Act Now: Protect Patient Access and Your Practice
On October 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. This rule includes significant reductions to surgical and specialty care payments by incorporating a -2.5% efficiency adjustment for non-time-based...
Act now: Tell Congress to Reduce Prior Authorization Burdens for Seniors
It is crucial for lawmakers to hear from you to ensure that action is taken to reduce prior authorization burdens in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by eliminating unnecessary delays and denials of medically necessary care, which ultimately harm patients.The Academy is...
Urge Your Representatives to Support H.R. 2527, the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act (EDVI Act)
The Academy supports H.R. 2527, the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act (EDVI Act).If enacted, this bipartisan legislation will establish state and community based EDVI programs across the United States to address children’s vision and eye health...
Protect Veterans’ Access to High Quality Surgical Eye Care
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a long-standing policy that stipulates that laser eye surgery in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities may be performed only by ophthalmologists. The Academy strongly supports maintaining this important patient safety...
Your Voice is Needed to Stop New Jersey Optometric Scope Bill
The New Jersey Assembly is expected to vote as early as Monday, December 22nd on Assembly Bill 920 that would put patient safety at risk by authorizing optometrists, who are NOT medical doctors or trained surgeons, to perform surgery on and around the eye using lasers and...