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.  

IT management services provider Medicus has signed a supplier agreement with EyeProGPO, an ophthalmology-focused group purchasing organization that works to assist providers and ASCs with cost savings and improved workflow efficiencies. 

Pasadena, Calif.-based Doheny Eye Institute has tapped ophthalmologist SriniVas Sadda, MD, its current director of artificial intelligence and imaging research, as its endowed chair. 

An ophthalmologist and his Amsterdam, N.Y.-based practice must pay damages to an employee for illegal retaliation after the employee spoke out about COVID-19 protocol lapses.

Mississippi  presents the highest risk in the U.S. for patients undergoing eye surgery, according to research by eye health provider Overnight Glasses. Overnight analyzed  the number of adverse eye surgery reports by state, the number of complication-related searches, average prices for surgery, the number of optometrists, vision problems per capita and the average cost of healthcare.

Bloomington, Ind.-based Keplr Vision will cut back 100 members of its workforce, according to an Aug. 6 report from 25 News Now.

Precision Lens, a Bloomington, Minn.-based seller of eye surgery products, and the estate of Paul Ehlen, its former majority owner, will pay $12 million to resolve allegations it paid kickbacks to ophthalmic surgeons. 

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Columbus (Neb.) Surgery Center has rolled out a new digitally assisted cataract surgery system, News Channel Nebraska Central reported Aug. 1. 

The eye surgery device market is predicted to grow at a 4.6% CAGR between 2024 and 2031, according to a July 31 Orion Market Research report. 

Gregory Scimeca, MD, and Burlington County Eye Physicians, agreed to pay $469,232 to resolve federal allegations of false claims submissions and receiving kickbacks.

James Cochran, MD, a former Pennsylvania-based ophthalmologist, died on June 15, according to an obituary in the The Morning Call.

Former employee Brenden Wicks of St. Louis-based Clarkson Eyecare has been ordered to appear in court in August after allegedly stealing patient refunds r, according to a July 21 report from Fox 2 Now.

The highest-paid ophthalmologist in Oklahoma City earns $715,000 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.

Claes Dohlman, MD, a former Boston-based Mass Eye and Ear ophthalmologist, has died at 101, according to a July 16 report from The Washington Post.

The board of trustees at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke has tapped  Rich Castillo, MD, as the founding dean of its School of Optometry. 

Eyecare management organization Akrinos has entered into a strategic partnership with healthcare commercial real estate investment company CARR, according to a July 18 report from Vision Monday. 

Miami-based Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-University of Miami Hospital and Clinics was ranked as the No. 1 hospital for ophthalmology by U.S. News & World Report. 

New York City-based Retinal Ambulatory Surgery Center of New York's new surgery center is nearing completion, according to a July 16 LinkedIn post.

Pueblo, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Eye Center plans to shutter all of its clinics July 31 following 32 years of operation, according to a July 12 report from The Pueblo Chieftain.