Raeford, N.C.-based Moore Regional Hospital-Hoke is adding ophthalmology care through the addition of Andrew Coggin, MD, according to a Sept. 25 report from the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal.

These states are currently contemplating loosening practice restrictions for optometrists. 

Here are six bankruptcies, closures, layoffs and cybersecurity incidents happening in the ophthalmology space, as reported by Becker's since June 7:

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based ophthalmic group SightMD has added two new specialists in Amityville and Garden City, N.Y. 

The FDA has issued a warning letter to Regenerative Processing Plant after conducting an inspection of the facility. The plant manufactures two ophthalmic drug products, Regener-Eyes Professional Ophthalmic Solution and Regener-Eyes LITE Ophthalmic Solution.

Elkins Park, Pa.-based Salus University is removing the dean of its Pennsylvania College of Optometry as the university moves forward on a merger with Philadelphia-based Drexel University, according to a Sept. 13 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. 

West Virginia lawmakers are looking into easing state occupational licensing regulations to allow workers from other states to work and address shortages in ophthalmologists, according to a Sept. 9 report from  The Intelligencer. 

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Collins Vision has acquired Eyecare and Surgery Center of Southwest Florida in Punta Gorda, Fla. 

Morriss Henry, MD, a pioneer in eye care and former Arkansas senator, died Sept. 8, Talk Business & Politics reported Sept. 9. 

New Providence, N.J.-based PRISM Vision Group added an ASC in Maryland to its network.

New York City-based NYU Langone's department of ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine has tapped Roxana Fu, MD, as its chief of oculoplastics. 

Bangor-based Vision Care of Maine filed for Chapter 11 protection in August, marking the second time the surgery center has filed for bankruptcy, according to a Sept. 4 report by Bangor Daily News.

St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences Anjali Bhorade, MD, died at 51. 

Eyecare services provider SuraVision has opened a new surgery center in Houston, Texas. 

Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System opened a glaucoma center of excellence at its Valley Medical Group ophthalmology practice in Ridgewood, N.J.

A program offering free eye care services in areas with healthcare disparities could improve the detection of eye disease detection and treatment, according to a study published Aug. 22 in JAMA Ophthalmology. 

Ophthalmology has caught the attention of private equity interest, specifically in retina care. 

In Mississippi, the state with the highest risk for patients undergoing eye surgery, ophthalmologists earn an average annual salary of $204,870.

The highest-paid ophthalmologist in Austin, Texas, earns $671,100 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.

Students at Texas A&M University School of Engineering Medicine are combining sports and ophthalmology to create new developments in officiating for the National Football League, MedicalXpress reported Aug. 15.