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Texas scope expansion gains doctors of optometry oral meds, glaucoma authority
Texas becomes the latest state to achieve a significant scope expansion in 2021, earning doctors’ authority to prescribe oral eye medications and independently manage glaucoma.
Doctors of optometry offer transition tips, whether buying or selling
From personal chemistry to hiring consultants, doctors list a number of considerations in a sale. Are you making plans for the future?
Lens-based strategies to address reading issues due to mild, disease-related vision loss
We all see patients with mild vision loss who say their vision does not allow them to read the way they once could. Consider these strategies when refraction doesn’t yield a vision improvement and further disease treatment isn’t warranted.
Restoring sight to the blind? Study shines light on optogenetics in RP
A new study reports partial recovery of visual function in a patient with late-stage retinitis pigmentosa using optogenetic therapy, a first for researchers looking into the neurodegenerative disease.
Explore the Optometry’s Meeting® host city of Denver
Optometry’s Meeting® offers every opportunity for educational programming and networking. But while you’re in Denver, don’t miss these locals-approved hotspots—and rest assured that the city has taken every precaution to safely welcome visitors with its Mile High Standards.
The wrong patient communication plan could be costly
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) regulates some forms of calls and texts sent by businesses. Is your practice, in its communications with patients, complying with the TCPA?
Astronaut, epidemiologist Linenger named Optometry’s Meeting® keynote speaker
Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Jerry Linenger, a flight surgeon and NASA astronaut, will open Optometry’s Meeting®, June 24-26, in Denver, Colorado.
Congress mulls Medicare’s COVID-19-accelerated telehealth allowances
Momentum builds on Capitol Hill for a permanent expansion of Medicare telehealth criteria—find out how optometry’s advocates are approaching the conversation.
2% Medicare sequester delayed, PAYGO technically still on table
Although Congressional action staved off an immediate 2% cut to providers’ Medicare payments this year, attention now shifts to additional cuts mandated by federal spending controls.
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