1. Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine broke ground on a $233 million eye institute.
2. SightMD Connecticut acquired a multi-location ophthalmology practice in the state.
3. The ASC market is estimated to grow by $25.4 billion through 2028, largely driven by an increase in cataract surgeries in the ASC setting, according to a Jan. 16 market report from Technavio.
4. The University of Southern California/LA General Medical Center in Los Angeles and the University of Illinois Chicago partnered with global nonprofit HelpMeSee to establish simulation-based surgical training locations.
5. A bill adding optometry to the physician pay scale as part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act was signed into law.
