Ophthalmology

Nvision Eye Centers has acquired San Antonio-based South Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center, located in the South Texas Medical Center. 

Members of the Florida House of Representatives voted May 4 to pass a bill that would prevent healthcare providers who are not medical doctors or osteopathic physicians from referring to themselves as "physicians" in interactions with patients and advertisements.

OCLI Vision, an ophthalmology practice chain backed by management services organization Spectrum Vision Partners, has acquired three practices in New York, expanding its reach in the Northeast. 

Bausch + Lomb released its financial report for the first quarter of 2023.

Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT correctly answered less than half of practice questions from ophthalmology board certification examinations, according to a study published April 27 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye, may be a symptom of the new strain of COVID-19, The Charlotte Observer reported May 2. 

Electronic health records and practice management solution ModMed is celebrating 10 years of providing services for ophthalmology practices. 

Madison, Tenn.-based SouthEast Eye Specialists, SouthEast Eye Surgery Center and the Eye Surgery Center of Chattanooga will pay $17 million to resolve alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute. 

Medical Consulting Group, a consulting company that has developed over 105 ophthalmology ASCs nationwide, has inked a merger agreement with ophthalmology billing, coding and reimbursement provider Corcoran Consulting Group. 

The mean annual salary for ophthalmologists is $265,450, according to April 25 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.