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Ask the Coding Experts
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.
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Optometric Clinical Practice Guidelines are recommendations for patient care which are developed through a formal process. They combine the best available current scientific evidence and research with expert clinical opinion to recommend appropriate steps in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients with various eye and vision conditions.
Local Meetings
Connect with doctors of optometry, optometric students and paraoptometric staff and expand your knowledge and gain new certifications at these upcoming events.
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.
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Event CalendarAOA on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.
AOA on Capitol Hill is the AOA's single-largest annual advocacy event in Washington, D.C., directly connecting optometry's advocates and leaders with our nation's policy leaders to advance optometric eye health and vision care for the benefit of all Americans. Our annual hill day is a key reason why the AOA is consistently recognized as one of the most effective, respected advocacy organizations in the nation's capital with hundreds of doctors, optometry students and affiliate leaders participating in this 3-day fly-in to deliver optometry's priorities. This year's fly-in is Sunday, Sept. 28, through Tuesday, Sept. 30.
AOA on Capitol Hill participation is open to all advocacy-minded AOA member doctors and students with plenary sessions, breakouts and briefings intended to prepare attendees to get involved in the advocacy fight for optometry's future. Additionally, attendees may have the opportunity, in close coordination with their affiliates, to participate in meetings with their members of Congress and staff.
Registration and housing closed on Friday, Aug. 29. Registration is required for participation at AOA on Capitol Hill.
*Please note that the housing website will show pre- and post-dates if they are available. If not showing, dates are likely unavailable. To call in your reservation instead, use 1.800.233.1234 and reference the group code: AOAG.
Schedule at a Glance
Sunday
- 3-7 p.m. - Registration
- 5-6:30 p.m. - Welcome Reception
Monday
- 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. - Registration
- 7-8 a.m. - Breakfast
- 8-9:30 a.m. - Opening Session
- 10-11:30 a.m. - Breakouts & Student Session
- 12-1:30 p.m. - Political Luncheon
- 2-4 p.m. - Afternoon Session
- 4:45-5:45 p.m. - Leadership Links
- 7-9:30 p.m. - Alumni / School Reception at Cuba Libre
Tuesday
- 7-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast with Optometry's Champions
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Capitol Hill meetings
Are you a student interested in attending?
AOSA-member optometry students are eligible for complimentary registration and housing, as well as travel assistance to attend AOA on Capitol Hill 2025*. Student members will receive:
- Complimentary registration ($299 value) and housing (two-nights stay for Sunday and Monday)
- Up to $450 reimbursement for travel-related expenses
Hotel accommodations and rooming assignments will be arranged and paid for by the AOA for students who are registered for the meeting. Students should not book a hotel room using the link above as AOA will arrange student housing.
The AOA will send additional information concerning housing and reimbursement.
*Must be a U.S. citizen to participate in Capitol Hill visits.
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.
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