Ophthalmology

Ground has been broken on a $35 million medical office building in Madison, Miss., that will hold offices for Jackson Eye Associates and Mississippi Retina Associates, according to a Nov. 16 report from the Madison County Journal. 

Global healthcare company Novartis is in the early stages of preparing to sell its ophthalmology business, according to a Nov. 16 report from Bloomberg. 

Atlanta-based management services organization EyeSouth Partners has affiliated with University Retina and Macula Associates in Oak Forest, Ill., its third affiliation in the state and 34th nationwide. 

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cleveland-based Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with a $7.3 million research grant. 

EyeCare Physicians & Surgeons in Charleston, S.C., is moving to a new expanded office space, according to a Nov. 11 report from Waterboro Live. 

From a new management services organization partnership to a financing deal, here are three ophthalmology partnerships Becker's has reported on since Sept. 27. 

In September, management company Vision Integrated Partners announced a new partnership with Sedalia (Mo.) Eye Associates and Sedalia Surgery Center, bringing its number of ASC partnerships to 11. 

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.