One of the strategies for success in billing and coding is to establish measurable ways to look at accounts receivable.

At the end of April, the American Board of Optometry launched its new secure Web site, www.americanboardofoptometry.org, which includes an online application to begin the process of becoming an active candidate for board certification.

Analyses of 24-month data from the two pivotal phase III trials investigating a proprietary fluocinolone acetonide-releasing intravitreal insert for the treatment of diabetic macular edema generated positive results that are the basis for filing a new drug application with the FDA.

Alexander Kabiri, OD, who practices at Malik Eye Care in Queens, NY, is a third-degree black belt in Zujitsu, an eclectic style of martial arts rooted in multiple, traditional disciplines.

What some optometrists ignore in their practice are interpersonal skills and behavior.

Results of a non-dispensing, randomized study evaluating four commercially available toric soft contact lenses highlight product performance differences in response to changes in head position and gaze direction that can be accounted for by differences in lens design.

Transient monocular vision loss is an important warning sign that should not be ignored because this complaint may predict risk for a major cerebrovascular or cardiovascular event.

Computerized refraction is growing in popularity.

Optometrists nationwide were to pack up and head south to take part in the annual Optometry's Meeting at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, June 16-20.

Most students graduate from optometry school with thousands of dollars of debt and are highly likely to generate even more.

Night-therapy orthokeratology is a noninvasive procedure for improving vision by reshaping the cornea.

The anticipated approval and arrival of latheable soft silicone hydrogel contact lenses may give optometrists who treat keratoconus patients another option-for some patients, perhaps the best option ever, according to one expert.

Paraoptometrics, as defined by the American Optometric Association, are the allied health personnel who assist otometrists in providing their highest level of vision care to patients.

As part of a group practice in metropolitan Detroit, Mich?l Garin, OD, sees many patients who work for the Big Three automakers.

Results from an observational study of patients wearing silicone hydrogel contact lenses showed that subjectively rated vision or comfort deteriorate during the day and toward the end of the wearing period.

With the advent of intravitreal agents that block the negative effects of vascular endothelial growth factor among patients with age-related macular degeneration, ophthalmologists have begun to seek a higher level of performance from our diagnostic equipment.

Many doctors want to increase the number of patients and the profitability of their practices but don't know where to direct their marketing efforts in a society increasingly splintered by multimedia.

When Sol Heiman, OD, was just 4 years old, his three older sisters frequently babysat him, often dragging him to their choir rehearsals.

The majority of patients wearing frequent replacement contact lenses are not compliant with their prescribed replacement schedule.

Choroidal thinning is not a feature of glaucoma.