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Academy Members Fight Medicare Advantage ‘Upcoding’

Mar 26, 2025

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Three Academy members pose in front of a United States flag

Certain Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are extracting more than $50 billion in overpayments by exaggerating the severity of beneficiaries’ health conditions. Ophthalmologists are fighting back.

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