Practice Management News

ORLANDO, Fla. – Eyeris co-founder Jeffrey Sonsino, OD, announced the launch of his new proprietary contact lens that will be available exclusively through optometrists’ offices and online by prescription.

The Trump administration is expected to announce that Stephen M. Hahn, MD, chief medical executive and professor of radiation oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, is the next FDA commissioner, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal.

NEW ORLEANS — Unconscious biases remain pervasive in everyday interactions between health care providers and patients and lead to worse outcomes for racial and gender minority populations, but several concrete actions can reduce or neutralize such tendencies, Quinn Capers IV, MD, FACC, FSCAI, said during a keynote at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

RevCycle Partners announced the launch of WeVerify, a benefits verification service designed to provide a practice’s staff with information on available benefits prior to the patient visit.

Medical Optometry America announced an agreement by which Associates in Eyecare, made up of 10 offices based in northern Virginia and Washington, will become its first group of independent optometric practices to adopt the brand.

SAN FRANCISCO — The people who are tapped for leadership in medical associations are those who demonstrate dependability and durability. In other words, they show up. Tamara R. Fountain, MD, has been showing up since beginning her career as an oculoplastic surgeon, not necessarily looking for leadership positions, but those opportunities found her all the same.

Eye care is often neglected in this age of convenience, and as health tech start-ups pursue direct-to-consumer models, the role of eye doctors and eye health is being deprioritized, according to a white paper recently released by Sightbox.

A day rarely goes by without a development in the contact lens arena. Whether it is a new product, a different way to provide patients with lenses, a call for education, patient protection measures or a paradigm shift, there is always something new for contact lens prescribers to consider incorporating into their practices to provide better care.

SAN FRANCISCO — Continuing to use the IRIS Registry and providing care for Americans with treatable vision impairments and avoidable blindness are key goals for the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2020, according to a speaker here.

SAN FRANCISCO — American Academy of Ophthalmology representatives are emphasizing the need to apply office visit Evaluation and Management code values, set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2021, to postoperative visits as well, a speaker said here.