Regulatory/Legislative News

From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives.

Last week marked another victory for the current vehicle of health care reform.

SEATTLE – Optometry’s Meeting attendees had a unique opportunity to present questions directly to the entire American Optometric Association Board of Trustees and hear the board’s stance on issues ranging from the future of private practice to the Affordable Care Act to the profession’s demographic shift.

SEATTLE – Steven A. Loomis, OD, assumed the presidency of the American Optometric Association here at Optometry’s Meeting

SEATTLE – The American Optometric Association House of Delegates passed a resolution here at Optometry’s Meeting stating that “the optimal delivery of comprehensive eye health and vision care requires an in-person examination.”

The American Optometric Association is sponsoring a year-long consensus study by the Institute of Medicine on visual impairment and eye health.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the majority of severe vision loss in the U.S. was found in counties in the South and that it was significantly correlated with poverty.

Last week, I had the opportunity to visit the East New York Diagnostic and Treatment Center, a Community Health Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. This center is part of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation.

The annual update on physicians’ Medicare Part B reimbursement, and the data showed that nearly $90 billion in Medicare payments was paid out to over 950,000 health care providers across all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.

From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives.