Advocacy News

A Surgical Scope Fund Committee member and former OPHTHPAC committee member explains how your contributions drive the Academy’s advocacy efforts.

The final rule could affect about 3,500 hospitals and 6,100 ambulatory surgical centers (ASC). Here are the key takeaways.

Academy members William Clifford, MD, of Kansas, and Steven Magie, MD, of Arkansas, won their campaigns for state office.

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, R-Iowa, Rep. Kim Shrier, MD, D-Wash., and other OPHTHPAC-supported candidates have been reelected as control of the House of Representatives waits to be decided.

The bill would eliminate the nearly 3% cut proposed for 2025 and provide a one-year inflationary update. Urge your representatives to co-sponsor this critical legislation today.

Advocacy is built on relationships and OPHTHPAC, your Academy’s political action committee, is here to help you connect with your lawmakers.

New Jersey state Assemblyman and candidate for New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, Herb Conaway, MD, issued a stark warning if Congress fails to address Medicare reimbursement cuts at the last OPHTHPAC speaker series event of the year.

Ophthalmology’s top champion in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD, R-Iowa, urgently needs your support or she risks losing her reelection in what will prove to be a very close race.

The Academy outlined strong opposition to a House committee to reform the National Institutes of Health by highlighting importance of the National Eye Institute’s continued independence.  

We’re working to replace several key retiring physician members of Congress, but we need your help.