As an optometrist practicing in Alaska, I 100 percent agree that "Alaska should leave eye surgery to the surgeons; optometrists don't qualify." I went to optometry school to be a primary eye care ...

Legislation that targets health and vision plan abuses and is backed by the American Optometric Association and the American Dental Association was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The ...

The advocacy groups that represent optometrists and ophthalmologists in Florida share no common ground when it comes to a measure that state lawmakers are considering. HB 1037, sponsored by Rep. Manny ...

WICHITA — Less than a decade after starting Optometric Billing Solutions in a home basement, sisters Branda Barton and Brooke Armstrong are making their third move to a new building. At 21,000 square ...

The optometry bill, which for a few weeks reignited the so-called “eyeball wars” between doctors of optometry and doctors of medicine, died in the Legislature this year, but that doesn’t mean the war ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 2236, which would have allowed optometrists in the state to ...

Eye doctors in California may be allowed to perform more procedures and give some vaccines if a bill approved by the state Senate on Friday and now on its way to the Assembly is approved. The measure ...

A debate between South Carolina eye doctor groups and the mobile optometry nonprofit Vision to Learn has come to a close after legislation was passed in the Statehouse. Last week, Gov. Henry McMaster ...