{"id":52233,"date":"2017-04-27T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-nine-members-of-congress-honored-for-efforts-to-preserve-access-to-quality-medical-eye-care\/"},"modified":"2017-04-27T14:18:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T18:18:05","slug":"nueve-miembros-del-congreso-distinguidos-por-sus-esfuerzos-para-preservar-el-acceso-a-atencion-medica-oftalmologica-de-calidad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/nueve-miembros-del-congreso-distinguidos-por-sus-esfuerzos-para-preservar-el-acceso-a-atencion-medica-oftalmologica-de-calidad\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Members of Congress Honored for Efforts to Preserve Access to Quality Medical Eye Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">WASHINGTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 27, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aao.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Academy of Ophthalmology<\/a> is honoring nine members of Congress whose legislative efforts are helping to preserve patient access to quality medical eye care. The Academy is presenting its 2017 Visionary Awards to <b>Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Susan Collins<\/span>, R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Maine<\/span>, Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Chuck Grassley<\/span>, R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Iowa<\/span>, Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Claire McCaskill<\/span>, D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Mo.<\/span>, Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Chuck Schumer<\/span>, D-<span class=\"xn-location\">N.Y.<\/span>, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Diana DeGette<\/span>, D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Colo.<\/span>, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">John Lewis<\/span>, D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Ga.<\/span>, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Doris Matsui<\/span>, D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Calif.<\/span>, Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Peter Roskam<\/span>, R-lll., <\/b>and<b> Rep. <span class=\"xn-person\">Kyrsten Sinema<\/span>, D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Ariz.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\" id=\"prni_dvprnejpg8314left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg8314left\" title=\"US_Capital_2\" border=\"0\" alt=\"US_Capital_2\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/494939\/US_Capital_2.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Academy presents its Visionary Award each year in conjunction with its annual legislative visit to Capitol Hill. This honor recognizes federal legislators for important efforts to advocate for enhancing and preserving access to quality eye care in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sens. Collins<\/b> and <b>McCaskill<\/b> have worked to ensure continued access to compounded and repackaged medications. These are treatments administered by ophthalmologists \u2013 physicians who specialize in medical and surgical eye care \u2013 to patients who suffer from wet age-related macular degeneration and other sight-threatening diseases. Sens. Collins and McCaskill are also prominent investigators of sudden drug price increases that compromise patient access. <\/p>\n<p><b>Sen. Schumer<\/b> and <b>Reps. DeGette <\/b>and<b> Sinema<\/b> were instrumental in a joint effort in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to compel the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to reconsider adopting a flawed Medicare Part B drug demonstration. If adopted, CMS&#8217; proposal would have jeopardized Medicare patients&#8217; access to critical eye care treatments.<\/p>\n<p><b>Sen. Grassley<\/b> and <b>Reps. Roskam and Lewis <\/b>used their Medicare oversight roles to ensure the sustainability of ophthalmology in rural communities. They pressured CMS into reconsidering a severe Medicare reimbursement rate cut for glaucoma and retinal detachment procedures. Their efforts preserved the continued availability of these sight-threatening treatments that disproportionately impact minority and rural communities across the country. <\/p>\n<p><b>Rep. Matsui<\/b> is leading efforts to improve the federal program that governs the use of electronic health records for Medicare patients. Her work ensures that physicians have fewer administrative barriers that distract from their interactions with their patients.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The nation&#8217;s ophthalmologists are proud of our congressional lawmakers who are working to ensure that patients in every community have timely access to critical treatments for eye diseases,&#8221; said <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aao.org\/newsroom\/news-releases\/detail\/cynthia-bradford-md-begins-term-as-2017-president\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cynthia A. Bradford, M.D.<\/a>, president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. &#8220;The Academy is committed to fostering these partnerships within Congress to ensure that our patients can receive the highest-quality medical and surgical eye care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Academy is the leading voice for the profession of ophthalmology in <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington<\/span>. The organization takes an active role in working with Congress and government agencies on policy issues that affect how medical and surgical care is provided in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p><b>About the American Academy of Ophthalmology <br \/><\/b>The American Academy of Ophthalmology is the world&#8217;s largest association of eye physicians and surgeons. A global community of 32,000 medical doctors, we protect sight and empower lives by setting the standards for ophthalmic education and advocating for our patients and the public. We innovate to advance our profession and to ensure the delivery of the highest-quality eye care. Our EyeSmart<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> program provides the public with the most trusted information about eye health. 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The Academy is presenting its 2017 Visionary Awards to <b>Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Susan Collins<\/span>, R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Maine<\/span>, Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Chuck Grassley<\/span>, R-&lt;span&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}