LOS ANGELES — Positive changes in medicine can be obtained through advocacy and educating patients about the health care system, according to a group of speakers.
At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting’s Government Relations symposium, Parag D. Parekh, MD, MPA, outgoing chair of the ASCRS Government Relations Committee, highlighted recent victories in ophthalmology that were achieved with support from the ophthalmic community. Parekh discussed Aetna’s 2022 requirement for prior authorization for cataract surgery, a decision that the community