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- AOA, CMS PQRI Forum offers OD-specific guidance
September 12, 2008 - Medicare Beneficiaries Assured Access to Needed Medical Equipment
September 08, 2008 - Registration Now Open for AOA Practice Transitions Course
August 22, 2008 - AOA presents recommendations to FDA advisory panel on CL solutions
August 11, 2008 - Medicare E-Prescribing Bonus Payment Program Due for 2009 Launch
August 06, 2008 - 2007 PQRI Final Feedback Reports Now Available
July 31, 2008 - Kehoe Installed as 87th AOA President
July 31, 2008
- Comprehensive eye examinations help children prepare for school
August 05, 2008 - Occupational Eye Protection: updated and expanded information now available
April 10, 2008 - Majority of Sports-Related Eye Injuries are Preventable with Protective Eyewear
April 01, 2008 - InfantSEE® Video: Eyes to the World
August 22, 2007 - Contact Lens Video: What You Need to Know About Contact Lens Hygiene & Compliance
July 30, 2007
- Comprehensive eye examinations help children prepare for school
August 05, 2008 - Kehoe Installed as 87th AOA President
July 31, 2008 - AOA Champions National Effort to Combat Diabetes
May 08, 2008 - An Eye Opening Reality: UV Protection for Eyes Especially Important During Summer Months
May 05, 2008 - Majority of Sports-Related Eye Injuries are Preventable with Protective Eyewear
April 01, 2008 - Contact Lens Video: What You Need to Know About Contact Lens Hygiene & Compliance
July 30, 2007
- Optometry's Career Center® Now Open to Paraoptometrics
April 11, 2008 - Continuing Education Article Archive Now Available
March 31, 2008 - Optometry's Meeting™ Registration Open
February 04, 2008 - Order new ABCs of Optical Dispensing Education Module
January 14, 2008 - AOA Paraoptometric Section Speakers' Bureau
October 22, 2007
Optometrists: Doctors on the Frontline of Eye and Vision Care
Doctors of optometry (ODs) are the primary health care professionals for the eye. Optometrists examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as well as identify related systemic conditions affecting the eye.- Doctors of Optometry and their Education
- Optometrists are Changing Lives
- Optometrists and their Communities
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DMEPOS Update
Medicare Beneficiaries Assured Access to Needed Medical Equipment
Considered a win for optometrists and patients, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has reversed course on controversial accreditation requirements.
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