Regulatory/Legislative News

Visibly Inc. filed suit in Indiana claiming that the corrective lens exception of the state’s telemedicine law violates the Indiana Constitution.

The Maryland U.S. District Court announced a proposed settlement in litigation against the National Board of Examiners in Optometry related to an alleged data breach that occurred around June 2016.

In an effort to lobby for better access to care, discuss important issues with lawmakers and increase education, more than 400 ophthalmologists traveled to Washington recently for the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual Capitol Hill visit.

The American Optometric Association announced that it asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate 1-800 CONTACTS marketing of its online vision test.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual visit to Capitol Hill included more than 400 eye physicians and surgeons advocating for a change to federal policies that delay access to quality care, the organization announced in a press release.

Legal and political battles have put the fate of the Affordable Care Act, and health care for millions of Americans, back into the spotlight and ensure that that it will play a pivotal role in the 2020 elections.

The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has filed a lawsuit against a Manhattan stem cell clinic and the physician running it for allegedly selling unproven treatments for lupus and other autoimmune conditions, among others.

After a robust Vision Expo East with a chance to look at a number of new technology options for the practice of optometry, I came away from New Yok with a bit of a concern.

As Norman “Ned” E. Sharpless, MD, prepares to become acting FDA commissioner in a few days, experts are divided in how he should address the explosion of e-cigarette use among minors and the devastating opioid epidemic whose tide has not turned.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchison signed HB1251 into law yesterday, amending optometrists’ scope of practice by allowing ODs in the state to perform certain surgical procedures, according to the state’s optometric association.