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News and views on the regulatory, legislative and political issues impacting ophthalmology in Washington, D.C., and around the United States. Articles featured in the Academy's weekly Washington Report Express email newsletter.
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Risky Optometric Surgery Bill Introduced in New Jersey

MAY 25, 2023 in Patient Safety, Scope of Practice

Inexact language in the bill could greatly broaden authority for optometrists in the state.

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Surgical Scope Fund: Together We Champion Patient Safety

MAY 25, 2023 in Scope of Practice, Patient Safety

Your investment is crucial in helping us preserve quality eye care for patients and ensure that surgery is done by surgeons.

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Two More States Derail Optometric Surgery Legislation

MAY 25, 2023 in Patient Safety, Scope of Practice

The Academy’s advocacy partnership with state ophthalmic societies yielded two more legislative victories for patient safety this year with lawmakers in Alabama and Minnesota rejecting optometric surgery legislation.

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Optometric Surgery Legislation Introduced in Alabama

APR 27, 2023 in Patient Safety, Scope of Practice

The Alabama House of Representatives has introduced optometric surgery legislation that would threaten patient safety by adding laser and scalpel surgery to optometry’s scope of practice.

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House Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee Seeks Answers on National Standards

APR 27, 2023 in Federal Supremacy Project, Patient Safety, Veterans Eye Care

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.

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Akorn Bankruptcy to Shrink Ophthalmic Drug Supply

FEB 24, 2023 in Drug Shortages, Patient Safety, Drug Pricing

Bankruptcy proceedings will likely affect the manufacture of phenylephrine, atropine and fluorescein.

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Broad Optometric Surgery Bill Clears First of Many Hurdles in West Virginia

FEB 09, 2023 in Patient Safety, Scope of Practice

A bill to broadly expand optometry’s scope of practice to include surgery passes House committee. It must go through a second committee before the full House considers it.

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Washington and Nebraska Optometrists Seek Surgical Authority

JAN 12, 2023 in Patient Safety, Scope of Practice

These bills represent the first threats to surgical standards to emerge this year.

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Academy Leads Push to Reconsider FDA’s Corneal Donation Policy

DEC 01, 2022 in Patient Safety, FDA/Tech Innovation

The five-year exclusion for men who have sex with men relies on outdated science and no longer matches blood-donation policy, we argued in a recent letter to the FDA.

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Academy-Backed Eyedrop Refill Bill Becomes Law in Pennsylvania

NOV 10, 2022 in Patient Safety, Eyedrop Refills

The governor of Pennsylvania signed an Academy-backed bill into law that requires health insurers to cover early refills of prescription eye drop medication.

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