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AOA scores important wins in 2015 Medicare fee schedule
Medicare’s 2015 physician fee schedule includes critical changes the AOA has fought for—provisions that will have a long-lasting impact on optometry and the delivery of medical eye care to Medicare patients. “These are significant wins for the AOA, our members and patients.”The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issues the fee schedule rule each year. The schedule sets payments for physicians under the Medicare program. The 2015 rulemaking appeared in the Nov. 13 Federal Register. Provisions in the 2015 rule will affect eye care for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, sponsors of continuing medical education (CME) for ODs, and measures of quality and value. “These are significant wins for the AOA…Read More