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American Academy of Ophthalmology

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  • P.L. 111-148 Affordable Care Act, modifications Prior authorization utilization policies Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (P.L. 114-10) Improvement Issues Medicare Physician Payment Issues Drug Pricing and Shortages Issues Medicare Part B Drug Price Issues Expansion of Telehealth Services Vision Research Funding Implementation of No Surprises Act The Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act S. 652/H.R. 2630, the Safe Step Act The Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act Medicare Coverage for Low Vision Devices S. 1573/H.R. 3226 - Preemie Reauthorization Act of 2023 H.R.2474 - Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act Healthcare Workforce Issues H.R. 6545, the Physician Fee Schedule Update and Improvements Act H.R. 6683, the Preserving Seniors Access to Physicians Act of 2023 H.R. 6487/S. 3805, the No Fees for EFTs Act H.R. 4968, the GOLD CARD Act H.R. 830/S. 1375, the Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays Act (HELP Copays Act) H.R. 2748, the Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act H.R. 1503, the Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2023 H.R. 7745, the Embracing Anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curriculum, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act
  • Vision Center of Excellence funding/support Provision of vision care within VA health systems
  • Vision Center of Excellence funding/support NIH/Defense, vision related research funding Military Medical Personnel Reductions

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General Issues: Health Issues, Veterans, Defense, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Medicare/Medicaid

Spending: about $14,410,078 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), U.S. Senate,, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Y Y Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Department of Health & Human Services Food & Drug Administration House of Representatives; United States Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.1707: Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)

H.R.1741: Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2015

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

H.R.1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

S.141: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.1312: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.270: Flexibility in Health IT Reporting (Flex-IT) Act of 2015

Sponsor: Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)

H.R.3309: Flex-IT 2 Act

Sponsor: Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)

S.2141: TRUST IT Act

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

S.2777: Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.6: 21st Century Cures Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

H.R.1178: Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)

H.R.1688: To amend the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to...

Sponsor: Jeffrey Denham (R-Calif.)

H.R.3940: Meaningful Use Hardship Relief Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Price (R-Ga.)

H.R.2: Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.2552: Interstate Threats Clarification Act of 2016

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.4998: Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2016

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.1219: Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act

Sponsor: Ralph M. Hall (R-Texas)

H.R.3590: Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act

Sponsor: Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3962: To suspend temporarily the duty on Disperse Blue 56.

Sponsor: Melvin Watt (D-N.C.)

H.R.531: Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2011

Sponsor: Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)

H.R.451: Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2011

Sponsor: John Sullivan (R-Okla.)

H.R.452: Medicare Decisions Accountability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

S.1963: Mortgage Finance Act of 2011

Sponsor: Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)

H.R.855: Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act

Sponsor: Ralph M. Hall (R-Texas)

H.R.702: Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)

H.R.1427: Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2013

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

H.R.351: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

S.351: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.920: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.1331: Electronic Health Records Improvement Act

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.4015: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

S.2000: SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.4302: Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Sponsor: Joe Pitts (R-Pa.)

S.2552: Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act of 2014

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.4998: Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act of 2014

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.1963: A bill to repeal section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.3204: Drug Quality and Security Act

Sponsor: Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

S.959: Pharmaceutical Quality, Security, and Accountability Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.3089: Compounding Clarity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

S.668: Health Care Bureaucrats Elimination Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.5: Protecting Access to Healthcare Act

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)

S.2192: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2012

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.1195: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.6598: Electronic Health Records Improvement Act

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.3216: VHA Ophthalmologic Service Establishment Act of 2011

Sponsor: Dan Benishek (R-Mich.)

H.R.2697: Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

H.R.3961: An Act to extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.4371: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue using 2009...

Sponsor: Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas)

H.RES.1226: Commending EyeCare America for its work over the last 25 years.

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

S.RES.557: A resolution commending EyeCare America for its volunteerism and efforts...

Sponsor: Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)

H.R.577: Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

S.259: Vision Care for Kids Act of 2009

Sponsor: Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.)

H.R.5295: Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010

Sponsor: John Sullivan (R-Okla.)

H.R.3763: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from...

Sponsor: John Adler (D-N.J.)

S.3416: A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an...

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.3652: Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging...

Sponsor: John Barrow (D-Ga.)

S.3737: Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.1963: Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010

Sponsor: Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii)

H.R.6123: Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements...

Sponsor: Tim Walz (D-Minn.)

S.252: Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009

Sponsor: Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii)

H.R.2891: Access to Frontline Health Care Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)

H.R.1884: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1776: Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.1983: To enact certain laws relating to small business as title 53, United...

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.1117: Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007

Sponsor: Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.)

S.1693: Wired for Health Care Quality Act

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.1983: Optometric Equity in Medicaid Act of 2007

Sponsor: Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)

S.2969: Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2008

Sponsor: Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii)

H.R.3558: Military Eye Trauma Treatment Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Boozman (R-Ark.)

H.R.1884: National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2007

Sponsor: Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)

H.R.2012: Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act

Sponsor: Mike Ross (D-Ark.)

H.R.2260: Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Sullivan (R-Okla.)

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.188: To provide a new effective date for the applicability of certain...

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.2785: Save Medicare Act of 2008

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.2585: Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act of 2007

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.507: Vision Care for Kids Act of 2007

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

S.243: Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2007

Sponsor: John Ensign (R-Nev.)

H.R.1823: Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2007

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

H.R.6639: Diabetic Vision Loss and Blindness Prevention Act of 2018

Sponsor: Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)

S.3751: SEE MORE Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.6421: Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act

Sponsor: Pete Sessions (R-Texas)

S.340: CREATES Act of 2019

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.2020: SEE MORE Act

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.3107: Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act of 2019

Sponsor: Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.)

H.R.3975: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.2279: Safe Step Act

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

S.2546: Safe Step Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.4665: Medicare Vision Act of 2019

Sponsor: Kim Schrier (D-Wash.)

H.R.3: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.2723: Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.6365: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

S.3559: Immediate Relief for Rural Facilities and Providers Act of 2020

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.6663: Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2020

Sponsor: Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.)

H.R.7059: Coronavirus Provider Protection Act

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2620: Faster Treatments and Cures for Eye Diseases Act

Sponsor: Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)

H.R.7819: Eliminating the Provider Relief Fund Tax Penalties Act of 2020

Sponsor: Cynthia Axne (D-Iowa)

S.4295: Public Health Emergency Pass-Through Payment Fairness Act of 2020

Sponsor: Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.6782: TRUTH Act

Sponsor: Dean Phillips (D-Minn.)

S.4613: Contact Lens Rule Modernization Act

Sponsor: John Boozman (R-Ark.)

H.R.8624: Protecting Access to Innovation During COVID–19 Act

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

S.4932: Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2020

Sponsor: Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

H.R.8702: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020

Sponsor: Ami Bera (D-Calif.)

S.5007: Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID–19 Act of 2020

Sponsor: John Boozman (R-Ark.)

H.R.8505: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a...

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.8709: Analyzing Kinetic Impact Projectiles Against Americans Act of 2020

Sponsor: Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.315: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

H.R.2163: Safe Step Act

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

S.464: Safe Step Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.1916: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

S.754: Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

H.R.1799: PPP Extension Act of 2021

Sponsor: Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-Ga.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.869: RISE Act of 2021

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.289: RISE Act of 2021

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.R.366: Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

H.R.133: David’s Law

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

H.R.3173: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Suzan K. DelBene (D-Wash.)

H.R.4187: Medicare Vision Act of 2021

Sponsor: Kim Schrier (D-Wash.)

H.R.3662: Patient Access to Urgent-Use Pharmacy Compounding Act of 2021

Sponsor: Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

H.R.3353: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.4122: REDI Act

Sponsor: Brian Babin (R-Texas)

S.3018: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021

Sponsor: Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

H.R.6020: Supporting Medicare Providers Act of 2021

Sponsor: Ami Bera (D-Calif.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.6000: Cures 2.0 Act

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

S.4333: CLEAR Act

Sponsor: Tina Smith (D-Minn.)

S.4348: FDASLA Act of 2022

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.652: Safe Step Act

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.2630: Safe Step Act

Sponsor: Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

S.1573: PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2023

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.3226: PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2023

Sponsor: Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)

H.R.2474: Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act

Sponsor: Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

H.R.6545: Physician Fee Schedule Update and Improvements Act

Sponsor: Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa)

H.R.6683: Preserving Seniors’ Access to Physicians Act of 2023

Sponsor: Greg Murphy (R-N.C.)

H.R.6487: No Fees for EFTs Act

Sponsor: Greg Murphy (R-N.C.)

H.R.4968: Getting Over Lengthy Delays in Care As Required by Doctors Act of 2023

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.830: Help Ensure Lower Patient Copays Act

Sponsor: Buddy Carter (R-Ga.)

S.1375: HELP Copays Act

Sponsor: Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

H.R.2748: Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.1503: Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2023

Sponsor: Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.)

S.3805: No Fees for EFTs Act

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.7745: American Innovation Act

Sponsor: Bill Foster (D-Ill.)

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