Greeneville (Tenn.) Eye Clinic is set to close Nov. 30, according to a Nov. 8 report from WGRV. In a letter sent to patients, the ophthalmology practice said it has not been able to find a replacement for its medical…
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New Providence, N.J.-based PRISM Vision Group, a provider of ophthalmology practice administrative services, has acquired Garden City, N.Y.-based Spectrum Vision Partners. Spectrum Vision Partners is a practice administrative services organization that supports more than 150 independent eye care providers, 58…
Two Indiana optometrists have opened the state’s first optometrist-owned office-based surgical suites, offering cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange inside their own practices, Optometry Times reported Nov. 4. Christopher Browning, OD, of VisionQuest Eyecare opened his suite Oct. 29. Nicholas…
Vision Innovation Partners has opened the Maryland Vision Institute Surgical Center, an ophthalmology ASC in Frederick, Md. The Annapolis, Md.-based eye care platform announced the opening Nov. 2. The ASC handles only outpatient eye surgery. It offers cataract and lens…
Ophthalmologist J. Hunter Aultman, MD, plans to open an eye practice in Vicksburg, Miss., before year-end, the Vicksburg Post reported. The practice will operate in a building now under renovation. Dr. Aultman will treat eye diseases and perform cataract surgery.…
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Ophthalmology Limited has finished renovating and expanding its eye surgery center in Sioux Falls, S.D.. SiouxFalls.Business reported Oct. 15. The finished center has four operating rooms and offers two new specialty services. The project was done in two phases. Earlier…
A Niagara Falls, N.Y.-based ASC performs retina surgery two to three times a month and could do much more. “If we break even, it’s a miracle with retina,” Kimberly Fullone, administrator of Ambulatory Surgery Center of Niagara, told Becker’s. Ms.…
Raleigh (N.C.) Ophthalmology has added optometrist Stefanie Fernandez, OD, to its Raleigh and North Raleigh locations. She begins seeing patients Oct. 12, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Dr. Fernandez provides comprehensive eye care for patients of all…
William Fishkind, MD, founder of Northwest Eye Specialists, now Oracle Eye Physicians & Surgeons, died Oct. 1. Dr. Fishkind spent more than 50 years caring for patients at the Tucson, Ariz., practice, according to an Oct. 5 Arizona Jewish Post…
St. Louis-based EyeCare Partners entered into an agreement to sell its optometry business to Vienna, Va.-based MyEyeDr. EyeCare Partners plans to put additional emphasis and resources on its ASC and ophthalmology businesses following the sale, and will use the proceeds…