Practice Management News

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Beeran B. Meghpara, MD, discusses 30-day data from the GEMINI 1 and GEMINI 2 studies.

CHICAGO — Biologics are a game changer for the treatment of thyroid eye disease, according to one speaker at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

LAS VEGAS — CooperVision announced the expansion of its MyDay toric contact lens line to match the range of the Biofinity toric2, as well the addition of MyDay Energys to its product portfolio, during Vision Expo West.

CHICAGO — Management of thyroid eye disease requires a carefully planned, personalized approach, according to Michael Kazim, MD, speaking at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Donors who gifted more than $100,000 to Optometry Giving Sight were recognized at the nonprofit organization’s first Beacon of Light dinner at Vision Expo West, according to an Optometry Giving Sight press release.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Victor H. Gonzalez, MD, discusses VisionTEK Automation, an artificial intelligence tool that assists with practice billing and coding.

Better serving patient needs was the aim of the second Industry Collaborative hosted by the New England College of Optometry in Boston, where more than 100 attendees from eye care, industry, health care, media and academia met in August.

Often, after speaking about taxes at a medical conference, we are approached by a physician attendee who has read that billionaires, like Warren Buffet and Elon Musk, pay less taxes than they do and they wonder how that can be.

Emotional exhaustion has increased about 10% for all types of health care workers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that current resources are not enough to improve their well-being, according to researchers.

In this episode, I share my preview of the hot topics for the upcoming AAO 2022 annual meeting, including my thoughts on ocular gene therapy and new treatments in the works.