Bausch + Lomb released its financial report for the first quarter of 2023.

Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT correctly answered less than half of practice questions from ophthalmology board certification examinations, according to a study published April 27 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye, may be a symptom of the new strain of COVID-19, The Charlotte Observer reported May 2. 

Electronic health records and practice management solution ModMed is celebrating 10 years of providing services for ophthalmology practices. 

Madison, Tenn.-based SouthEast Eye Specialists, SouthEast Eye Surgery Center and the Eye Surgery Center of Chattanooga will pay $17 million to resolve alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute. 

Medical Consulting Group, a consulting company that has developed over 105 ophthalmology ASCs nationwide, has inked a merger agreement with ophthalmology billing, coding and reimbursement provider Corcoran Consulting Group. 

The mean annual salary for ophthalmologists is $265,450, according to April 25 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey. 

Paul Koch, MD, the former owner of a chain of Rhode Island ophthalmology practices, has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle kickback allegations, according to an April 20 Department of Justice release.

The University of California San Diego Shiley Eye Institute has broken ground on a five-story, 100,000-square-foot vision research center that will house labs, clinical trial operations and administrative and educational spaces. 

Ophthalmologist Bruce Ochsner, MD, founder of the Ochsner Eye Surgery Center in Wichita, Kan., died April 11 at 83, according to an obituary published in the Wichita Eagle.

Eye health company Bausch + Lomb has expanded its executive team, adding Bob Bailey as its executive vice president and chief legal officer and Andrew Stewart as its president of ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. 

Biopharmaceutical ophthalmologic company Visus Therapeutics has added former Novartis leader Jehan Tamboowalla as its senior vice president of business development and marketing. 

Unifeye Vision Partners has partnered with Kings Eye Center in Hanford, Calif.

Though one of the top 10 happiest physician specialties, ophthalmologists are still in short supply. 

A new report from the FDA alleges that Global Pharma Healthcare, manufacturer of the recalled EzriCare Artificial Tears Lubricant Eye Drops, did not follow the proper protocol to prevent product contamination at its production facilities, according to an April 3 report from CNN.

A satellite office of the West Virginia University Eye Institute in Morgantown has opened at WVU Medicine Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital, according to an April 3 report from The Times Leader.

There are 18,948 total active ophthalmologists in the country, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."

Management services organization Ascend Vision Partners has partnered with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Elgut Eye Care, its seventh partnership in the state. 

Kala Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical eye disease company, has tapped Francis Mah, MD, as its new chief medical adviser, according to a March 29 news release published in Street Insider. 

Staar Surgical Company, an implantable eye lens manufacturer, has selected Warren Foust as its new COO and Magda Michna, PhD, as its new chief clinical, regulatory and medical affairs officer.