The Real-Time Program for the 2019 ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting* is now available.
The Real-Time Program provides you with the most updated meeting information. You can search using keywords, or you can browse by day, ASCRS categories, ASOA tracks, session type or speakers and authors.
2019 AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER (ASC) PAYMENT SYSTEM AND QUALITY REPORTING (ASCQR) PROGRAM FINAL RULE RELEASED
Late this afternoon, CMS released the CY 2019 MPFS Final Rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on November 23, 2018. CMS also released fact sheets on the physician payment provisions and the Quality P
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ASCRS CyPass Withdrawal Task Force
Leads: Douglas Rhee, MD; Nathan Radcliffe, MD; and Francis Mah, MD
Glaucoma: Leon Herndon, MD; Marlene Moster, MD; Thomas Samuelson, MD; Steven Vold, MD;
Ike Ahmed, MD
Cornea: Ken Beckman, MD, FACS; John Berdahl, MD; Marjan Farid, MD; Preeya Gupta, MD
September 18, 2018 -- The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) announced today that it has convened a task force to review data from the COMPASS-XT study and associated research, and to develop a physician guidance document associated with the voluntary withdrawal of Alcon’s CyPass Micro-Stent.
Get involved and help shape the Annual Meeting program by submitting your instructional courses, scientific films, papers, posters and photos for the 2019 ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting, May 3-7 in San Diego, California. The deadline to submit courses, films, papers and posters is Wednesday, October 17. The deadline for photo submissions is Friday, January 11, 2019.
Late yesterday afternoon, CMS released the CY 2019 MPFS Proposed Rule, which will be published in the Federal Register on July 27, 2018, with a 60-day comment period. ASCRS will be submitting comments. CMS also released a fact sheetpress release.
Joint ASCRS, AAO, and OOSS Specialty-Specific Guidelines for Ophthalmic Instrument Cleaning and Sterilization