2019 ASC Final Rule Released: CMS Will Update ASC Payment with Hospital Market Basket Following ASCRS and Ophthalmic Community Advocacy.
2019 AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER (ASC) PAYMENT SYSTEM AND QUALITY REPORTING (ASCQR) PROGRAM FINAL RULE RELEASED
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ASCRS and Medical Community Advocacy Prompts CMS to Modify and Delay Some Parts of Flawed E/M Proposal in 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule; Includes 2019 Quality Payment Program
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
2019 ASCRS Annual Meeting Registration is Now Open!
Preliminary ASCRS CyPass Withdrawal Consensus Statement
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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
ASCRS Announcement Regarding CyPass
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.
Submissions Now Being Accepted for the 2019 ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting
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.
2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule Released; Includes 2019 MIPS Proposal
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.
2018 Combined Ophthalmic Symposium Program Preview Now Online
ASCRS-Led Coalition Releases Joint Guidelines for the Cleaning and Sterilization of Intraocular Surgical Instruments
Joint ASCRS, AAO, and OOSS Specialty-Specific Guidelines for Ophthalmic Instrument Cleaning and Sterilization
In Major Legislative Win, Congress Passes Legislation that Includes a CR, Two-Year Budget Deal, IPAB Repeal, and ASCRS-Requested Technical Changes to MACRA Law
Early this morning, years of advocacy by ASCRS, the Alliance of Specialty Medicine, and the medical community have paid off in the form of IPAB repeal and much-needed technical changes to MACRA.