20 most-read stories of 2018

Here are the AOA's 20 biggest news stories of 2018: 

1. Tusculum denied optometry program by institutional accreditor, AOA spurs standards dialogue
2. Coding changes to know before Oct. 1 
3. FDA: Opternative in violation of federal law; AOA complaint validated 
4. Opternative's 'doctor locator' draws questions 
5. CMS: Texting PHI among health care providers OK with caveats 
6. Nova, National Vision end agreement; AOA appealed for academic 'autonomy' 
7. Concerns validated, AOA stands ground amid Hubble row 
8. Citing strict standards, AOA alerts ACOE to test results, new school proposals 
9. Ruling allows lawsuit against NBEO to proceed 
10. New tax rules good for small business, experts say 
11. Doctors step up and tell FTC to abandon contact lens paperwork proposal 
12. AOA scores big wins in Medicare's 2019 PFS rulemaking 
13. Tusculum media campaign prompts AOA insistence on accreditation standards 
14. OCT scrutinized for neurodegenerative detecting properties 
15. Concerning ill patients: Should they stay, or should they go? 
16. Blue light hastens vision loss? 'Not so fast,' doctors say 
17. AOA alerts Facebook to Opternative violation, requests ads removed 
18. Bad hires happen 
19. Toys and games nice and naughty for vision development 
20. Fear not: 4 ways to counter kids' exam anxiety