Medicare, Medicaid & Veterans Health
The AOA's Health Policy Institute (HPI) provides important information on Medicare and Medicaid as it relates to veterans' health.
Doctors of Optometry as Physicians in Medicare—in Law
November 2022
Physicians, including doctors of optometry, have clinical, doctorate-level training, authority and responsibility to independently make autonomous decisions related to diagnostic and therapeutic health care protocols.
Trends in Procedures Provided to Medicare Beneficiaries by Doctors of Optometry
December 2021
A descriptive epidemiological claims data analysis of the most prominent procedure codes used by doctors of optometry. These data establish a benchmark for optometric physician practices.
More Medicare Patients Turn to Optometry for Medical Eye Care with Fewer Seeing Ophthalmologists
June 2020
The AOA HPI reviewed utilization data and found that patients are choosing to see doctors of optometry more often for their eye care, while choosing to see ophthalmologists less frequently.
Medicare Advantage and Physician Nondiscrimination Fact Sheet
July 2017
Medicare provides health care benefits to more than 58 million Americans. Discrimination by Medicare Advantage plans against doctors of optometry acting within their scope of state licensure is prohibited by Congress.
Access to Eye Care in Georgia for Veterans
June 2017
The AOA HPI found that veterans in Georgia have access to primary eye care at or near 97% of 29 outpatient sites, thanks to a significant expansion through the Veterans Choice Program.
As an AOA member you save close to 30% off list price on all AOA Marketplace coding resources.
As an AOA member you save close to 30% off list price on all AOA Marketplace coding resources.
New noteworthy optometry codes
Changes in coding and reimbursements worth knowing. Meanwhile, with the clock winding down on 2024, the AOA continues to press for Congress to act on reforms that would give doctors of optometry an annual, permanent inflationary Medicare payment tied to the Medicare Economic Index.
Setting the tone for Optometry’s Meeting® in Music City
🔊 Hear why colleagues say the annual AOA and AOSA member meeting is the place to be this June 19-22, 2024, and learn how you can get priority access to registration before everyone else this January.
3 events in 2023 that show why giving to InfantSEE® is vital
Check out how InfantSEE® used donations in 2023 and consider making an end-of-year gift to support the program in 2024 and beyond.