Ophthalmology

Vision Integrated Partners, a managed services organization, has expanded its Kansas network with the addition of three ophthalmology practices. 

University of California Davis Medical School's free clinic, Sacramento-based Bayanihan, has added ophthalmology, according to a Nov. 7 report from UCDavis Health News. 

Ophthalmic surgical services provider Vantage Outsourcing is rebranding to Vantage Surgical Solutions and plans to focus on expanding into more specialty surgical markets. 

Healthcare company Viatris has acquired Oyster Point Pharma and Famy Life Sciences as part of its plan to create an ophthalmology franchise. 

Private equity in ophthalmology has continued to develop this year, with five new updates from Becker's. 

St. Louis-based EyeCare Partners has named Robert Folberg, MD, as vice president of education for its newly launched innovation center. 

Private-equity backed Unifeye Vision Partners has added Eye Care of San Diego in Mission Hills, Calif., to its network, its ninth partnership in the state and 13th overall. 

From a private equity acquisition to the top-ranked residency programs, here are the five most read ophthalmology stories from Becker's this month. 

Lumata Health has received $4 million in venture funding from Cortado Ventures, the Wolfpack Investor Network and 30 practicing ophthalmologists around the country for its intelligent eye care platform. 

Woolfson Eye Institute acquired a Snellville, Ga., general ophthalmology practice that is now being converted into a referral center for surgical and ophthalmic care.