Advocacy News

Act Now. Urge your Congress members to co-sponsor this widely bipartisan, commonsense bill to help patients get the care they need.  

Help improve insurance coverage for children with congenital cataracts and other congenital abnormalities or birth defects.

The bill would eliminate the 2.8% cut to 2025 Medicare physician payment and provide an inflationary update to Medicare payments for the rest of this year. Call on your lawmakers to back this short-term fix.

Hundreds of ophthalmologists gather in Washington, D.C., for Mid-Year Forum 2025, April 2-5. Follow our ongoing coverage here.

Check your 2025 contribution status and make your donations today to secure a spot at two exclusive Mid-Year Forum receptions.

The chances of a Medicare fix in the funding bill are dimming, but the Academy and physicians in Congress will continue to push for an urgent solution.

The House of Representatives plans to vote on legislation that would fund the government for the rest of 2025 but ignores the Medicare cuts that took effect on Jan. 1.

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.

A bipartisan group of our congressional champions has introduced new legislation to reverse the 2025 Medicare pay cuts and add 2% update to the conversion factor for the rest of the year. Help us build support for this much needed update.

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.