Practice Management News

The first quarter of 2022 has served as a stark reminder that financial markets can decline — and decline quickly.

Finding success in a smaller practice can be tough, but according to Steven Silverstein, MD, bigger is not always better.

Ophthalmology is a small world with amazing opportunities, and communication is the key to success, both to achieve the position one deserves and to attract and retain patients, according to one presenter.

In the first part of a five-part series, Annette Hoskin, BOptom, MBA, discusses some of the most common sports-related eye injuries.

NEW YORK – Low level light therapy, or photobiomodulation, applied to the eyelids and surrounding tissue effectively decreases inflammation and increases blood flow, Samantha Hornberger, OD, said at Vision Expo East.

NEW YORK – By 2050, all minorities together will make up the majority of the U.S. population, and cultural competence in the optometric practice will be increasingly important, Hector C. Santiago, OD, PhD, FAAO, said at Vision Expo East.

The COVID-19 pandemic reduced the world’s life expectancy by about 2 years, according to recent estimates published in Population and Development Review.

A significant improvement of visual acuity was reported in eyes treated with a unilateral intravitreal injection of lenadogene nolparvovec for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, researchers reported at the 2022 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

NEW YORK – Optometrists have an obligation to communicate to their community the services they offer in their practices, Dave Kading, OD, FAAO, said here at Vision Expo East.

On one hand, the tax tactic described in this article applies only to a limited number of physicians: those who are in private practice and in practices that are taxed as S corporations.