Bloomington, Ill.-based VisionPoint Eye Center notified current and former patients about a recent network security incident, according to a Dec. 13 news release from the center.

Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital will soon open new residency slots for ophthalmologists, according to a Dec. 18 report from KOB4.

Device company ASD Specialty Healthcare, doing business as Besse Medical, has agreed to pay $1.67 million to resolve allegations it provided inventory management systems to ophthalmology practices at no cost to induce them to purchase drugs from Besse. 

Garden City, N.Y.-based OCLI VIsion has added Gila Zilkha, MD, to its ophthalmology staff.

John Wick, MD, an ophthalmologist in Butler, Pa., died Dec. 10 at age 87, according to an obituary published Dec. 13 by the Butler Eagle. 

Eyecare practice management provider Eye Health America has added its 26th practice, Clinton, S.C.-based Family Eye Care Center.

The highest-paid ophthalmologist in Charlotte, N.C., earns $745,200 per year, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $312,120 ophthalmologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The University of Colorado in Aurora has received a $46 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to research a method of curing blindness through human eye transplants, Colorado Public Radio reported Dec. 9. 

Miami-based  Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have received a multimillion dollar grant from HSS' Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

SightMD Pennsylvania added Christopher Baloga, DO, and Joseph Ortiz, MD, to its medical staff.

A Florida ophthalmology practice has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve federal allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims for medically unnecessary cranial ultrasounds.

Marietta, Ga.-based Cobb Eye Center has joined under the Atlanta-based Georgia Eye Partners brand.

SightMD New Jersey added Marez Megalla, MD, to its medical staff. 

Eyecare platform Eye Health America has launched a partnership with Bowden Eye & Associates in Jacksonville, Fla. 

An optometrist in Austin, Texas, has agreed to pay the U.S. and the state of Texas $1,055,379 to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act and the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act. 

Lake Success, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has opened the Northwell Health Eye Institute's Wachenheim Center in Harrison, N.Y.

Retired ophthalmologist Jay Berger, MD, was taken into custody Oct. 29 following a stand-off with Atlanta police, according to an Oct. 30 report from Alive 11. 

Officials at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Optometry and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology have published a joint letter urging Congress to reject a plan to close the National Eye Institute, according to an Oct. 30 Medscape report. 

Atlanta-based EyeSouth Partners has formed a partnership with Lexington-based Kentucky Eye Institute, marking their second affiliation in Kentucky.

Ronald Goldstein, OD, a New York City-based optometrist, was attacked while examining patients in his office on the Upper East Side, according to an Oct. 18 report from ABC7.