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Members reported to the Academy and ASOPRS that prior authorization requests have been denied for medically necessary injections into the brow and corrugator/procerus muscles to treat blepharospasm.

Florida and Georgia state societies joined the Academy in driving home the burdens of prior authorization.

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Cigna’s action means that providers will not have to submit medical records to comply with the insurer’s now-delayed policy.

The latest meeting to challenge payment of global period post-operative visits stressed the complexity of medical decision-making.

In a historic development, the majority of all eligible Medicare beneficiaries are now covered through a Medicare Advantage plan rather than a traditional fee-for-service Medicare program.

After sharing how this burdensome new policy will harm practices and patients, the insurer agreed to delay the requirement’s effective start date.

The Academy joined a roundtable Wednesday morning with other stakeholders to answer questions from lawmakers on the development of national standards of care in Veterans Health Administration facilities.

The 2024 rule implements reforms to Medicare Advantage plan coverage criteria requirements and to prior authorization that the Academy has supported.

National veterans service organizations expressed their support for the Academy’s efforts to preserve quality surgical eye care in the Veterans Health Administration during annual congressional hearings.