC, Shahid worked at America’s Essential Hospitals for over ten years as the safety-net hospital association’s content expert on Medicare reimbursement, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, health information technology, and telemedicine.
He holds a Juris Doctor from Emory University, a graduate certificate in health policy from the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.
Phoebe Ramsey, JD
Director, Physician Payment & Quality
Phoebe Ramsey is the Director of Physician Payment & Quality Policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) focusing on issues relating to health care quality measurement, value-based care payment design, health equity, and health information technology. She also provides policy insight as a member of the AAMC Center for Health Justice’s Policy Team. Before joining the AAMC, she led the Next Generation and Pioneer ACO Model Teams at the CMS Innovation Center. Ms. Ramsey earned her law degree with honors from American University’s Washington College of Law and her bachelor’s degree with honors from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Katherine Gaynor
Policy & Regulatory Analyst, Hospital Payment
Katie Gaynor is a Hospital Policy and Regulatory Analyst at the Association of American Medical Colleges. Her portfolio focuses on hospital payment policies, more specifically the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and drug pricing and shortages. Prior to joining the AAMC, Katie worked as a Regulatory Affairs Coordinator at a boutique consulting firm focusing on FDA issues related to medical devices. Katie also focused on policy issues affecting health systems during her time as a Government Relations Project Coordinator at ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists). Katie earned her B.A. in Political Science with a Minor in Biology from the University of Alabama.
Erin Hahn, MPH
Lead Analyst, Value Based Care and Quality
Erin Hahn serves as Lead Policy Analyst in Value-Based Care and Quality at the Association of American Medical Colleges. In this capacity, she assists in the efforts surrounding policy, advocacy, research, and data analytics, directed towards advancing value-based care initiatives and fostering health equity. Within the AAMC's sphere, Erin extends her support to numerous health systems and hospitals, facilitating collaborative efforts. Additionally, she contributes her expertise to the policy team at the AAMC's Center for Health Justice.
Erin is an alumna of Emory University, where she earned a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Health Policy and Management in 2016. Erin earned her Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Relations from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England. Prior to her tenure with the AAMC, Erin completed a health policy fellowship at Powers, Pyles, Sutter, and Verville PC.