Advocacy News

The report from the Kaiser Family Foundation documents how Aetna uses prior authorizations to deny or delay medically necessary care.  

This unusual move by MedPAC, which advises Congress, signals growing awareness of the need for Medicare payment reform.  

The key provision from the Inflation Reduction Act is not expected to affect ophthalmic drugs in the short term.  

We pushed CMS to release the rule, which would reduce the cost of this important bill to entice Senate action by the end of the year.  

We shared several ideas on how to reform physician payment to address both the growing number of annual cuts you face and long-term stability for the Medicare system.  

Ophthalmology department chairs of several leading medical schools have sent letters to the VA undersecretary for health expressing concern for a recent change to community care guidelines.

Ophthalmologist and U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs Under Secretary for Health expressing concern that the agency removed language from community care guidelines allowing only ophthalmologists to perform invasive procedures.

In a major victory for patient safety, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed optometrists to perform complex eye surgeries with little to no training.

The Academy is opposing the Department of Veterans Affairs recently modified eye care guidelines for treatment at community care facilities, which will jeopardize patient safety by allowing optometrists in certain states to perform some surgical procedures.

Several of the Academy’s congressional champions and Visionary Award winners want you to tell them how Congress can protect physician payments.