Practice Management News

ORLANDO – The COVID-19 pandemic forced many clinicians to adopt telehealth for their practices, but Christopher Wolfe, OD, in his presentation here at Vision Expo East, urged optometrists to continue using the technology even now that their offices have reopened.

The United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in a 7-2 vote.

Gerald E. Harmon, MD, was recently sworn in as the 176th president of the AMA.

The AMA said it has adopted new policies regarding the prior authorization process, with its outgoing president stating that maintaining the status quo may cause “life-or-death consequences.”

Inflation was a popular topic in the financial media this spring and one worth addressing in our column.

Most practicing physicians in the United States who were surveyed reported being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with no significant differences in vaccination by gender, age or geographic location, according to the AMA.

Women physicians “consistently” reported worse work-life integration than men across a range of demographic and professional factors, survey data in JAMA Network Open showed.

ORLANDO – Optometrists must not only strive to provide the latest in eye care, they need to keep their office space up-to-date as well, Kurt Steele, OD, said here at Vision Expo East.

ORLANDO — A panel of women entrepreneurs, led by Diana Canto-Sims, OD, discussed the importance of eye care providers recognizing and removing barriers to differences in language and culture among their patients, here at Vision Expo East.

In a new ABIM Foundation survey, 30% of physicians said their trust in the United States health care system and health care organization leadership has decreased over the past year.