Advocacy News

The advisory group has been raising concerns about the current Medicare payment system and discussing ways to address rising practice costs.  

The chances of a Medicare fix in the funding bill are dimming, but the Academy and physicians in Congress will continue to push for an urgent solution.

The House of Representatives plans to vote on legislation that would fund the government for the rest of 2025 but ignores the Medicare cuts that took effect on Jan. 1.

Responding to members’ request for assistance, the Academy is fighting policies that assign lower reimbursement for certain high-level services.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will apply the automatic extreme and uncontrollable circumstances (EUC) policy to eligible physicians in Federal Emergency Management Agency-designated counties in California.

A bipartisan group of our congressional champions has introduced new legislation to reverse the 2025 Medicare pay cuts and add 2% update to the conversion factor for the rest of the year. Help us build support for this much needed update.

Our comments support CMS’ plans to reform utilization management and recommend the agency adopt additional measures in its final rule to ensure access to medically necessary care.

The congressionally mandated advisory commission’s unanimous vote to recommend a single-year positive update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule connected to the projected increase in the Medicare Economic Index bolsters our position as we push Congress to address the Medicare 2025 pay cuts that went into effect on Jan. 1.  

Congress has recessed and left Washington, D.C., for the year without addressing the impending cuts to Medicare payment, set to take effect Jan. 1, 2025, putting patient’s access to sight-saving care at risk.

The Academy and ASRS are working to minimize step therapy burdens by calling on Aetna to add Izervay to its 2025 Medicare Advantage Part B preferred drug list.