LaserCare Eye Center, an ophthalmology practice in Texas, is closing its location in Irving, Texas, after 26 years. The practice is planning to open a new location in Frisco, Texas, on Sept. 1. The new office will provide services including…
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx received a $600,000 Zeiss Opmi Lumera 700 surgical microscope for their ophthalmology department, the health system announced Aug. 12. Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and New York City…
The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-University of Miami Hospital and Clinics has been ranked as the top hospital in the U.S. for ophthalmology by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings draw from three years of surveys of physician specialists, who…
In the back half of July 2026, the Department of Justice brought at least four separate enforcement actions touching ophthalmology within about two weeks, and the cases point to three vulnerabilities baked into how ophthalmology practices generate revenue. Drugmaker EyePoint…
Boston-based Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston has agreed to pay nearly $3.9 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of improperly billing Medicare and MassHealth for office visits in addition to intravitreal injection procedures, the Justice Department said in a July…
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East Lansing-based Michigan Surgical Center has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed personal information, according to a July 21 report from Claim Depot. On June 3, 2026, a ransomware group posted that it had obtained data from the…
Jon Guze, senior fellow in legal studies at the Raleigh, N.C.-based John Locke Foundation, filed a July 17 brief urging the North Carolina Court of Appeals to apply a 2024 state Supreme Court precedent in the case of Jay Singleton,…
Cincinnati-based MidWest Eye Center welcomed Alec Bradley, MD, an ophthalmologist who specializes in premium cataract surgery, refractive surgery, microinvasive glaucoma surgery and comprehensive eye care to its clinical staff, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. “Dr. Bradley’s commitment…
Red Bank, N.J.-based Atlantic Eye has added Frieman Ophthalmology to its network, bringing ophthalmologists Lawrence Frieman, MD, and Brett Frieman, DO, onto its physician team, The Monmouth Journal reported July 6. The move expands Atlantic Eye’s medical and surgical eye…
Mankato (Minn.) Eye Doctors has opened MED Surgical Suites on Adams Street in Mankato after years of planning, design and collaboration, Mankato Free Press reported June 23. Physician partners Emily Birkholz, MD, and Nathan Carpenter, MD said the center was…