The past six weeks have been busy for ophthalmology acquisitions, with an average of one per week covered by Becker's ASC Review.

Spect recently completed a $3.5 million seed funding round to support its AI-powered telemedicine platform used to diagnose eye diseases, the data science company said Nov. 30.

Quigley Eye Specialists has reached 42 partner specialists and expanded into Palm Beach County with its acquisition of Visual Health, the Fort Myers, Fla.-based practice said Nov. 19.

Two Texas ophthalmologists must pay $170,553,350 in penalties for fraudulently billing Medicare, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas said Nov. 18.

Spectrum Vision Partners has added Stahl Eyecare Experts to its network, the Garden City, N.Y.-based eye care network said Nov. 18.

Pacific Northwest Retina in Seattle has joined Southlake, Texas-based network Retina Consultants of America, the company said Nov. 16. 

The Eye Institute of West Florida is joining St. Louis-based ophthalmology group EyeCare Partners, according to a Nov. 15 news release.

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Comprehensive EyeCare Partners said Nov. 10 it has entered a strategic partnership with Eye Associates Northwest.

EyeCare Partners recently added the Eye Institute of West Florida to its network, the St. Louis, Mo.-based eye care group said Nov. 10.

Atlanta-based EyeSouth Partners has made several moves to grow its company this year.

Quigley Eye Specialists recently added a location in Sarasota, Fla., its 30th office, the Fort Myers, Fla.-based practice said Nov. 6.

Sarasota, Fla.-based US Eye has selected Nextech Systems' IntelleChartPRO for electronic health records management, the software company said Nov. 4.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals has appointed Jay Duker, MD, to be its COO, the eye care pharmaceutical company said Nov. 1.

Dean Ouano, MD, a surgeon with CarolinaEast Surgery Center in New Bern, N.C., performed the state's first iris transplant, the center said in a Nov. 2 news release.

St. Louis-based EyeCare Partners will acquire CEI Vision for $600 million, Invision magazine reported Oct. 22.

In an Oct. 20 Florida House Professions and Public Health Subcommittee panel discussion, two optometrists said insufficient access to advanced eye care across the state is a major reason their profession should be allowed to do procedures traditionally reserved for ophthalmologists, according to Florida Politics.

Retina Consultants of America has added Colorado Retina Associates to its network, the Southlake, Texas-based organization said Oct. 20.

Portland-based Oregon Eye Specialists reported an email data breach involving customer information.

Green Bay, Wis.-based eye care chain Shopko Optical plans to open an eye center in Taylorville, Wis., according to The State Journal-Register.