Advocacy News

Congress’ deal infuses $3 billion into the physician payment system to reduce the negative effect of the policy changes for evaluation and management (E/M) services that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement in January.

The year 2020 was a busy one for the Academy's health policy advocates. Here is a rundown of our top issues.

A recent Academy survey indicated that 13% of our members now say they use telehealth services to treat patients.

Services provided outside of the hospital outpatient setting — including ambulatory surgery centers — are not subject to the new prior authorization requirements.  

Medicare’s forthcoming 2021 change to E/M reimbursement, as currently configured, will have a devastating effect on ophthalmology.

Our efforts are securing relief from a problematic measure that has inappropriately attributed things like hernia repair costs to our members.

Here’s what you need to know about what’s happening and how and why these cuts are occurring.

We’re delivering a consistent message throughout our comments to CMS — let ophthalmologists do what we do best: deliver quality medical eye care  

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a massive series of Medicare policies affecting physicians.

We’re livid about CMS’ direction and will work tirelessly to ensure our profession’s success in next year’s Medicare physician payment system. A separate rule, the Medicare fee schedule offers some relief.