A state Supreme Court ruling means the petition can continue.
A new bill targets services offered by Opternative and other firms. The battle over online eye exams has spread to Kentucky. A proposal to limit such...
It said the company lacked standing. A judge in South Carolina has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Opternative Inc. challenging the state’s Eye Care Consumer Protection...
The governor approved it this month. A new law in New Jersey will “remove the unnecessary barriers that disrupt doctors’ ability to provide seamless, quality patient...
AOA seeks support to fight the legislation. The American Optometric Association is speaking out against a newly proposed bill called the “Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act.”...
AOA is touting ‘significant advances.’ At least three states have recently passed legislation related to optometry. The American Optometric Association reports that optometrists in Alaska and...
It wants to protect children’s vision benefits. Prevent Blindness has issued a statement on the U.S. Senate’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known...
The event run through June 25. (Press Release) WASHINGTON, DC – More than 5,000 doctors of optometry and students from all 50 states are in Washington,...
She was joined by J&J’s Peter Menziuso. (Press Release) WASHINGTON, DC — American Optometric Association President Andrea Thau, together with Johnson & Johnson Vision North America...
“Vision health is essential to overall health.” (Press Release) WASHINGTON, DC – The National Association of Vision Care Plans (NAVCP) announced that it supports California Assembly...
Currently they must refer patients to ophthalmologists. Lawmakers in Massachusetts are proposing legislation that would allow optometrists to treat glaucoma. The Sun Chronicle reports that Massachusetts...
It’s called the DOC Access Act. A new federal bill seeks to “put patients and doctors – rather than health and vision plan executives — back...
Opternative and others lobbied for the legislation. New legislation in Virginia allows eyecare providers to prescribe through telemedicine, Healio reports. The legislation states, in part: “For...
Some had pushed for telehealth changes. The 21st Century Cures Act, whose progress was being closely watched by the eyecare industry, was signed into law by...
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