The AOA and doctors are acting quickly to enlist federal legislators to join the growing mass of voices asserting concerns regarding the new amendment to the Contact Lens Rule announced by the FTC.Read more >
VSP reimbursement changes, which take effect Sept. 1, may run counter to states’ laws as the AOA and affiliates challenge policies that could negatively affect patient care.Read more >
Through the AOA’s nonstop efforts, optometry’s patient safety and eye health messages have had more reach than ever before.Read more >
House appropriations subcommittee scolds FTC for effective date of new rule, seeks 2021 implementation.Read more >
The development comes as Arkansans for Healthy Eyes fights a well-funded, ophthalmologist-led group vying to dismantle the state’s scope of practice law in November’s election.Read more >
NBEO has identified solutions to administering Parts I and II of the exam but has not found alternatives for students who are hesitant traveling to Charlotte to complete Part III of the exam.Read more >
Limited to urgencies and emergencies only, optometry helped keep eye-related cases out of overburdened emergency departments during COVID-19 lockdowns.Read more >
Proposed payment model would have put burden solely on shoulders of doctors of optometry
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Optometry diverted 206,000+ during COVID-19’s March surge
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AOA, AOSA raise coronavirus, planning concerns as students prepare for boards
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