Impact of prior authorization for cataract surgery
August 16, 2021
Michael Rivers, MD, discusses the impact of Aetna's new policy requiring prior authorization for cataract surgery on ophthalmologists, their workflow, and patients.
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How new prior authorization policy affects cataract surgery
August 22, 2021
Michael Rivers, MD, discusses the impact of Aetna's new policy requiring prior authorization for cataract surgery on ophthalmologists, their workflow, and patients.
CMS 2022 Physician Fee Schedule includes payment cut
July 19, 2021
AAO, Surgical Care Coalition teaming up to ensure the final version of the rule is fair to ophthalmologists and surgeons as one company is expressing its disappointment in the proposal.
ASCRS calls on Aetna to rescind new policy delaying cataract surgery
July 06, 2021
ASCRS has issued a statement calling on Aetna to drop a new prior authorization policy it implemented last week that delays cataract surgeries.
AMA unveils newly adopted trainee, resident policies
July 01, 2021
The American Medical Association recently announced policies adopted by physician and medical student leaders from all corners of medicine on the final day of the Special Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates.
Pulling back the curtain on racial inequities in ocular health care
June 29, 2021
AAO develops task forces to evaluate academy, review outcomes in ophthalmology.
Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
June 17, 2021
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Affordable Care Act remains valid, rejecting a claim by several states that a recent change to the law made it unconstitutional.
Implementing, adapting to protocol changes for clinical practice
August 24, 2020
Michael X. Repka, MD, vice chair of clinical practice at Wilmer Eye Institute (Johns Hopkins University) speaks on the institution's latest protocol changes allowing for the resumption of elective surgery as well as the adaptations clinicians have had to make in order to ensure the continuation of clinical practice at Wilmer Eye Institute.
Medicare pay cut delayed (again)
January 01, 2012
Legislators will try to sort out a fair compensation system for physicians after they staved off a scheduled 27.4% pay cut for those who treat Medicare patients.