Professional protection
Help protect yourself, your practice, your patients and your family without the headaches.
Providing high-quality patient care is what you do. AOAExcel® has identified tools to help protect your practice and your family, so you can focus on doing what you do best.
Protect your practice
Malpractice Insurance
Save time and achieve peace of mind with a malpractice insurance policy, also known as professional liability, that's guaranteed to cover your state's scope of practice.
Cyber liability insurance
Hackers can do a number on your website and patient records, costing you countless dollars in lost business and time. Protect your practice, and your good name, with cyber liability insurance.
Protect your family
Group Disability insurance
Help protect your income with long-term disability insurance that comes with the "own occupation" benefit which protects you in the event that you're unable to practice as a doctor of optometry.
Group Term life insurance
Prepare for the unexpected and ensure that your family is protected for the future. Take advantage of a streamlined application and underwriting process with term life insurance.
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In rural America, opportunity for optometry amid shortfall of ophthalmologists
Patient access to eye care and care itself in rural America is jeopardized by the shortage of ophthalmologists, a new study suggests. AOA President Steven T. Reed, O.D., says optometry can help close the gap between the shrinking supply of ophthalmologists and the demand for care. By comparison, more than 99% of Americans live in counties with a doctor of optometry.
Destination: Scope expansion
The AOA deploys multifaceted support for state affiliates in their high-stakes fights to secure optometric scope expansion through strategic guidance, administrative and operational resources, and the Future Practice Initiative, established in 2018. The bold direction is yielding remarkable results—scope expansion and the future of optometry are reaching historic heights.
Opportunities in Optometry Grants deliver fresh perspectives and enthusiasm
New grant recipients are already embracing optometry and searching for new ways to elevate eye health across America.