Membership Monday

News & Updates



July 14th, 2025

Keeping an Eye Out for Maine Eye Doctors

NEWS UPDATES! follow the MOA website and keep up to date on Maine News!

Busy June for the MOA Board!

The MOA Board of Directors had a busy June 2025! Starting out with Third Party (Insurance, reimbursements and payers) meeting with the AOA and Northern states. Then we hosted our Kick off the Summer Bar Harbor Conference on Jun 6th-8th. We continued to work with our lobbyists and strategizing for our continued fight on LD1803 and finally representing Maine at the AOA Optometry Meeting in Minneapolis, MN! I am sharing some pictures and updates on all the news.

"Anthem updates in Maine" Audit reveals claims and appeals violations and inadequate record keeping-


Report plan abuses to the AOA at stopplanabuses@aoa.org


Need Resources- contact moa@maineeyedoctors.org

Third Party Update! What's effecting you?

Insurance, Advocacy, and AOA’s Continued Work on Your Behalf

by Dr. Jonathan Olmes- Third Party Chair

Recently, members of your Maine Optometric Association joined colleagues from across the Northeast for a regional meeting to discuss the ever-evolving landscape of insurance policies and how they’re impacting our practices. There’s a lot happening in this space, and I want to share key takeaways that affect us all.


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Recap of our June Meeting 2025!

Sorry you missed another great event!


We had 83 attendees and 30 that came from across the country! 16.5 hours of excellent Cope approved education. We were once again at the Harborside Hotel and Spa, and enjoyed a Friday night reception on the patio, lobster feast on Saturday night and so much more! Don't miss another event with the MOA- watch our website for details on 2025 CE and save the dates for 2026.


Continuing Education 2025!

NEXT UP


School is in session! Specialty Lens CE & Workshop

*September 26th/27th

Freeport, ME


MOA Annual Meeting and Conference/Celebration

*December 5th-7th

South Portland, ME



Check the Website for all the details!

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Representing Maine at

AOA Optometry Meeting!

WE NEED YOUR PATIENT STORIES!

Please Share impactful patient stories of how expanding Scope could help your patients!

moa@maineeyedoctors.org

LD1803-Advancing Scope

Dear Friends and Colleagues,


Thank you to all! Whether you testified in person, camped out in the Cross Building, watched the hearing online, or reached out to legislators, thank you for your incredible support of LD 1803............

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Focused on advancing eye care in Maine.

"It's not ONLY laser technology we are fighting for! We are fighting for all Maine ODs, to provide full scope care for your patients"

Help in our efforts to protect and expand Optometry's Scope! This is your future for optometry in Maine!

CLASSIFIEDS

don't forget the MOA has an active classified section. We currently have 2 practices up for sale, and OD jobs available.

Did YOU know?

We have a per diem list. Want to pick up hours, or looking for someone to fill in for your time off? email the MOA office or Check it out!

Career Center

Forward Focus Campaign 2025/26

talking points and info to share


BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT

Are you feeling hesitant about diving into the full responsibilities of the Board of Directors? No worries! You can still make a significant impact by joining one of our committees as a task team member. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain insight into the workings of the board while contributing your talents! Whether you're eager to lend a hand at an upcoming conference, delve into the realms of Advocacy or Insurance, or if you're a social butterfly excited to connect with new members and student groups, we have a plenty of exciting projects lined up that would greatly benefit from your involvement!

Don’t miss this chance to be part of something amazing!

we are looking for the following

Scholarship task team, event task team, student outreach task team, Young OD task team, Social task