Scott A. Edmonds, OD, FAAO

After a robust Vision Expo East with a chance to look at a number of new technology options for the practice of optometry, I came away from New Yok with a bit of a concern.

In spite of the rash of current snow storms, spring is right around the corner. Punxsutawney Phil, in fact, predicted that it will be coming sooner than we might think.

Winter is the time of year for administration and paperwork. Taxes are due in the spring, and for those of us in private practice, it is the time to clean up and evaluate the business of our practice from the previous year.

The new year is off to a rough start. Mother Nature has swept the country with a series of disabling storms.

Although it is winter in the Northeast, there is never a dull day in Philadelphia.

It is the time of year to think about resolutions. As this will be my last blog of 2018, written in the waning days of December, it’s a good time to not only to plan for next year but to reflect on the past.

The 2018 mid-term elections provided an opportunity to expand Medicaid programs in several states. The mechanisms for change varied from state to state and there was an overall trend for expansion, but there was no clear direction from a national perspective.

As election season grows to a close here in America, change again looms on the horizon for the American health care system.

An interesting piece was published this month by CNN: “Rare eye condition was behind da Vinci's genius, research claims.”

I have just returned from Vision Expo West. This meeting occurs each fall in Las Vegas and is the sister meeting to Vision Expo East held in New York each spring.