Join the largest organization serving paraoptometrics.
Do you work with an AOA-member doctor? You can get access to valuable paraoptometric programs and services at no additional cost, plus discounts on educational materials and event registration fees. Learn more about why you should join today.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
HIPAA requires covered entities and their business associates to protect the privacy and security of protected health information (PHI). It also provides patients with rights to their PHI. HIPAA's Privacy Rule restricts the use and disclosure of individual's PHI. The Security Rule requires administrative, technical and physical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic PHI.
Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act (FCLCA)
With a growing number of websites and small retailers continuing to illegally offer decorative, non-corrective contact lenses for sale without prescription, doctors of optometry should be diligent in reporting all adverse events associated with such lenses.
Medicare & Insurance
The AOA provides information and resources to assist members in staying abreast of the numerous Medicare rules and regulations. The AOA also advocates directly with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding issues of concern to the optometric profession.
Medical Records and Coding
This webpage provides AOA members with essential guidance, online tools and educational content to master accurate medical recordkeeping, documentation and coding (ICD-10, CPT and HCPCS). Members can access exclusive resources like the digital Codes for Optometry, the AOA Coding Today database, on-demand webinars or direct support from AOA Coding Experts to ensure compliance and accurate reimbursement.
Finding and Reporting CE
Educational opportunities serve as resources for those optometric staff new to the field, or for those experienced staff, interested in keeping up with changes in optometry.
Paraoptometric Continuing Education
Educational opportunities serve as resources for those optometric staff new to the field, or for those experienced staff, interested in keeping up with changes in optometry.
EyeLearn
AOA’s member-exclusive centralized education portal, EyeLearn, offers an expanding online catalog of educational modules, webinars and resources to help advance clinical proficiencies, the practice of contemporary optometry, and practice management for doctors of optometry, future doctors of optometry, and paraoptometric staff. In an effort to support professional development for the field of optometry, select courses may be available to all individuals in the profession.
Para Speaker Series: Modern Growth Tactics for Thriving Optometric Practices
AOA EyeLearn Professional Development Hub
AZOA Bronstein Contact Lens and Cornea Seminar
Paradise Valley 5401 N. Scottsdale Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85250
Event CalendarOptometry's Meeting
Phoenix, Arizona
The 129th Annual AOA Congress & 58th Annual AOSA Conference: Optometry’s Meeting unites the profession’s leaders to advance optometry and engage the association’s official business while also delivering an impactful conference experience that promotes continued practice success and job-readiness skills for every stage of attendees’ career.
Powered by four days of industry-renowed, progressive continuing education and professional development for doctors of optometry, paraoptometric professionals and office staff, Optometry's Meeting offers premier networking and leadership opportunities, as well as access to the latest clinical tech and innovation, hundreds of industry exhibitors in the expansive Eye Care Square exhibit hall, engaging special events and networking opportunities with the profession's leaders from across the country.
And if you're a student or new grad, Phoenix is the place to be. Why?
Experience AOA+ in Phoenix
AOA+ is the premier event designed specifically for optometry students and new doctors—with over 2,000 attendees anticipated in Phoenix for this dynamic, early-career-defining opportunity! Here's what you can expect from AOA+ 2026:
✅ Career Acceleration. Gain practical skills in practice management, career planning, professional development and much more.
✅ Leadership Cultivation. Discover pathways to lead, influence and chart the future of your new profession.
✅ Advocacy Amplified. Learn how you can get involved and effectively advocate for your profession and your patients.
✅ Build Community. Forge critical relationships within the profession, your affiliate and the AOA that will last your entire optometric career.
The AOA+ experience is so formative for optometry students and new doctors that AOA and affiliates have made this opportunity accessible for you. Register for Optometry's Meeting (opens in January 2026) and secure your AOA+ Travel Grant to attend the meeting for free.
Gain Early Registration / AOA+ Travel Grant Access
Sign up for an Early Registration Alert and gain exclusive early access to registration before it opens to the general profession in January 2026. Use the link below to join our priority notifications list—register early to secure your choice education, special events or an AOA+ Travel Grant before these opportunities fill up.
Ask the Coding Experts
You ask, the experts answer. The AOA Coding and Reimbursement Committee supports the AOA's strategic direction to develop and value procedural (CPT), diagnostic (ICD-10) and supply codes (HCPCS). Members can submit questions regarding medical records and coding to askthecodingexpert@aoa.org. Here are the latest questions.
AOA on Capitol Hill 2025: Live News Updates
Welcome to the official news hub for AOA on Capitol Hill 2025! Follow along with the AOA's exclusive coverage from optometry's single-largest federal advocacy event in Washington, D.C., and learn about the issues 600 of our colleagues championed on Capitol Hill.
A global force: Highlights from Optometry's Meeting® | 5th World Congress of Optometry
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