Practice Management News

KOLOA, Hawaii — In today’s pharmacy benefit management environment, it is costing practices more staff time and money to simply get the right drugs to their patient, but the alternative is an angry, unhappy patient, according to a speaker here at Hawaiian Eye 2020.

KOLOA, Hawaii — When an ophthalmology practice comes under investigation for fraud under the False Claims Act, ignorance is no excuse. Nor is laziness, according to a legal counselor who represents ophthalmology practices.

Athletes are continually looking for ways to improve their performance and gain an advantage in training to give them a leg up on their competition.

The vision care market generated $43.39 billion in retail revenues in the year ending September 2019, according to VisionWatch, a survey conducted by the Vision Council.

SECO 20/20 will launch new and diverse methods for idea sharing at its 2020 annual conference.

Findings of a mixed methods study in JAMA identified five ways to improve patient-physician visits: prepare for a meaningful interaction, listen attentively and completely, agree on health goals, connect with the patient, and tune in to emotional hints.

The American Optometric Association is calling upon U.S. companies to join its 2020 Employer Pledge program by supporting annual comprehensive eye exams for their employees.

Twelve ophthalmology leaders have signed a public letter to the U.K. government calling for a national plan to address sight loss, according to a press release from Fight for Sight.

Google recently began working with Ascension — one of the nation’s largest health care systems — to collect the health information of roughly 50 million Americans, initially without their knowledge, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal.

As a new decade begins, Healio.com/OSN looks back at some of our biggest stories in the past 10 years. Over the years, ophthalmology has evolved to include new treatment options, both surgical and pharmaceutical, for numerous conditions affecting every part of the eye.