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Nebraska Introduces Bill to Allow Optometrists to Perform SLT
LB 216 will soon be voted on by the state’s Health and Human Services Committee following last week’s hearing.
01/30/2023
VA Expands Scope of Practice for Its ODs
Guidelines that previously stated that “only” ophthalmologists can perform invasive procedures have been revised to include “or optometrists,” provided the state law allows it.
11/08/2022
Industry Payments to Ophthalmologists on the Rise
The highest-funded research products were anti-VEGF agents, glaucoma treatments and IOLs. Just over 200 MDs collectively received two-thirds of the funding.
10/18/2022
The Case Against Optometry: How Detractors Argue Glaucoma Surgery is for MDs
In a position paper, the AGS cites reasons including “insufficient” training and a lack of evidence to support that scope expansion improves eyecare access.
10/05/2022
California Passes Historic Bill Allowing Optometric Surgery
The state’s nearly 7,000 ODs will soon have the opportunity to pursue laser procedures, lesion removal, several types of injections and corneal crosslinking.
09/01/2022
California ODs Prep for Action on Scope Bill
The legislation may face the whole Senate as early as this week, and the COA calls on optometrists to step in and help get it passed.
08/16/2022
“...Then You Win”
Optometry’s tenacity in fighting for its future is paying off, with a thriving profession looking to solidify its gains.
08/15/2022
California Scope Bill Advances Through Senate
The legislation would permit ODs to perform three laser surgeries, remove lid lesions, give injections and do corneal crosslinking. Backers say rigorous training requirements might mollify detractors.
07/21/2022
Affordable Care Act Didn’t Decrease Emergency Eyecare Visits
The good news is that the percentage of uninsured patients decreased from 19% to 14.3%.
07/07/2022
Scope Expansion Wave Continues as Colorado Becomes 10th Laser State
“As-taught” law brings many new procedures into the fold, better reflecting the capabilities of ODs there, advocates say.
06/09/2022
Upcoming Events
March 1, 2023
Join your peers for a presentation on LOTEMAX® SM (loteprednol etabonate ophthalmic gel), 0.38% and VYZULTA® (latanoprostene bunod ophthalmic solution), 0.024%
Location: Ruth's Chris Steak House New Orleans
Speaker: Marc Bloomenstein, OD
Dinner/Presentation: 7:00pm EST
Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb
March 2, 2023
Eyeing Up Evaporation
Location: Ruth's Chris Steak House New Orleans
Speakers: Mile Brujic, OD, and Cecelia Koetting, OD
Dinner/Presentation: 7:00pm EST
Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb
