Advocacy News

A new report examines modifier 25 billing patterns with intravitreal injections and outlines CMS plans for additional review.

Here’s how ophthalmologists can request removal from the program.

It does not include a fix for 2025 cuts, but the process is far from over. See where things stand after the Energy and Commerce Committee vote.

The bill would eliminate the 2.8% cut to 2025 Medicare physician payment and provide an inflationary update to Medicare payments for the rest of this year. Call on your lawmakers to back this short-term fix.

The new recommendations to Congress call for a single-year positive update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.  

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.

The Academy’s Health Policy Committee consulted with Academy staff on many of the top advocacy issues arising from the January 2025 Federal Secretariat meeting.

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