22 | EYEWORLD | FALL 2026
ASCRS NEWS
GOVERNMENT RETIONS UPDATE
by Susanne Hewitt, MD
ASCRS Government Relations
Committee Chair
Participants met with more than 100 leg-
islators from 24 states. Our members met with
their legislators to discuss ongoing problems
with the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and
to urge support for legislation addressing prior
authorization, step therapy, adding an inflation
update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
(MPFS), and updating the budget-neutrality
requirements in the MPFS.
This year, ASCRS sent 16 representatives
to the Fly-In, including members of ASOA and
staff.
I
n July, I joined ASCRS
members in Washington,
D.C., for the Alliance of
Specialty Medicine Legis-
lative Fly-In. Every year,
the Fly-In is organized by the
Alliance to bring the 16 mem-
ber medical specialty societies
to Washington, D.C., to learn about policy issues
affecting the specialty medical community and
to meet directly with our representatives and
senators to lobby for our policy initiatives.
ASCRS members participate in the 2026
Washington, D.C., Legislative Fly-In
ASCRS members, ASOA members, and staff represented ASCRS at this year's Fly-In in Washington, D.C. They met with legislators and
participated in the Alliance of Specialty Medicine's programming.
Source: ASCRS
