Advocacy & Practice Updates
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- CMS Official Previews Drug Prior Authorization Proposed Rule Oct 1, 2024
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- Reminder: 2023 MIPS Scores Available; Submit Review Requests by Oct 11 Sep 17, 2024
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- Prompted by ASRS, UHC Agrees to Keep Eylea HD Sep 10, 2024
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- ASRS Calls on CMS to Join Efforts to Increase Physician Pay, Rethink MIPS MVP Concept Sep 3, 2024
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- CMS Releases Guidance on G2211 E/M Add-On Code Sep 3, 2024
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- Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Fee Schedule Budget Neutrality Requirements Aug 27, 2024
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- ASRS Advocates to UnitedHealthcare for Patient and Physician Choice Aug 27, 2024
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- UHC Announces Prior Authorization Gold Card Program: ASRS Seeks Additional Details Aug 6, 2024
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- ASRS, Ophthalmic Groups Oppose Proposed National Eye Institute Restructuring Aug 6, 2024
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- Retina Specialists Overwhelmingly Provide Appropriate Anti-VEGF Care; ASRS Study Finds Jul 10, 2024
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- <div>CMS to Release Proposed 2025 Payment Rule: What to Expect?</div> <div> </div> Jun 24, 2024
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- Act Now! Contact Congress in Support of MA Prior Authorization Bill Jun 12, 2024
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- ASRS Reiterates Recommendation to Increase Medicare Pay in Comments to Senate Finance Committee Jun 11, 2024
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- Physician Payment Reform Draws Bipartisan Attention on the Hill May 22, 2024
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- ASRS Opposes Cuts When an E/M Code is Billed With Modifier -25 May 22, 2024
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- Honoring Our Veterans: Fighting Back on VA Efforts to Expand Optometrists’ Scope of Practice May 21, 2024
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- ASRS Kickstarts its New “Lunch and Learn” Series with Revenue Cycle KPIs May 21, 2024
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- UHG CEO Faces Grilling on Capitol Hill Over Change Cyberattack May 1, 2024
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- ASRS Recommends Congress Increase Physician Pay, Replace MIPS in Submitted Testimony May 1, 2024
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- ASRS Advocacy Prompts Noridian to Change the Scope of TPE Audit to Allow T&E Protocols Apr 17, 2024
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- Change Healthcare Cyberattack Assistance and Follow Up Apr 12, 2024
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- Change Cyberattack Update: AMA Launches Physician Survey, HHS Compiles Payer Resources Mar 27, 2024
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- CMS Updates 2024 Medicare Conversion Factor Following Congressional Action Mar 20, 2024
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- CMS Reopens 2023 MIPS Hardship Application in Response to Change Healthcare Cyberattack Mar 15, 2024
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- CMS Announces Availability of Advanced Payments for Providers Impacted by Change Healthcare Cyberattack Mar 9, 2024
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- Congress Fails to Stop Full Medicare Payment Cut Mar 7, 2024
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- HHS Announces Flexibilities for Change Healthcare Cyberattack Mar 7, 2024
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- ASRS Quoted in <em>Axios </em>Article: Include Drugs in E-Prior Authorization Reforms Jan 31, 2024
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- CMS Excludes Drugs From Electronic Prior Authorization Rule Over ASRS Objections Jan 17, 2024
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- Funding Deal in Progress; Help Make Sure Congress Includes a Fix for the Medicare Cut Jan 10, 2024
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- Medicare Physician Payment Cut Begins Jan. 1; Congress Action Still Expected Dec 20, 2023
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- ASRS MIPS Measure: Excludes Member Resources to help You Succeed Dec 20, 2023
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- ASRS Advocacy Reverses Step Therapy, Prevents Specialty Pharmacy Dec 13, 2023
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- ASRS Advocacy Prompts CMS to Redetermine MIPS Cost Measure Targeting Reviews Nov 9, 2023
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- Tell Congress: Stop Medicare Cuts in 2024 Nov 9, 2023
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- CMS Proposes MA Plans' Prior Authorization Policies are Subject to Equity Assessments Nov 9, 2023
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- CMS Releases Disappointing 2024 Fee Schedule Final Rule But Adds ASRS Quality Measures Nov 2, 2023
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- ASRS, AAO Meet with CMS; Press for MA Step Therapy Relief in Light of Avastin Shortage Oct 25, 2023
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- ASRS, Alliance Recommend Inflation-Pegged Physician Updates to MedPAC Oct 25, 2023
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- ASRS to Meet with CMS on Avastin Shortage; Will Urge an End to Step Therapy Oct 18, 2023
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- ASRS Seeking Flexibility on Step Therapy from Payers During Avastin Shortage Oct 4, 2023
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- ASRS, Ophthalmic Groups Urge CMS to Consider Relief From Diabetes Cost Measure for 2022 MIPS Oct 4, 2023
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- ASRS-Led Advocacy Success: CMS to Exclude Retina Specialists From 2023 Diabetes Cost Measure Sep 27, 2023
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- Repeat Policy Change, Repeat Opposition: ASRS Challenges Medicare Advantage BCBS of Minnesota Cuts to E/Ms Billed With Modifier 25 Sep 27, 2023
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- ASRS Comments on 2024 Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Support New Retina Measures and the RUC Process, Recommend Changes to MIPS Sep 13, 2023
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- WPS Begins Paying Previously Denied Syfovre Claims after ASRS Opposition Sep 13, 2023
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- ASRS Opposes Expanding Optometrists’ Scope of Practice in the VA Sep 6, 2023
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- ASRS Opposes Step Therapy and Provides Clinical Arguments for Aetna to Simplify its Double-Step Policy Aug 30, 2023
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- CMS Releases List of Part D Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation; Part B Drugs to Be Determined Later Aug 30, 2023
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- AMA Launches National Study to Document Changes in Physician Practice Expense Aug 23, 2023
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- ASRS to Provide Feedback to VA on Potential Optometry Standards Aug 16, 2023
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- 2022 MIPS Final Scores Released; Submit a Targeted Review of the Diabetes Cost Measure Aug 10, 2023
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- Fight Aetna's Proposed Two-Step Requirement for Anti-VEGF Aug 9, 2023
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- ASRS Members on the Hill Urge Congressional Action on Medicare Payment and Utilization Management Jul 19, 2023
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- CMS Proposes to Implement Three ASRS-Developed MIPS Measures, New Payment Policies for 2024 Jul 13, 2023
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- ASRS, Ophthalmic Community Reccomend CMS Exempt Ophthalmology From MIPS Diabetes Cost Measure Jun 29, 2023
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- ASRS, Surgical Community Call on Congress to Reform Medicare Physician Payment Jun 21, 2023
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- Still Have Questions About Using the JZ/JW Modifier Starting July 1? Jun 21, 2023
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- CMS Releases 2022 MIPS Score Preview; Contact ASRS With Cost Category Issues Jun 21, 2023
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- National Study to Document Changes in Physician Practice Expense Jun 14, 2023
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- VA Responds to ASRS Letter on Scope of Practice Jun 7, 2023
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- JZ Modifier Deadline is Right Around the Corner: ASRS has Resources to Help Get You Started May 31, 2023
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- ASRS Advocacy Prompts Cigna to Delays its Onerous Modifier -25 Policy May 24, 2023
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- Reminder: Fluorescein Only Available Directly from Manufacturer May 10, 2023
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- Ask Your Representative: Co-Sponsor Legislation Creating Annual Inflation-Based Updates Apr 19, 2023
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- ASRS Warns VA Against Potentially Expanding Optometric Scope Apr 19, 2023
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- ASRS Advocacy Prompts CMS to Finalize Modifications to Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage Apr 5, 2023
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- ASRS, Medical Community Call on Congress to Address Medicare Physician Payment Mar 22, 2023
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- Alcon Provides ASRS with Statement on Fluorescein Supply Mar 21, 2023
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- ASRS Recommends Senate HELP Committee Improve Reimbursement to Meet Workforce Challenges Mar 15, 2023
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- CMS Announces Practices Must Begin Modifying Xipere Co-Pay Amounts April 1 Mar 15, 2023
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- ASRS Calls on CMS to Include Part B Drugs in Prior Authorization Proposals Mar 8, 2023
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- Biden Proposes Additional Drug Price Negotiation in Medicare Mar 8, 2023
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- ASRS Recommends CMS Finalize and Expand on MA Prior Authorization Proposals Feb 15, 2023
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- New Year, New Congress: Help ASRS Achieve Policy Goals in 2023 by Becoming an Advocate Feb 8, 2023
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- <div>ASRS Warns CMS: Discarded Drug Policy Could Impact Patient Outcomes Without Exceptions </div> Feb 1, 2023
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- CMS Finalizes Rule to Audit MA Risk Adjustment Payments Feb 1, 2023
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- ASRS and Coalition Call on Congress to Reform Medicare Physician Payment Expeditiously Jan 25, 2023
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- ASRS Action Prevents CMS from Proposing Meaningless Ocular Care MIPS Value Pathway Jan 11, 2023
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- Deadline Extended: Apply for 2022 MIPS Hardship Exceptions by March 3 Jan 4, 2023
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- ASRS Continues to Collect Fluorescein Invoices to Demonstrate Relentless Price Increases Jan 4, 2023
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- CMS Proposes ASRS-Supported Reforms to MA Prior Authorization Dec 14, 2022
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- Action Needed: Ensure Congress Prevents the Full Cut to Medicare in 2023 Dec 7, 2022
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- CMS Releases Electronic Prior Authorization Proposed Rule; May Spur Passage of Prior Authorization Bill This Year Dec 7, 2022
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- Bipartisan Bill Would Require MA Consumer Protections Supported by ASRS Dec 1, 2022
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- Good Days has Re-Opened, What’s Next? Dec 1, 2022
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- ASRS Advocacy Boosts Fluorescein Reimbursement in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Amid Continued Price Hikes Nov 9, 2022
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- ASRS, AMA Oppose Federal Scope of Practice Legislation Nov 9, 2022
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- CMS Releases CY 2023 MPFS Final Rule Nov 1, 2022
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- ASRS Calls on Congress to Adjust Physician Pay for Inflation, Limit Impact of Budget Neutrality Oct 26, 2022
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- ASRS Meets With OMB to Discuss In-Office Surgery and Physician Payment Oct 19, 2022
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- President Biden Signs Executive Order on Drug Pricing Oct 19, 2022
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- ASRS, Ophthalmic Groups Prevent Unsafe CA Optometric Scope Expansion Oct 5, 2022
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- Higher Medicare Add-On Payment for Biosimilars Effective October 1 Sep 28, 2022
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- House Passes Prior Authorization Reform Sep 14, 2022
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- Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent 2023 Medicare Cuts Introduced in the House Sep 14, 2022
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- ASRS Recommends CMS Rethink Office-based Retina Surgery, Increase Global Surgery Post-Op Visit Values in Proposed Rule Comments Sep 7, 2022
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- ASRS Recommends CMS Reinstate the Ban on Step Therapy in MA Aug 31, 2022
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- MIPS 2023 Payment Adjustment Information Now Available Aug 24, 2022
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- Senate Passes Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiation Aug 10, 2022
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- ASRS, Alliance Warn HHS Not to Neglect Specialty Care in Efforts to Strengthen Primary Care Aug 3, 2022
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- ASRS Member Action Helps Advance Prior Authorization Reform Jul 27, 2022
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- CMS Releases 2023 Fee Schedule Proposed Rule; Seeks Information on Valuing Global Codes and Non-Facility Payment for Retina Procedures Jul 7, 2022
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- HHS OIG Issues Narrow Opinion Related to Offering CME to Referring Optometrists Jul 6, 2022
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- CMS Publishes 2021 Open Payments Data Jul 6, 2022
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- ASRS Op-Ed: Prevent Access Issues with Medicare Inflationary Adjustments Jun 29, 2022
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- House Energy and Commerce Committee Holds MA Oversight Hearing; ASRS, Alliance Reiterate Support for Prior Authorization Reform Jun 29, 2022
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- ASRS Monitors Triesence Shortage Jun 8, 2022
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- ASRS Members Press Congress on Step Therapy, Medicare Pay During Alliance Advocacy Day Jun 8, 2022
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- ASRS Recommends FTC Take Action to Limit Insurers' Use of Specialty Pharmacies May 11, 2022
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- ASRS Opposes United Healthcare Prior Authorization Policy for Several Retinal Procedures in HOPDs Apr 28, 2022
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- Are You Impacted by Fluorescein Shortages? Apr 28, 2022
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- ASRS Presses CMS to End Step Therapy as OIG Raises Concerns with MA Plans' Denial of Medically Necessary Services Apr 28, 2022
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- ASRS, AMA, AAO Meet with HHS OIG to Demonstrate the Use of Modifier 25 with Intravitreal Injections Apr 20, 2022
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- New Financial Management Tools for Members Apr 13, 2022
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- ASRS Advocacy Prompts HHS to Reopen Provider Relief Fund Reporting Apr 6, 2022
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- President's Proposed Budget Calls for Modest Physician Payment Update in 2025 Mar 30, 2022
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- ASRS, Alliance Tell CMS and Medicare Advisors to Reduce Prior Authorization Burden and Protect Physician Pay Mar 30, 2022
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- ASRS, AAO Express Opposition to Medicare Intravitreal Injection Audits Mar 23, 2022
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- ASRS Urges CMS: Ensure MA Networks Include Retina Specialists, Strengthen Oversight of Deceptive MA Marketing Mar 9, 2022
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- ASRS Urges CMS to Reduce the Burden From MA Plan Chart Reviews, Rate Plans on Consumer Complaints Mar 1, 2022
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- ASRS and Alliance Urge Congress to Act on Medicare Payment Reform Feb 22, 2022
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- ASRS, Surgical Groups Call on Congress to Address Medicare Fee Schedule Inequities Feb 9, 2022
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- 2022 MIPS Resources for Retina Specialists Now Available Feb 2, 2022
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- ASRS Requests Medicare Specialty Designation for Retina Specialists Jan 26, 2022
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- MAC Contractor Noridian Initiates a Post-Payment Review of 2019 Injection Claims Jan 26, 2022
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- Reminder: CMS to Apply Automatic Hardship Exceptions for 2021 MIPS Jan 19, 2022
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- CMS Formally Rescinds Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Model Jan 6, 2022
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- MIPS Reporting Portal Now Accepting 2021 Data; Automatic Hardships Still Available Jan 6, 2022
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- Congress Winds Down the Year Delaying and Mitigating Medicare Cuts; Could Act on Drug Pricing Dec 15, 2021
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- Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Conversion Factor Cut Introduced in the House Nov 24, 2021
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- Medicare Drug Negotiation Passes the House, Included in Build Back Better Act Nov 24, 2021
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- ASRS Opposes Cigna's Reauthorization Policy Nov 17, 2021
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- ASRS and AAO Advocacy Prompts CMS to Prohibit MA Plans From Requiring the Use f Biosimilars Untested in the Eye Nov 8, 2021
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- Medicare Drug Price Negotiation, Biosimilar Pay Bump Included in Build Back Better Act Nov 4, 2021
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- ASRS Advocacy Prevents Unworkable Humana Specialty Pharmacy Policy Nov 3, 2021
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- CMS Releases 2022 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule Nov 2, 2021
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- Medicare Drug Pricing Remains a Sticking Point in Social Spending Bill Negotiations Oct 27, 2021
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- Medicare Open Enrollment is Here! Check Out New Resources for Your Practice! Oct 27, 2021
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- More than Half of the House Supports Preventing 2022 Medicare Cuts Oct 20, 2021
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- Prior Authorization Legislation Reintroduced in the Senate Oct 20, 2021
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- Drug Pricing Reform Advances as Part of Budget Reconciliation Sep 16, 2021
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- ASRS Urges CMS to Increase Global Codes, Rethink MIPS Value Pathway Concept in Proposed Rule Comments Sep 15, 2021
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- Stop the Cut! Contact Your Representative Today Sep 8, 2021
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- Congress Begins Action on Reconciliation Package; Likely to Include Drug Pricing Policy Sep 8, 2021
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- Reminder: Provider Relief Fund Reporting Deadline is September 30 Sep 1, 2021
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- ASRS Advocates for Global Code Fix, Step Therapy Ban in Roundtable Discussion with CMS Administrator Aug 11, 2021
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- OPTUMRx Discontinues 503B Avastin Repackaging Aug 11, 2021
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- Withdrawal of MFN Model May Pave the Way for Including Drug Pricing in Budget Reconciliation Aug 11, 2021
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- CMS Withdraws ASRS-Opposed Most Favored National Part B Drug Demonstration Aug 6, 2021
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- ASRS Asks CareFirst to Reverse Avastin Biosimilar Policy Aug 4, 2021
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- CMS Releases 2020 MIPS Scores and 2022 Payment Adjustment Information Aug 4, 2021
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- United Healthcare Reverses Harmful Policy Limiting Anti-VEFG Jul 22, 2021
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- ASRS and Coalition Partners Take Immediate Action to Oppose Proposed Cuts for 2022 Jul 21, 2021
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- President Issues Executive Order Aimed at Reducing Drug Prices and Preventing Healthcare Mergers Jul 14, 2021
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- CMS Releases 2022 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule Jul 13, 2021
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- ASRS Requests a Meeting with UnitedHealthcare Regarding Commercial Plan Anti-VEGF Limits Jul 7, 2021
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- Update Leads to MIPS Scoring Change for Claims-Submitted Diabetic Eye Exam Measure Jul 7, 2021
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- CMS Publishes Updated Physician Data on Quality and Payments from Industry Jul 7, 2021
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- HHS Provider Relief Reporting Portal Opens Jul 1, 2021
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- Help Us Track Avastin Shortages or Difficulties with Insurers Jun 23, 2021
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- ASRS and AAO Urge Private Payors to Reverse Course on Avastin Requirements Given Potential Shortage Jun 16, 2021
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- ASRS, Alliance Support Effort to Limit Liability During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Jun 16, 2021
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- HHS Issues Revised Notice of Reporting Requirements and Timeline for Recipients of Provider Relief Funds Jun 12, 2021
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- Sterility Issue May Result in Bevacizumab Supply Lag -- Prepare Now Jun 10, 2021
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- Support Your Colleagues on Advocacy Day: Follow the Alliance of Specialty Medicine Jun 9, 2021
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- Help Urge CMS to Reinstate its Ban on Step Therapy Jun 9, 2021
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- Make a Difference for your Profession and Patients: Take the ASRS Grassroots Advocacy Survey May 26, 2021
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- ASRS, AMA Recommend CMS Implement Physician-Developed APMs May 26, 2021
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- Optum Specialty Pharmacy Temporarily Halts All Bevacizumab Syringe Distribution May 26, 2021
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- ASRS, Alliance Issue Support for Prior Authorization Legislation May 19, 2021
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- Cigna Threatens to Switch Patients from Branded Drugs May 19, 2021
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- CMS Responds to ASRS Feedback on Comparative Billing Reports May 12, 2021
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- ASRS and Alliance Recommend Protections for Patients and Physicians in Drug Pricing Legislation May 12, 2021
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- ASRS Guiding Principles for Drug Policy May 3, 2021
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- ASRS Calls on CMS to Prevent Medicare Advantage Plans from Using Step Therapy Apr 28, 2021
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- ASRS Reaches Clarity with Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program on Accessing Branded Drugs When Patients Lose Vision Apr 28, 2021
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- ASRS Supports Legislation to Eliminate Tax Penalty on Provider Relief Fund Apr 21, 2021
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- ASRS Expresses Concerns with Eye Code Comparative Billing Reports to CMS Apr 14, 2021
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- House Completes Action on Sequestration Relief Apr 14, 2021
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- ASRS Joins with AMA in Calling for Transparency Around MIPS Benchmarks Apr 14, 2021
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- ASRS Opposes United Direct Mailing Patients -- Have Your Patients Received Letters? Apr 7, 2021
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- Retina Specialists Begin Receiving CMS Comparative Billing Reports on Eye Codes Apr 7, 2021
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- Final Action to Extend 2% Medicare Sequestration Moratorium Expected Shortly; CMS Instructs MACs to Hold Claims Mar 31, 2021
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- Bipartisan Step Therapy Legislation Reintroduced in the House Mar 31, 2021
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- Congress Begins Consideration of Potential Drug Pricing Proposals Mar 24, 2021
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- House Passes Sequestration Relief; Senate Could Take Action Before April 1 Mar 24, 2021
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- CMS to Issue Comparative Billing Reports on Eye Codes Mar 24, 2021
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- Bipartisan Efforts to Restore 2% Medicare Sequester Relief Take Shape Mar 17, 2021
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- Is payment Changing for Part B Drugs? Pay Attention to Your Insurance Contracts Mar 17, 2021
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- Latest Pandemic Relief Package Forgoes Medicare Sequestration Fix; Could Trigger Further Cuts in 2022 Mar 10, 2021
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- With ASRS Input, AMA Calls on CMS to Rethink MIPS Value Pathway Proposal Mar 3, 2021
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- You May be Eligible for an Automatic 2020 MIPS Hardship Exception Due to COVID-19 Mar 3, 2021
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- Provider Relief Fund May Cover Staff Time Responding to COVID-19 Documented Mar 3, 2021
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- ASRS Calls on CMS to Reduce Medical Records Requests from Medicare Advantage Plans Feb 24, 2021
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- Watch for Survey Email and Participate to Help Determine Valuation for the Services You Perform Feb 24, 2021
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- ASRS Urges Congress to Extend Sequestration Relief Feb 17, 2021
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- Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal Accepting Registrations; No Date Yet for Start of Financial Reporting Feb 17, 2021
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- CMS Pauses Most Favored Nation Model; Will Not be Implemented without Further Rulemaking Feb 8, 2021
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- Updated for 2021: ASRS QPP and MIPS Resources for Retina Specialists Feb 3, 2021
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- ASRS Opposes Most Favored Nation Model in Comments; Model Still on Hold but Future Remains Uncertain Jan 27, 2021
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- Reminder: Register for Physician Relief Fund Reporting Portal Jan 27, 2021
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- Biden Administration Takes Office; Key Healthcare Positions Not Yet Nominated Jan 20, 2021
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- Provider Relief Fund Portal Now Open for Registration; Full Reporting Delayed Jan 20, 2021
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- Fate of Most Favored Nation Demo Uncertain; Retina Specialists Should Continue to Inform Congress of the Impact on Patients Jan 13, 2021
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- Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal Expected to Open January 15 Jan 13, 2021
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- Update on Changes to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Jan 13, 2021
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- Future of MFN Model Uncertain: Support ASRS Advocacy Jan 6, 2021
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- ASRS Supports Streamlining Prior Authorization Jan 6, 2021
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- Breaking: MFN Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order/Preliminary Injunction Dec 23, 2020
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- Call to Action: Stop Most Favored Nation Policy Dec 21, 2020
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- ASRS Offers MFN Model Impact Calculator Dec 21, 2020
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- Congress Passes Relief for Impending Medicare Cuts and New COVID Relief Package Dec 21, 2020
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- Trump MFN Drug Pricing Demo: Lawsuits Progress, ASRS Weighs In Dec 16, 2020
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- ASRS Battles on for Legislation to Halt Looming Payment Cuts Dec 16, 2020
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- New Deadline for Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Applications is February 1 Dec 16, 2020
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- 2018 QPP Performance Information Available on Medicare Care Compare/Webinar Dec 9, 2020
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- Call to Action: Ask Congressional Leaders to Act Now to Stop Medicare Cuts Dec 7, 2020
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- CMS Releases CY 2021 Physician Fee Schedule and Revisions to Medicare Part B Dec 3, 2020
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- ASRS Supports Senate Bill to Fix Global Payment Bundle Dec 2, 2020
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- CMS Steamrolls Forward with Payment Cuts Dec 1, 2020
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- Trump Administration Issues MFN Rule on Medicare Drug Pricing Nov 20, 2020
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- Imminent E/M Coding and Documentation Changes Will Impact Retina: What You Need to Know Nov 18, 2020
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- Good News! UHC Announces Accumulator Program Delay Nov 12, 2020
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- ASRS Joins E/M Coalition in Support of HR 8702 to Fix Impending Fee Schedule Cuts Nov 11, 2020
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- ASRS, Alliance Urge Congress to Extend Sequestration Relief Nov 11, 2020
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- ASRS Supports CPT Code 99072 to Pay for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Nov 11, 2020
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- ASRS Supports Bill to Avert Impending Fee Schedule Cuts Associated with E/M Changes Nov 4, 2020
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- ASRS, Alliance Voice Strong Opposition to UHC Accumulator Policy Nov 4, 2020
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- Update Regarding UnitedHealthcare Step Therapy Nov 4, 2020
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- Top 5 Cybersecurity Tips for Retina Practices Nov 4, 2020
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- Preliminary PY2019 Results Are In Oct 28, 2020
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- Congress Supports ASRS Call to Action on Medicare Cuts Oct 21, 2020
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- Legislators Push to Change New Provider Relief Fund Reporting Requirements Oct 21, 2020
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- ASRS Opposes New UnitedHealthcare Policy That Threatens to Upend Payment Process for Patients and Practices Oct 21, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Contact Your Rep to Prevent 2021 Medicare Cuts/ASRS Submits Comments on 2021 MPFS Opposing CMS E/M Policies Oct 7, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- UnitedHealthcare to Implement anti-VEGF Step Therapy for Medicare Advantage Oct 7, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Reminder: Help ASRS Oppose MVASI and Zirabev-First Step Edits Oct 7, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Contact Congress: Ask Your Representative to Sign a Letter to Prevent 2021 Medicare Cuts from E/M Increases Sep 30, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Last Chance: Request 2019 MIPS Targeted Review by Oct. 5 Sep 30, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Call for HHS to Ensure Continued Patient Access to Part B Drugs in "Most Favored Nation" Plan Sep 30, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Government Funding Resolution Includes Modifications to Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payments Sep 30, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Bipartisan Physician House Members Urge Leadership to Prevent Medicare Cuts from E/M Codes Sep 23, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS and Surgical Groups Push for E/M Fixes in Stop Gap Government Funding Sep 16, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Help ASRS Oppose MVASI and Zirabev-First Step Edits Sep 16, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Executive Order Seeks to Peg Medicare Drug Prices to Lowest Paid in Other Countries Sep 16, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Deadline Approaching: Request 2019 MIPS Targeted Review Requests by Oct. 5 Sep 9, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Proposes Creating Medicare Coverage Pathway for Breakthrough Devices Sep 2, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Surgical Coalition Reiterate Opposition to CMS' 2021 E/M Policies Aug 26, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Issues Support for Bipartisan Legislation to Make Provider Relief Fund Tax-Exempt Aug 26, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Retina Coding Update Aug 26, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MIPS Check-In: ASRS Helps You Understand Your Cost Category Aug 19, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Find Out Why Retina PractiCare is a 'Must Have' for Your Practice Aug 19, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Contact Congress Now to Prevent Across-the-Board Cuts to Medicare Reimbursement Due to CMS' E/M Policies Aug 12, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS to Release MIPS Diabetes Cost Measure Test Reports Aug 12, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Affinity Health Plan Reverses its Policy to Require Prior Authorization for Avastin Aug 6, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Key Updates on COVID-19 Relief Programs Aug 6, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases 2019 MIPS Performance Reports Impacting 2021 Payment; Submit Targeted Reviews by October 5 Aug 5, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Aetna Will No Longer Require Precertification for Avastin, Use HCPCS Code C9257 Aug 5, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Affirms Work Value of Injection Code in Proposed Rule; But E/M Policies Mean Overall Cuts to Retina Specialists for 2021 Aug 4, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Proposes Minimal Changes to MIPS as Participants Continue to be Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic Aug 4, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases the 2021 Physician fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule Aug 3, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Drug Pricing Executive Orders Include Pegging Medicare Prices to Those Paid by Foreign Countries Jul 24, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Outlines Priorities to New CMS Office of Burden Reduction Jul 22, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Expected Soon Jul 15, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Secures Retroactive Payments for ILUVIEN Jul 15, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- August 1 NDC Fix for Leiter's Repackaged Avastin Jul 15, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Outline Priorities for COVID-19 Liability Protections Jul 8, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- House and Senate Pass PPP Applications Extension Jul 2, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- HHS to Generate Reports on CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Distributions to Satisfy First Quarterly Report; Physicians May Be Required to Submit Future Reports Jul 1, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges HHS to Use Public Health Emergency Powers to Waive Budget Neutrality to Implement 2021 E/M Increases Jul 1, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Publishes 2019 Open Payment Data Jul 1, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- PPE Update and Request for Invoices Jul 1, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Online First: Tracking the Impact of COVID-19 on Retina Practices and Patients Jul 1, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Calls on Congress to Waive Budget Neutrality For Implementation of 2021 E/M Code Updates Jun 18, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Bipartisan Bill to Reform Prior Authorization Garners a Majority of the House as Co-Sponsors Jun 17, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2020 MIPS Hardship Application Now Available; CMS May Offer Additional 2020 Relief Jun 17, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- SBA Issues Updated PPP Rule Following Congressional Action Jun 17, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Advocacy Prompts Anthem to Remove Retreatment Interval Limits on Ozurdex Jun 10, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- PPP Modifications Enacted: Additional Guidance from SBA and Treasury Expected Jun 10, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Issues Recommendations for Providing Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare Jun 10, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Issues Support for Legislation to Create Liability Protection for Care Delayed During the COVID-19 Pandemic Jun 10, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- HHS Extends Provider Relief Fund Attestation Deadline an Additional 45 Days; Clarifies Funds' Use for Salaries Jun 3, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Senate Expected to Act on PPP Modifications Jun 3, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- As SBA, Treasury Release Additional Information on PPP Loan Forgiveness; Uncertainty Continues to Loom with House Action on the Program Modifications May 28, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- PPP Loan Forgiveness Applications Now Available May 20, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- House Democrats Release Wide-Ranging New Relief Package May 13, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- HHS Extends Provider Relief Fund Attestation to 45 Days May 7, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Register for Next Week’s COVID Accounting Webinar May 6, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New Details on Attestation for Provider Relief Funds Available; All Recipients Should Avoid Overpayments May 6, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Key Updates on COVID-19 Pandemic Physician Relief Apr 27, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Congress Passes $484B in Additional Relief Funds; Replenishes PPP and EIDL, Adds Healthcare Funds Apr 23, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Issues Best Practices Update for PPE During Vitreoretinal Surgery Apr 17, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Breaking: HHS Today Begins Immediate Delivery of Initial $30 Billion of Cares Act Provider Relief Funding Apr 10, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Plans to Distribute $30 Billion from CARES Act Fund This Week Apr 8, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- UnitedHealthcare Accelerates Nearly $2B in Payments to Support Providers Apr 8, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- <div>ASRS, Alliance Comment on Medicare Advantage, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program Proposed Rule</div> <div> </div> Apr 8, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Administration Provides Immediate Financial Relief for Medicare Providers Mar 30, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Industry Voluntarily Extends Payment Terms Mar 30, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- COVID-19: Legislative and Regulatory Updates Mar 25, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Extends MIPS Reporting Due to COVID-19 Mar 25, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Releases Guidelines to Help Retina Practices Navigate COVID-19 Pandemic Mar 20, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Support Exemptions [for Biologics and Intraocularly Injected Drugs] in FDA Importation Proposal Mar 11, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Avella Delays Mar 11, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Redesigned RetinaPractiCare 2.0 and New Pharmaceutical Financial Tools Now Available Mar 4, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Reminder: Submit 2019 MIPS Data by March 31 Mar 4, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Help ASRS Understand Your Use of New Extended Ophthalmoscopy Codes 92201 and 92202 Feb 19, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment is in Full Swing! Check Out New ASRS Resources for Your Practice Jan 29, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Federation Urges CMS to Maintain Physician-Led Care for Seniors Jan 22, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases Announcement on 2019 MIPS and 2020 QPP Jan 8, 2020
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Ongoing Fight to Secure Payment for OCTs Nov 20, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Provide Feedback to HHS Regarding Medicare Executive Order Nov 13, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Aetna Rolls Out Step Therapy Nov 13, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- More on 2020 MPFS Final Rule: Key Provisions for Retina Nov 6, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Final Rule Nov 1, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Ask Your Representative to Support Network Adequacy Oct 30, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance for Specialty Medicine Support Safe Step Act Oct 30, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- <div>ASRS, AMA and Federation Urge Congress to Pass a Balanced, Market-focused Solution to Unanticipated Medical Bills </div> <div> </div> Oct 23, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Important MIPS Dates and Deadlines Oct 23, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MIPS Performance Year 2019 Hardship Applications Due December 31 Oct 16, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Urge Congress to Act to Extend Positive Fee-for-Service Payment Updates Oct 16, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, ASCRS, OOSS, and SEE Submit Letter to CMS on ASC Payment Proposed Rule Oct 2, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New J-Code for Yutiq Oct 2, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Comments on Proposed CY2020 MPFS and QPP Rules Oct 2, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- USP Announces Delay in Effective Date for New BUD Standards Sep 25, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges Support for Bipartisan Bill to Assure Timely Access to Care for Seniors in MA Plans Sep 18, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New and Revised Category II Codes Related to Dilated Retinal Exams Sep 18, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- REMINDER: MIPS Targeted Review Request Deadline is September 30 Sep 11, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS is Fighting for Fair Medicare Pay for Office Visits Aug 13, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Respond to CMS RFI on Burden Reduction Aug 13, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases 2020 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule Jul 29, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Alliance Challenges Senate Finance Committee Bill to Reduce Medicare Part B Drug Payments Jul 24, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Federation Urges Congress to Embrace Dispute Resolution, Letter Prompts Action in House Committee Jul 17, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2018 MIPS Final Scores and 2020 Payment Adjustment Information Now Available Jul 10, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Supports Dispute Resolution Approach in Ruiz-Roe Bill to Prohibit Unanticipated Balance Billing Jul 8, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, AMA, Alliance Support Arbitration Over Price Setting in Bills Prohibiting Unanticipated Balance Billing Jun 26, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges FDA to Grant Patient-Specific Prescription Exception Jun 20, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- We Need Your Avastin Invoices Jun 20, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- We Need Your Avastin Invoices to Fight for Higher Reimbursement Jun 12, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Support Act to Reduce Prior Authorization Burdens Jun 12, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Fights Anthem’s Unwarranted Denials of E&Ms on the Same Day as Injections Jun 12, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins AMA, Federation to Urge Congress to Improve MACRA Jun 5, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Days A/R: A Practice Revenue Cycle Benchmark May 29, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Further Analysis of Final Rule Allowing Step Therapy in Medicare Advantage Plans May 22, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Testifies Before FDA Panel Regarding Access to Office Stock May 22, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Avella Releases Comment on Avastin Order Backlog May 9, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Members Report Difficulties Obtaining Avastin May 8, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Oppose STAR Act Requirement May 1, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Invoices for Injectable Fluorescein Needed May 1, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MIPS Preliminary Feedback Data is Now Available May 1, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New Medicare Fraud & Abuse Resource May 1, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Earn Full MIPS Improvement Activity Credit for 2019 Apr 24, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Alliance Again Voices Concern Over Proposals that Could Increase Administrative Burdens and Reduce Access Apr 10, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Underscore Recommendations to CMS on MA, QPP Programs Mar 20, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MIPS Reporting Deadline Approaches for 2018 Performance Period Mar 6, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins AMA Coalition in Calling on CMS to Reconsider its Stance on Step Therapy and Rein in MA Plans Use of Prior Authorization Mar 6, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Reminder: Complete the Intravitreal Injection Code Survey Feb 20, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Brilliant Blue G Makes FDA 503A Bulk Substances List Feb 20, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Informs FDA Obstacles Remain for Office Supply of Small Batch Compounded Drugs Feb 13, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Wins a Battle and Continues its War to Assure Fair Retina Supply/Equipment Pricing in Medicare Feb 13, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Apologizes for MIPS Payment Error, Corrections Forthcoming Feb 13, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins Forces Opposing Step Therapy in Medicare Advantage; Urges CMS to Withdraw New Policy Jan 30, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Check Your Medicare Claims for Potential Payment Errors Jan 30, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS and Alliance Meet with CMS Jan 16, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Share Your Medicare Advantage Plan Updates Related to Step Therapy Jan 9, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Retina and Macula Societies Comment on Proposed International Pricing Index for Part B Drugs Jan 2, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Extends Physician Compare Review Deadline to Jan. 7 Jan 2, 2019
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Deadline for MIPS Hardship Exemptions is December 31, 2018 Dec 19, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Aims to Increase Access to Office Stock Compounded Drugs Dec 12, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Again Urges USP to Stick with Science for Establishing BUDs Dec 5, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Proposes Step Therapy Rules for Medicare Advantage (MA) Program for Year 2020 Nov 28, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Update on the Global Surgery Data Collection Nov 14, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Targeted Probe and Education (TPE) Program Continues Nov 7, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases CY2019 Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Rules Nov 1, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Trump Announces Part B Pricing Model as HHS Releases Report Comparing International Drug Prices Oct 25, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- UnitedHealthcare Clarifies Strategy on Step Therapy Oct 24, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Reminds Members to Comply with FDA’s "Know Your Source" Program Oct 17, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Which MA Plans are Moving Forward with Step Therapy? Please Help ASRS Track New Policies Oct 17, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Alliance for Specialty Medicine Builds Congressional Support to Rein in Prior Authorization Oct 10, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- NAEVR Advocacy Helps Secure $30M Increase for Vision Research in FY2019 Funding Bill Oct 3, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Retina Societies Weigh in on CMS Proposed CAP for Part B Drugs Sep 26, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins OOSS Letter on ASC Payment and Quality Reporting Sep 26, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Updated NCD Reinstates Previously Deleted Vitrectomy Codes Sep 19, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Re-Calculates 2017 MIPS Final Scores and Extends Targeted Review Deadline Until October 15, 2018 Sep 19, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- A New Call on CMS to Rescind Step Therapy in MA Plans Sep 12, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Retina and Macula Societies Offer Retina Perspective on Proposed CY MPFS and QPP Rules in Joint Comment Letter to CMS Sep 12, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins Other Medical Groups in Fight to Rescind Recently Announced CMS Policy Allowing Step Therapy in MA Plans Sep 5, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Opposes CMS E/M Coding Proposal and Joins E/M Multispecialty Workgroup to Simplify Documentation and Coding Aug 30, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Obtain Bipartisan Support for Congressional Letter to CMS on Prior Authorization Aug 15, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Urgent Alert Regarding Veteran Affairs Overpayment Demands Aug 15, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Rescinds Prohibition on Step Therapy, Now Encourages Its Use in MA Aug 8, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New Draft USP Raises Concerns Aug 1, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS and other Alliance Members Participate in Capitol Hill Hearing on MIPS Implementation Aug 1, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Requests Information on Competitive Acquisition Program for Part B Drugs Jul 31, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Commissioner Highlights Inspections, Enforcement Actions Related to Compounding Jul 18, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases CY2019 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Rules Jul 12, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Are You Being Profiled By Your Health Plans? Jul 11, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Comment on Trump Blueprint to Reduce Drug Prices Jul 11, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Check Your MIPS Final Score and 2019 Medicare Performance Adjustment Jul 3, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Increasing Payment Barriers for Anti-VEGF Reimbursement Jun 27, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Step Therapy Demonstration Project Targeting Anti-VEGF Drugs May be Under Consideration Jun 20, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Physician Organizations Participate in FDA Listening Session on Compounding Jun 20, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Gears Up to Fight UnitedHealthcare Modifier -25 Cuts Jun 20, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- HHS Secretary Defends Trump “Blueprint” to Lower Drug Prices before Senate Committee Jun 13, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- A Reminder about Participation in Year 2 of the Quality Payment Program Jun 13, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Scraps Cuts to Office Visits Billed with Modifier -25 May 30, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New Medicare Beneficiary Card Transition is Underway May 30, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Beware of Part B Drug Offers from Non-US Drug Distributors May 23, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Trump Administration Launches Plan to Reduce Drug Prices and Out-of-Pocket Costs May 17, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Challenges Policy by First Coast Service Options that Fails Patients Needing Frequent OCTs May 9, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, DQSA Coalition Urge FDA to Close Critical Gaps in Patient Access to Compounded Drugs May 2, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Good News -- CMS Will Automatically Reprocess First Quarter Medicare Claims May 2, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Continues to Fight Against Modifier -25 Cuts Apr 25, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Fights for Physician Choice as Benefits Management Company Magellan Promotes Avastin-First Policies Apr 25, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Applications for MIPS Study Extended Through April 30th Apr 25, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Take the ASRS Survey on Prior Authorization for Retina Pharmaceuticals Apr 18, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Alliance Discuss Medicare Burdens with House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Apr 18, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Aetna Will Pay for Eye Visit CPT Codes 92012 and 92014 Apr 11, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Open Payments Data Review is from April 1– May 15 Apr 4, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- WellCare Joins UHC, Humana and Aetna in Reprocessing Denied Vitrectomy Claims Apr 4, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Opposes Step Therapy and Preauthorization Policies in Oregon and Tennessee Apr 4, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Reminder: Report Cases of Inflammation Following Eylea Mar 28, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Aetna and UnitedHealthcare will Reprocess Denied Vitrectomy Claims Mar 21, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Humana Will Pay Denied Vitrectomy Claims Mar 7, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Earn Full Credit for MIPS Improvement Activities by Participating in a Study Mar 7, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Anthem Commits to Collaborate with AMA, Medical Societies Mar 7, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2017 MIPS Deadlines Mar 7, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Not Yet Finished Reviewing Vitrectomy National Coverage Decision Feb 28, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Aetna Medicare Advantage Limiting Payment for Eye Codes Feb 28, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Breaking News: Anthem Rescinds Modifier 25 Payment Cuts Feb 23, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Please Respond to RUC Survey for New Extended Ophthalmoscopy Codes if You Receive One Feb 21, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New AMA Resources for Prior Authorization Feb 21, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Opposes First Coast Service Options’ Restrictive OCT Policy Changes Feb 21, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MIPS Reporting Deadlines Fast Approaching Feb 21, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Budget Deal Raises 2018 and 2019 Spending Caps and Opens Door for NIH Funding Boost Feb 14, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Sign Up to Learn How to Accept New 2018 Medicare Cards Feb 14, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- On February 9 Congress Passed Technical Corrections to MACRA--Here's What it Means for Your Practice Feb 9, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Campaign to Modify MACRA Law and Exclude Medicare Part B Drugs in MIPS Penalty Calculations Showing Results, Next Step the Senate Feb 8, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Advises Claims be Submitted During Review of Vitrectomy National Coverage Decision Feb 7, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Update on Intraocular Inflammation after Eylea Injection Jan 31, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Learns of New 30-Day Review Period at Inaugural Quarterly CMS Provider Compliance Group Meeting Jan 24, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Learns of New 30-Day Review Period at Inaugural Quarterly CMS Provider Compliance Group Meeting Jan 24, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MedPAC Voted to Recommend that Congress Repeal MIPS Jan 17, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS to Correct Major Errors in Vitrectomy National Coverage Determination Jan 17, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Steps Taken to Streamline Prior Authorization Jan 17, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Continues to Work with Multi-Specialty, State and AMA Coalition to Address Modifier-25 Jan 17, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Still Pushing to Stop Payment Adjustment to Part B Drugs Jan 10, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- The Fight Against Reductions to E&M Visits Billed with Modifier-25 Jan 3, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Asks CMS to Correct Major Errors in Vitrectomy National Coverage Determination Jan 3, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Offers Update on Compounding Jan 3, 2018
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Physician Compare Quality Data is Now Public Dec 20, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Asks CMS to Correct Major Errors in Vitrectomy National Coverage Determination Dec 20, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Opposes Highmark's Step Policy for Anti-VEGF Treatments Dec 14, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Call on Congress to Stop MIPS Payment Adjustment to Part B Drugs! Dec 14, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Take Steps Before December 31 to Avoid a Payment Penalty Dec 14, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- December 31, 2017 is the Deadline for the 2017 CMS Hardship Exception Application Dec 7, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy for MIPS Clinicians in 2017 Dec 7, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Review Your Physician Compare Performance Data by Friday Nov 29, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins AMA, AAO and other Specialties to Protect Access to Medicare Part B Drugs Nov 22, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Opposes Federal Employee Benefit Policy Requiring Step Therapy for Lucentis Nov 22, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MIPS NOW – Act now to avoid a 4% penalty in 2019 Nov 16, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Did You Miss Retina Subspecialty Day? Check out Highlights From ASRS! Nov 16, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP) Year 2 Snapshot for Retina Nov 8, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- What the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Means to You Nov 8, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Part B Drug Subsidies Cut at Academic Hospitals Nov 8, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Have you Downloaded Your 2016 Annual QRUR and 2018 Value-Based Modifier Reports? Nov 8, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases CY 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Nov 7, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Detailed Overview: CMS Releases CY 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Nov 4, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Quality Payment Program (QPP) Rules Nov 3, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- The Physician Compare 30-day Review Period is Now Extended to December 1 Nov 2, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Pushes Back on Independence Blue Cross Cuts to Office Visits Oct 26, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Guidance on How to Read Your QRUR Report Oct 26, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- October 19 at 1:30 PM (ET) CMS Webinar Will Explain Your QRURs Oct 18, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Members Who Do Full-Field and Multi-Focal Electroretinography Tests Needed for RUC Survey Oct 18, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Make Sure to Review Your CMS Open Payments Data by December 31 Oct 11, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Physicians Kick off Lobby Campaign to Modify MACRA Law and Exclude Medicare Part B Drugs in MIPS Penalty Calculations Oct 4, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- USP Reaches Out to Medicine For Input Sep 30, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Review CMS PQRS and QRUR Reports Before December 1, 2017 Sep 28, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- October 2 is Deadline to Participate Fully in MIPS Sep 20, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Signs On to AMA Letter Challenging USP Proposal to Change Guidance on In-Office Sterile Drug Preparation Sep 20, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Register for Free AMA Webinar: Thriving Under MIPS - Where to Start? Breaking Down the Complexity of MIPS Sep 20, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Comments on Proposed 2018 MPFS Ask CMS to Reduce the Regulatory Burden on Physicians Sep 14, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee's Blue Advantage Lowers Avastin Payments Sep 7, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Redesigns its Medicare Audit Strategy Sep 5, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Advocates for CMS to Slow its Pace in Year Two of MIPS Aug 22, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Plans to Fight CMS' Further Proposed Reductions in Ophthalmic Biometry and Ultrasound Codes Jul 14, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases 2018 Quality Payment Program Proposed Rule Jun 20, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Makes Further Revisions to All-or-Nothing PQRS Methodology Jun 20, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- <div>Tips for Building Your Retina Practice: </div> <div>Practical Advice From Your ASRS Early Career Section Co-chairs </div> Jun 13, 2017
- Vincent S. Hau, MD, PhD ; Lisa C. Olmos de Koo, MD, MBA
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Invites ASRS to Weigh In on Regulations Governing Compounding Jun 7, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New Medicare Cards Will be Issued to Beneficiaries By April 2019 Jun 7, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Palmetto GBA Retires Article Regarding Avastin Jun 7, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Palmetto Scales Back on Previous Proposal to Limit SCODI to Four Times per Year May 24, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- If You Receive an AMA/Specialty Society RUC Survey, Please Respond May 24, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins NAEVR in Support of FY2017 Omnibus Spending Bill That Adds $2 B for NIH, $31.7 M for Vision Research May 3, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 15 Ways New Retina Specialists Can Get On Track Financially Apr 25, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges MEDPAC to Use Real Cost Data as Basis for New Alternative Payment Systems Apr 5, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Seize the Opportunity to Make the New Retina Specialist Taxonomy Code Work for You Mar 31, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Coming April 1: Seize the Opportunity to Make the New Retina Specialist Taxonomy Code Work for You Mar 22, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS and ASCRS Join AMA-led Coalition in Urging CMS and the Administration for Regulatory Relief Mar 22, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Provides Further Comments to FDA in Ongoing Quest to Preserve Avastin Mar 15, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- America's Health Insurance Plans to Share New Retina Taxonomy Code with Member Plans Mar 8, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- <span style="font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">Leveraging Smartphone Technology in your Retina Practice</span> Feb 23, 2017
- Ken Lord MD, FACS
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins AMA and Other Medical Groups in Urging CMS and ONC to Delay Adoption of 2015 Edition EHR Until January 2019 Feb 22, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Been Denied Payment for Anti-VEGF Injections Sooner than 28 Days? Feb 22, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Voices Support for AMA-Led Coalition to Reform Utilization Management Programs Jan 27, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Releases Revised Draft Guidance on Repackaging Biologics Providing Pathway to Extend BUDs Jan 12, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ICD-10 Snafu Prompts CMS to Forego Penalties on Physicians Jan 11, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Reporting of Post-Operative Visits Required Beginning July 1 Jan 11, 2017
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Issues Long-Awaited Final Guidance on Compounding (503A) Pharmacies Dec 29, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Update Dec 21, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Update on Denials for Lucentis Treatments Nov 30, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Advocacy Efforts Secure Taxonomy Code for Retina Specialists Nov 11, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Offers Snapshot to Help Guide Your MACRA Participation in 2017 Nov 2, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Advocacy Helps Thwart Burdensome Requirements for Global Service Data Collection but Fails to Reverse Additional Cuts to Retinal Detachment Code 67105 for CY 2017 Nov 2, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- AMA to Host MACRA Briefing Webinars Nov. 21 and Dec. 6 Oct 26, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Deadline for Seeking Review of Potential Payment Penalties Oct 19, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Important Clarification to Our Previous Story on New ICD-10 Macular Degeneration Definitions Oct 19, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Posts MACRA Final Rule, Provides Flexible Options for Physicians Oct 14, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- What's Next for the Medicare Part B Demonstration Project? Oct 5, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Review CMS PQRS and QRUR Reports Before Review Period Ends Nov. 30 Oct 5, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Fights to Protect Payment for Retinal Detachment Codes, Urges CMS to Reassess Global Surgery Data Collection Proposal Sep 7, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- State the Case for Retina During Congressional Recess Aug 3, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Congressional Advocacy: Materials for Your Meetings Jul 28, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins Medical Allies in Opposing Veterans Administration Proposal to Allow APRNs to Practice Without Physician Supervision Jul 27, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Calls on FDA to Remove Obstacles in Draft Compounding Guidance Jul 20, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Signs on in Support of Bill to Protect CME From Sunshine Reporting Jul 20, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Considering Delaying MACRA Implementation Jul 13, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Advocacy Prompts CMS Reversal of 2016 Retinal Detachment Code Cuts for CY 2017 Jul 7, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Offers Comment for Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Part B Demo Jun 29, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Weighs in on MACRA With Comments to CMS Jun 29, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges California Assembly to Vote 'NO' on Optometry Practice Act Jun 22, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins AMA in outlining 'Must Haves' for Successful MACRA Implementation Jun 22, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MACRA: Information and Tools for Transitioning Your Practice Jun 15, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- As Compounding Obstacles Increase, ASRS Voices Concerns and Additional Recommendations to New FDA Compounding Chief Jun 8, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS to Comment at Upcoming FDA Listening Session on Drug Compounding Jun 1, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Surgical Coding—A Quick Refresher May 25, 2016
- Ankoor R. Shah, MD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- House Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing Blasts Medicare Part B Demo May 18, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Submits Comment Letter Opposing Part B Demo Project May 10, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Continues Strong Opposition to Mandatory Medicare Part B Drug Demo Project: Here's How You Can Help May 2, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New FDA Guidance Requires Patient-Specific Prescriptions for Drugs Compounded by Traditional Compounders for Office Use Apr 20, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New "Relationship Codes" Required Under MACRA Apr 20, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Coming Soon: ASRS-Developed Cost Calculator to Help You Determine How Medicare Part B Demo Project Will Impact Your Practice Apr 13, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- <div>Call to Action</div> <div>Defend Against Attack on Patient Choice: Encourage Patient Groups to Sign-on in Opposition to Flawed Medicare Part B Demo Project</div> Apr 7, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- <div>Call to Action!</div> <div>Tell Congress: CMS Must Protect Patient Choice by Revising Fatally-Flawed Payment Model</div> Apr 6, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Announced Open Payments Review and Dispute Period Apr 1, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Register Now: Speak Out for Retina on Capitol Hill During Congressional Advocacy Day Mar 21, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Help ASRS Prepare its Response to CMS on the Part B Drug Demo Project Mar 16, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Retina Roundtable Discussion Forum Launched for Practice Administrators! Mar 2, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges CMS Refinement Panel to Reconsider Cuts to Retina Detachment Codes Mar 2, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Disability Insurance: Moving Beyond the Basics Feb 29, 2016
- Lawrence B. Keller, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, RHU®, LUTCF
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Extends Meaningful Use Attestation Deadline to March 11 Feb 17, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Attention AllScripts Users–How Does Your Practice Stack Up? Feb 9, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Call to Action: Urge Your U.S. Representative to Sign Roskam-Lewis Letter to Fight Medicare Cuts Feb 9, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Help Fight Medicare Fee Cuts Feb 4, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges USP to Stick with Science for Establishing BUDs Feb 2, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- DuxWare Users - Assess Practice Patterns and Avoid Risk Feb 2, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Centricity Users–See How Your Practice Stacks Up! Jan 27, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Meaningful Use Hardship Exemption Application Deadline is March 15 Jan 27, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Attention NextGen Users–How does Your Practice Stack Up? Jan 20, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Supports Proposed Medicare Advantage Bill of Rights Jan 13, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- The Best Resource for Retina-Specific Claims Data Analytics Just Got Better Jan 13, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Phases in Cuts to Retinal Detachments and Fixes Global Periods for Laser Codes Jan 12, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Your Fee-For-Service Claims will be on Hold for up to 14 Days Jan 8, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Submit Your 2015 PQRS Data to Avoid Significant Cuts to Your 2017 Payments Jan 6, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Avastin Coding Changes in Effect for 19 States, 3 Territories Jan 6, 2016
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Final Countdown to Medicare Cuts: Tell CMS What You Think <em>Today</em>! Dec 28, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- There's Still Time to Weigh in on CMS' Cuts to Retina Surgical Reimbursement Dec 23, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Advocates for Network Adequacy in Federally-Facilitated Exchanges Under the Affordable Care Act Dec 23, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Update: Help in the Fight Against Medicare's Fee Schedule Cuts Dec 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- It's Your Turn-We Need Immediate Help in the Fight Against Medicare's Fee Schedule Cuts Dec 17, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Aetna Starting to Process OCT Claims for Diabetes Indications Dec 9, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Coverage of Ocular Photodynamic Therapy for Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Coming to Six Additional States Dec 2, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Video: Preview the 2016 Business of Retina Meeting Dec 2, 2015
- Larry Halperin, MD ; David M. Brown, MD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Extends PQRS and VM Informal Review Process to December 16 Nov 25, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Video: CMS Cuts Retina Surgical Reimbursement: What Happened? Nov 18, 2015
- George A. Williams, MD ; Larry Halperin, MD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Video: CMS Cuts Retina Surgical Reimbursement: What's Next? Nov 18, 2015
- Antonio Capone, Jr., MD ; Larry Halperin, MD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Offers DME Corticosteroid Position Paper to Help Defend Against Third-Party Payer Interference in Your Treatment Decisions Nov 11, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins AMA in Support of H.R. 3940 Giving CMS Authority to Grant Blanket Meaningful Use Hardship Exemptions to Eligible Providers in 2015 Nov 11, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins AAO in Expressing Outrage as CMS Releases Final Rules for 2016 Physician Fee Schedule, Reducing Retina Payments More than RUC Recommendations Nov 5, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Update: ASRS Joins AMA Coalition Letter Urging NAIC to Assure Adequate Networks for Plans and Patients Nov 3, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Novitas Updates OCT Coverage Policies to Include Missing ICD-10 Codes Oct 29, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS to Join AMA Coalition of Allied Medical Organizations in Expressing Frustration to Congress Over CMS Plan to Move Forward with Stage 3 Meaningful Use Oct 29, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Retina Procedures Expected to Fall Victim to Substantial Fee Cuts Oct 29, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Deadline Looming for Review of Your 2014 Annual Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) Oct 29, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- UPDATE: Novitas Alerted to Missing ICD-10 Codes in OCT Coverage Policy Oct 28, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ICD-10 Problems Affecting Novitas Solutions' OCT Policy and Claims Oct 21, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Worried About Meeting Your 2015 Meaningful Use Requirement? Oct 21, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Sound Off: It's Your Turn to Comment on Stage 3 Meaningful Use Oct 21, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Switching EHR Vendors? There's a CMS Meaningful Use Exemption for That Oct 14, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Highly Anticipated Meaningful Use Final Rule Falls Short Oct 7, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Latest OIG Report Highlights the Importance of Retina PractiCare Sep 30, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New Avastin Coding Requirements Are In Effect Sep 30, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2016 Physician Quality Reporting System Informal Review Underway Sep 23, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- OIG Recommends Medicare Increase Monitoring of Billing for Diagnosis and Treatment of Wet AMD and Urges Action Against Providers With “Questionable” Billing Practices Sep 17, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Fights to Protect Payment for Eye Exam Codes, Urges Greater Consideration of Subspecialists in Medicare's Quality Programs Sep 10, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA's "Know Your Source" Program: Resources to Assist Physicians Comply with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act Jun 29, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare’s Latest Physician Data Still Distorts Retina Specialists Drug Payments Jun 4, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Releases Physician Medicare Payment Data Jun 1, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges CMS to Make Its Proposed Stage 3 Meaningful Use Requirements More Flexible May 29, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Meaningful Use Stage 3 Proposed Rule Targets Provider Complaints Lay Foundation for Interoperability Apr 22, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Have You Received a Medicare Comparative Billing Report? Apr 21, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Take Action to Preserve Access to Avastin Apr 16, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- <div>Farewell SGR:</div> <div>Congress Sends SGR Repeal Bill to the President</div> Apr 15, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Physicians have until May 20 to Review and Dispute Industry Reported Information Apr 15, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Increase Practice Efficiency through Scribes Apr 15, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Retina PractiCare Inaugural Report Demonstrates the Power of Retina-Specific Data Apr 15, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Administration Launches New Phase of ACA Implementation Apr 15, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Advocacy Efforts Helping Turn the Tide on Network Narrowing by Medicare Advantage Plans Apr 8, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ to Fix Eylea Claims Processing Mar 19, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Gets Help from Leading Democrat on MA Narrow Networks Mar 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MedPAC Considers Changes to Part B Drug Reimbursement: Retina Drugs Highlighted as Justification for Payment Changes Mar 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins Coalition Effort to Allow States to Govern Office Use of Compounded Drugs Mar 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- A Permanent SGR Fix Gains Momentum in Congress Mar 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Retina Practice Case Study: Dealing With Noncompliance Mar 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 3 on 3: Perspectives on Practice Mar 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS to Toughen Enforcement of MA Network Adequacy Rules Feb 20, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- President Proposes Budget With Cuts to Part B Drugs Feb 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- HHS Expedites Move to Value-Based Care and Payment Feb 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- AMA, ASRS Encourage CMS to Strengthen Patient and Physician Protections in Medicare Advantage Plans Feb 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Second Year of ‘Open Payments’ Data Submission Is Underway Feb 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- <div>Have You Been Terminated by a Payer? </div> <div>Protect Your Practice by Putting Data on Your Side</div> Feb 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Concerned About Short Beyond-Use Dates in FDA Draft Guidance Feb 18, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Ophthalmology Fighting for a Seat at the Table as FDA Implements Compounding Regulations Feb 16, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Continues Fighting Humana’s Step Therapy Policy Feb 11, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS to Ease Meaningful Use Requirements; HHS Seeks Better EHR Vendor Interoperability Feb 3, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Launches Meaningful Use FAQ Jan 28, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- NAIC Network Adequacy Model Act Comment Period Closes: States and Feds Await Final Revisions Jan 27, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Understanding and Qualifying for Meaningful Use Jan 27, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Updated 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Further Cuts Retina Procedure Payments Jan 27, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Advocates on Capitol Hill for Medicare Advantage Changes Jan 27, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Asking Providers to Revalidate Enrollment Information Jan 27, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- OIG Reports $22 Million in Potentially Inappropriate Ophthalmology Payments Jan 27, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- UHC Now Requiring Referrals Under AARP MedicareChoice HMO/POS Plans Jan 14, 2015
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges HHS to Incorporate Stronger Patient and Subspecialist Protections Under Exchange Plans Dec 23, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges Congress to Protect Patient Access to Compounded Drugs Dec 23, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare’s Payment Advisors Examine Physician Payments Dec 23, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Buyer Beware: Humana’s Step Therapy Policy Blocks Patient Access to FDA-Approved Drugs Dec 19, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Insurers Distinguishing Physicians Based on Quality, Cost Dec 19, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Optometrists Pursue Recognition as Primary Health Services Providers Dec 19, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS in DC to Fight for Comprehensive Network Adequacy Dec 19, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Payers Continue Attempts to Restrict Lucentis and Eylea Dec 17, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Writes Letter to MedPAC on Potential New Payment Policies That Could Affect Retina Specialists Dec 10, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- UHC’s 2015 Premium Physician Designation Program Assessments Are Rolling Out Dec 3, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Have You Received Medicare Advantage Plan Change Notifications? Nov 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2015 MPFS Final Rule Cuts Payments to Retina Specialists Nov 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Increases PQRS Payment Penalties for 2015 Performance Nov 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Phases Out 10- and 90-Day Global Periods Nov 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS to Change Physician Payment Rate-Setting Process Nov 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Aetna National Medical Director Supports Physician Choice and Agrees to Fix Drug Underpayments Nov 10, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Detailed Summary of 2015 PQRS Changes Now Available Nov 5, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Heavy Payment Cuts to Retina Procedures in 2015 Under CMS’s Misvalued Codes Initiative Oct 31, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- UnitedHealthcare Reverses Medicare Advantage Part B Drug Prior Authorization Requirement Oct 27, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Meaningful Use Hardship Exception Deadline Extended to November 1 Oct 8, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- First Round of Physician-Industry Data Released to the Public Oct 1, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- First-Time EHR Incentive Program Participants May Be Penalized for Not Meeting October 1 Deadline Sep 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Despite Physician Terminations, Medicare Advantage Contracts See an Increase in CMS’ Star Rating System Sep 24, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS, Four Other Societies Write Joint Letter to CMS on Proposed Changes to OPPS and ASC Sep 24, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- I Received a Request for Records. What Do I Do Now? Sep 24, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Open Payments Data Will Be Released on September 30. Are You Prepared for Patient and Media Questions? Sep 24, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Drastic Fee Schedule Reductions by Private Insurers May Impact DME Patient Treatment Sep 24, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Launches Updated Compounding Pharmacy Questionnaire to Assist Members in Evaluating Compounders Sep 24, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Announces Avastin Safety Labeling Changes Sep 15, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Pharmacy Creations Recalls Tropi/Cyclo/Phenyl/Tobra/Flurb Sep 7, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Have You Registered for Open Payments? Sep 3, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Submits Comments to CMS on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Sep 3, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Martin Avenue Pharmacy Recalls Compounded Sterile Preparations Sep 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Free Webinar: Medicare Advantage Contract Negotiations: What You Need to Know Aug 27, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Customed Recalls Sterile Convenience Surgical Packs Aug 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Detailed Summary of Proposed PQRS Changes Now Available Jul 30, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Hospira Recalls Lidocaine HCI Injection, USP, 2% Jul 30, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Open Payments Review and Dispute Process Ends August 27 Jul 23, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Have You Registered With CMS? Jul 16, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: FDA Issues Safety Labeling Change for Jetrea Jul 15, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Meets With CMS Officials Jul 9, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Are You Prepared for the Sunshine Act? Jul 9, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Despite Guidance Setback, ASRS Continues to Push for Access to Avastin Jul 9, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Proposed Medicare Payment and Policy Revisions for Physicians and Hospital Outpatient Departments Released Jul 9, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Despite Guidance Setback, ASRS Continues to Push for Access to Avastin Jul 9, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Diversification: Is it for You? Jul 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Legislation Introduced to Protect Beneficiaries From Losing Their Physicians Jul 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Guidance on Compounded Drugs Limits Distribution for Office Use to Approved Outsourcing Facilities Jul 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Call to Action: Ask Congress to Support Letter to FDA on Pharmacy Compounding Jun 19, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Hospira Recalls Marcaine (Bupivacaine HCI Injection, USP) Jun 18, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Agrees to Investigate Medicare Advantage Programs Identified by ASRS as Having Step Therapy Policies Jun 16, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Sunshine Act Physician Registration Open Jun 10, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS to Launch Online Portal for Physician Payments Sunshine Act May 28, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges CMS to Enforce Medicare Advantage Programs With Step Therapy Policies May 21, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Member Alert: Academy, ASRS Win NCCI Edit Change May 15, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Hospira Recalls Dobutamine Injection (250mg/20mL) May 15, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- American Society of Retina Specialists Cautions Patients Against Making Treatment Decisions Based Solely on CMS Payment Data May 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Are You Ready for Reactivation of CMS’ Injection Bundles? May 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS POSITION: Recent NCCI letter does not adequately address “PRN” or treat and extend protocols that depend on a complete comprehensive exam May 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Update on SGR May 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Are You Ready for Reactivation of CMS’ Injection Bundles? May 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Hospira Recalls 0.25% Marcaine (Bupivacaine HCl Injection, USP) Apr 22, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Hospira Recalls 1% Lidocaine HCl Preservative-Free Injection Apr 19, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Urges ASRS to Share Names of Retina Specialists Inappropriately Terminated From Medicare Advantage Plans Apr 15, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- NCCI UPDATE - CMS to Resume Bundling Global Surgical Codes with Eye Visit Codes Apr 11, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Cautions Patients Against Making Treatment Decisions Based Solely on CMS Payment Data Apr 8, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Senate Approves One-Year ‘Doc Fix’ Legislation to Stop 24% Medicare Pay Cut Apr 2, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- US House Votes to Delay SGR Cuts and ICD-10 Mar 27, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Approves Ozurdex Safety Labeling Changes Mar 19, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Issues Warning Letters to 4 Compounding Pharmacies Mar 12, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Participate in Medicare ICD-10 Testing: July 21-25 Mar 11, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Continues Efforts to Ensure Retina Specialists' Choice of Medication Mar 5, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Retina Specialists Preparing for Transition to ICD-10 Feb 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014 Update Feb 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Issues Some Guidance Related to the Drug Quality and Security Act: Long-Term Availability of Avastin Remains Uncertain Feb 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- The Ins and Outs of Patient Assistance Programs Feb 26, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Opposes Tiered Therapy Policies Feb 19, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Meaningful Use Attestation Deadline Extended to March 31 Feb 18, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Study Finds ICD-10 Implementation Costs 'Much More Disruptive' Feb 12, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Joins SGR Advocacy Efforts Feb 12, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Register for ICD-10 Testing Week: March 3-7 Feb 11, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Changes Lidocaine Hydrochloride and 5% Dextrose Injection Safety Labeling Feb 11, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: The Mentholatum Company Recalls OTC Eye Drops Jan 17, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Issues Safety Labeling Changes for Systemic Avastin Jan 10, 2014
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Baxter Recalls 5% Dextrose Injection, USP and 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP Intravenous Solutions Dec 27, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Hospira Recalls Lidocaine HCl Injection 2%, 5 mL Vial Dec 24, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Value-Based Payment Modifier Program Changes Will Affect All Retina Specialists Dec 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Abrams Royal Pharmacy Recalls Sterile Compounded Products Dec 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2014 Medicare Physician Payment Updates Dec 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Active in Medicare Physician Reimbursement Process Dec 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Popular ASRS Coding Webinar Now Available On Demand Dec 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Prepare Now for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act Dec 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Is Unencrypted Patient Data on OCT Equipment Putting Your Practice at Risk? Dec 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 2014 PQRS Changes Will Affect Retina Specialists Dec 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA, Congress Seek Stronger Authority for FDA Over Compounding Pharmacies Dec 1, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Obama Signs Drug Quality and Security Act Nov 30, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: CLR Medicals International Recalls Viscoelastic Products Nov 26, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Nature's Pharmacy & Compounding Center of North Carolina Recalls Sterile Compounded Products Nov 18, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Michigan's Specialty Medicine Compounding Pharmacy Recalls Bevacizumab Oct 21, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Hospira Recalls 1% Lidocaine HCL Injection Oct 5, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- US Federal Government Shutdown Projected to Have Minimal Impact on Medicare, Medicaid Oct 1, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- July 1 National Correct Coding Initiative Edits Rock the Retina World Sep 25, 2013
- Sue J. Vicchrilli, COT, OCS ; Richard A. Garfinkel, MD ; Larry Halperin, MD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS TSC Update: Aflibercept-Related Sterile Inflammation Sep 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Hospira Recalls Bupivacaine HCL Injection Single-Dose Vials Sep 14, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Compounding Clarity Act Could Replace Section 503A of Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act Sep 12, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Leiter's Compounding Pharmacy Recalls Bevacizumab, Lidocaine/Phenylephrine Sep 11, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Avella Specialty Pharmacy Recalls Avastin Sep 9, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Alaire Pharmaceuticals Recalls OTC Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium 0.5% Solution Sep 9, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Warns Fluoroquinolones Pose Risk of Possibly Permanent Nerve Damage Aug 15, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Changes Bactrim Safety Labeling Aug 13, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Specialty Compounding in Cedar Park, Texas Recalls Sterile Products Aug 11, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Revised Senate Compounding Bill Reflects Major Win for Ophthalmology Aug 6, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Michigan's Beacon Hill Medical Pharmacy/Rxtra Solutions Recalls Sterile Injectables Aug 1, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CMS Implements New NCCI Edits Allowing Unbundling under Certain Clinical Situations Jul 15, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Changes Eylea Safety Labeling Jul 12, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Update: Adverse Reactions Reported to Steroid Injections from Tennessee's Main Street Family Pharmacy Jun 7, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Tennessee's Main Street Family Pharmacy Recalls All Sterile Products May 28, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Tennessee's Main Street Family Pharmacy Reports Adverse Reactions to Steroid Injections May 24, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: NuVision Pharmacy in Dallas Lacks Sterility Assurance May 18, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: The Compounding Shop Lacks Sterility Assurance May 8, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Potiga (Ezogabine) Linked to Retinal Abnormalities Apr 27, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Nora Apothecary & Alternative Therapies Recalls All Sterile Products, Including Ophthalmics Apr 23, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Balanced Solutions Recalls Triamcinolone Acetonide, Cyclosporin Ophthalmic Apr 22, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Cites 30 of 31 Compounding Pharmacies Following Inspections Apr 12, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Green Valley Drugs Recalls Triamcinolone Acetonide Apr 11, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Urges CMS to Consider ASC Services in New Patient Satisfaction Survey Apr 9, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Sequester Cuts Go Into Effect April 1, 2013 Apr 1, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Go Into Effect April 1 Apr 1, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Pallimed Solutions Voluntarily Recalls Sterile Compounded Products Mar 25, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy Recalling All Sterile Products Mar 21, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- California Legislation Calls for Sterile Compounding Pharmacy Licensing, Nonresident Inspections Mar 18, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New Hampshire Bill Would Safeguard Physician Access to Compounded Drugs Mar 18, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Minnesota Legislation May Require Inspections of Out-of-State Pharmacies, Board Considering Regulations for In-State Compounding Mar 18, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Clinical Specialties Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Avastin Mar 18, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Endophthalmitis Cases Reported Mar 15, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Member Alert - Endophthalmitis Cases Reported Mar 15, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Tennessee Compounders Could See More Inspections, Lifting of Patient-Specific Prescriptions Mar 14, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Draft Legislation on Compounding Pharmacies in Process Mar 12, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Oklahoma Legislation Could Impact Out-of-State Compounding Pharmacies Mar 6, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Washington State Board of Pharmacy: Practitioners Can Administer Compounded Products Without a Patient-Specific Prescription Mar 5, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Only 4 of 37 Massachusetts Compounding Pharmacies Pass Surprise State Inspections Mar 5, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New Jersey Legislation Would Require Accreditation of Compounding Pharmacies Mar 5, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Targeting About 30 Compounding Pharmacies With Inspections, Issues Reports on 4 Mar 5, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Gilead recalls Vistide (Cidofovir Injection) Feb 19, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Announces B+L Class I Recall of 27G Cannula and Viscosurgical Devices Jan 24, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Alert: Bausch+Lomb Recalls 27G Cannula Packed in Amvisc Jan 23, 2013
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- New England Compounding Center Meningitis Outbreak Update Dec 17, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Defend Ophthalmolgy: Invest in Political Action Dec 12, 2012
- Larry Halperin, MD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- What is the US Election's Impact on Ophthalmology? Nov 14, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- 15 States Tighten Regulations on Compounding Pharmacies Nov 14, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Compounding Pharmacies: Change in State Regulations Nov 14, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Two Additional Recalls From New England Compounding Center Nov 2, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Publishes Lists of New England Compounding Center Customers Oct 24, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Issues Safety Labeling Changes for Ozurdex Oct 18, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- FDA Advises Retina Specialists: Notify Patients Treated with Drugs Purchased from New England Compounding Center Oct 16, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Compounding Pharmacies—What You Need to Know Oct 13, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- CDC and FDA Caution Retina Specialists: Stop Using Drugs from New England Compounding Center Oct 8, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Voices Concern to CMS Regarding Proposed Medicare ASC Reimbursement Changes Sep 5, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Scope-of-Practice Update 2012: It's Time to Get Involved Jun 25, 2012
- Stephen G. Schwartz, MD, MBA ; Harry W. Flynn Jr, MD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- MMWR Notes and CDC Talking Points from the Field: Fungal Endophthalmitis May 4, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- A Review of the Frequency and Possible Pathogenesis of Sterile Endophthalmitis Associated with Intravitreal Injections Apr 13, 2012
- Paul Hahn, MD, PhD ; Tamer H. Mahmoud, MD, PhD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Cases of Fungal Endophthalmitis Following BBG-Assisted Vitrectomies Mar 6, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- ASRS Letter to the Indiana Board of Optometry Opposing Rule Seeking to Expand the Scope of Practice of Optometrists to Include Retinal Injections Mar 6, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Verifying the Source of Compounded Bevacizumab for Intravitreal Injections Mar 2, 2012
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Eylea Alert Feb 13, 2012
- Suber S. Huang, MD, MBA
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Accountable Care Organizations and Retina Specialists: Let the Games Begin Jan 17, 2012
- George A. Williams, MD
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Recent Avastin Compounding Related Events Sep 7, 2011
- Advocacy & Practice Updates
- Retina Surgery Shifts Toward ASCs May 31, 2011
- Brandon G. Busbee, MD