ASCRS•ASOA SYMPOSIUM & CONGRESS, SAN DIEGO 2015
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compounding, cleaning and ster-
ilization guidelines, and proposed
health insurer mergers (possible
anti-trust issue).
Ms. McCann spoke about the
details of the newly proposed quality
payment program, which includes
the Merit-Based Incentive Payment
System (MIPS) and advanced alterna-
tive payment models (APMs). Many
programs in existence today are
more primary care focused, she said.
MIPS will probably be "the way to
go" in ophthalmology at this time,
she said, because ophthalmology
N
ancey McCann, director
of government relations,
ASCRS, Fairfax, Virginia,
and Ashley McGlone,
manager of regulatory
affairs, ASCRS, spoke at a Legislative
and Regulatory Update. Key issues
impacting ophthalmology were
highlighted, including implemen-
tation of MACRA (quality payment
program), minimizing drastic cuts to
retina and glaucoma codes, the cat-
aract episode grouper, the 21st Cen-
tury Cures Initiative, office-based
surgical suite cataract surgery,
repeal of IPAB, private contracting/
patient shared responsibility, drug
Legislative update highlights
key ophthalmology topics
Charles D. Kelman Innovator's Lecture discusses
astigmatism correction and the roots of creativity
C
uriosity, inspiration, and
persistence.
These are the 3 things
that Graham Barrett, MD,
Perth, Australia, thinks are
the main ingredients that underlie
a person's creativity. It is creativity
that underlies innovation, Dr.
Barrett said, giving the 2016
Charles D. Kelman Innovator's
Lecture on Monday morning.
Dr. Barrett is a clinician and
innovator who more than meets
that definition. In his lecture
"Searching for Symmetry: Reducing
Astigmatism at the Time of Cataract
Surgery," Dr. Barrett brought the
audience back to the roots of his
interest in astigmatism.
"There are many things that
have fascinated me in cataract and
refractive surgery over the years,
but when I think back, the com-
mon thread that extends back right
to the beginning when I started in
ophthalmology was an interest in
astigmatism."
Dr. Barrett related the principles
of keratometry to "all the wonder-
ful instruments that we still have
today."
"Back when I was a resident,
I was intrigued about the prospect
of using intraoperative keratome-
try, and the devices available then
were somewhat complex and time
consuming to use, and I thought 'A
Dr. Barrett (center) delivered the Charles D. Kelman Innovator's Lecture and accepted the
award from Edward Holland, MD (left) and Dr. Kelman's wife, Ann Kelman (right).
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