Advocacy News

In a historic development, the majority of all eligible Medicare beneficiaries are now covered through a Medicare Advantage plan rather than a traditional fee-for-service Medicare program.

The latest meeting to challenge payment of global period post-operative visits stressed the complexity of medical decision-making.

After sharing how this burdensome new policy will harm practices and patients, the insurer agreed to delay the requirement’s effective start date.

The Academy joined a roundtable Wednesday morning with other stakeholders to answer questions from lawmakers on the development of national standards of care in Veterans Health Administration facilities.

The 2024 rule implements reforms to Medicare Advantage plan coverage criteria requirements and to prior authorization that the Academy has supported.

National veterans service organizations expressed their support for the Academy’s efforts to preserve quality surgical eye care in the Veterans Health Administration during annual congressional hearings.

The report from the Kaiser Family Foundation documents how Aetna uses prior authorizations to deny or delay medically necessary care.  

The key provision from the Inflation Reduction Act is not expected to affect ophthalmic drugs in the short term.  

This unusual move by MedPAC, which advises Congress, signals growing awareness of the need for Medicare payment reform.  

We pushed CMS to release the rule, which would reduce the cost of this important bill to entice Senate action by the end of the year.