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2027 Fee Schedule Proposes Cutting Pay to Physicians by 1.68%
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2027. Here are the highlights based on the Academy’s analysis. The Academy will work with our advocacy partners to ensure finalized policies support our members and their patients.
House Republican Budget Bill Includes Medicare Physician Payment Reforms
It does not include a fix for 2025 cuts, but the process is far from over. See where things stand after the Energy and Commerce Committee vote.
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March 5, 2025
Academy Health Policy Committee Sets Strategy for 2025 Key Advocacy Priorities
The Academy’s Health Policy Committee consulted with Academy staff on many of the top advocacy issues arising from the January 2025 Federal Secretariat meeting.
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January 29, 2025
Academy Leadership Sets 2025 Advocacy Priorities
Academy leaders have identified physician payment reform, reducing practice burdens, Medicare Advantage and Quality Performance Program issues, as well as military veterans’ eye care as some of our top federal advocacy priorities for 2025.
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November 18, 2024
K. David Epley, MD: Without a Seat at the Table, Our Voice Goes Unheard
A Surgical Scope Fund Committee member and former OPHTHPAC committee member explains how your contributions drive the Academy’s advocacy efforts.
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June 19, 2024
Academy Recommends Medicare Payment Reforms in Senate Letter
Responding to the Senate Finance committee’s ideas for reforming how physicians are paid by Medicare, the Academy offered detailed solutions that would both improve physician payment and protect patient access to specialty care medicine.
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April 24, 2024
Ophthalmologists Meet With Dozens of Lawmakers During Congressional Advocacy Day
Hundreds of ophthalmologists met with members of Congress and their staff last week to build and strengthen the relationships crucial to the Academy’s advocacy efforts, while introducing a new generation of eye surgeons to the important work of engaging on behalf of their patients and profession.
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April 10, 2024
Academy Seeks Virtual Advocates to Amplify Our Message to Congress Next Week
Won’t be able to join your colleagues at Mid-Year Forum 2024 in Washington, D.C.? You can still play a powerful role on Congressional Advocacy Day, even if you can’t attend in person.
March 13, 2024
Miller-Meeks Addresses Change Healthcare at OPHTHPAC Speaker Series
The ophthalmologist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives kicked off the 2024 OPHTHPAC Speaker Series addressing several developing issues affecting healthcare and spoke to the impact Academy advocacy has on advancing ophthalmology's priorities at the federal level.
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March 6, 2024
Congress Passes Partial Fix to Medicare Physician Payment
Congress has passed a partial government funding bill March 8 that includes policies to address cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) that went into effect on Jan. 1.
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February 21, 2024
Bipartisan Push Urges Congress to Act on Medicare Payment Cuts
In separate letters to Senate leaders, a bipartisan group of senators and representatives are calling on a Medicare payment fix in any upcoming government funding legislation.
