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02/14/2025

Ohio Ophthalmology Society Response to SB36

See what the Ohio Ophthalmology Society is saying to their members in response to the re-introduction of SB36. 

02/13/2025

Governor DeWine Proposes Funding for Children’s Vision Statewide

On February 12th, while outlining the priorities of his last biennial budget bill of his administration, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine highlighted a statewide children’s vision initiative among the priority proposals introduced in his 2026-2027 executive budget.

02/13/2025

Kids Corner - An iSee (In School Eye Exam) Experience - The Doctor’s Side

Dr. Samantha Zaczyk shares her perspective on an iSee Clinic from eye exams to dispensing.

02/13/2025

OOA Third Party Committee Bulletin - 1st Quarter 2025

The Third Party Bulletin includes the latest updates and news on current Third Party issues.

02/12/2025

BEWARE OF PHISHING SCAM

The OOA has been notified of a phishing scam targeting the public including physicians and optometrists.

02/10/2025

February 2025 BWC News

February 2025 BWC News from Sedgwick Managed Care Ohio

01/30/2025

Reintroduction of the Ohio Optometry Scope Modernization Legislation to the Senate

We are excited to share that the Ohio Optometry Scope Modernization legislation sponsored by Senator Jerry Cirino (R- Kirtland) was reintroduced in the 136th General Assembly as Senate Bill 36 and has been assigned to the Senate Health Committee.

01/30/2025

Partnership with The Ohio Amblyope Registry

Fellow Save Our Sight grant recipient, the Ohio Amblyope Registry, provides free eye patches for children diagnosed with amblyopia. and education, compliance information & support.

01/29/2025

EastWest Online University is Now Open!

The Ohio Optometric Association’s new online education platform is open! EastWest Online University is live. Start your subscription and enroll today by clicking the link below or by visiting www.eastwesteye.org.

01/16/2025

Kicking off the New Year! - OOA Student Night

The OOA hosted its annual Student Night event in early January. Optometry students at The Ohio State University College of Optometry learned from practicing ODs around the state.

01/16/2025

Realeyes Asks For Your Help

Realeyes has the goal to educate 100,000 students about the importance of healthy vision. With the school year half over, we still have 70,000 students to reach.

01/16/2025

Legislative Update: Looking Ahead in the First Quarter of the 136th General Assembly

The 136th General Assembly is underway and the OOA will once again be working to modernize the profession of optometry as well as work to obtain funding for children’s vision initiatives.

01/16/2025

UPDATE - KP Dashboard for State Key ODs

The OOA is updating its legislature communication tool, KP Dashboard, with the recently elected State Senators and Representatives.

01/02/2025

Corporate Transparency Act Filing Requirements Reinstated

Update to the Corporate Transparency Act with current filing requirements.

12/19/2024

Billing and Coding Medicare Updates for 2025 from AOA

12/19/2024

2024 Year in Review

Elizabeth Muckley, OD, OOA CEO & Executive Director

Check out all the incredible work accomplished in 2024!

$Recent Denials and Clawbacks by CareSource for Refractions$

12/19/2024

Recent Denials and Clawbacks by CareSource for Refractions

CareSource has provided a response regarding recent denials and clawbacks by CareSource for refractions billed with medical codes.

12/05/2024

Corporate Transparency Act

12/05/2024

OOA Committees Begin Work for Upcoming Year

Last week, the OOA began its work to implement the organization’s strategic plan for the 2025 membership year as part of OOA Committee Day.

12/05/2024

‘Tiz the Season

Contributed by Palmer R. Cook, OD

Scrooge encountered Marley’s ghost, and either of them might be timely for trimming your office this month, but there’s another “ghost image” which you should guard against all year round. Its source is not, ‘a bit of undigested beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, (or) a fragment of underdone potato,’ but rather an internal problem of quite another sort.

12/05/2024

Legislative Update and Post Ohio Election Wrap Up

12/05/2024

The “Key” to EastWest Destinations 2025

11/21/2024

OOA Committees Begin Work for Upcoming Year

11/21/2024

Legislative Update and Post Ohio Election Wrap Up

It was a busy election season for the OOA and Key ODs attending numerous fundraisers to support candidates that support Ohio Optometry.

11/20/2024

Strike Force November 2024 Update

11/20/2024

Kids Corner - Prescribing Antibiotics for Children

With the new school year underway, you may find an uptick in the number of young patients you see with infectious conjunctivitis.

10/31/2024

OOA Announces Partnership with Inspire PR Group

10/31/2024

New OOA and OOF Boards Announced and EastWest Wrap Up

10/29/2024

Open Enrollment for OOA Health Benefit Plan

10/04/2024

October 2024 BWC News from Sedgwick Managed Care Ohio

10/03/2024

iSee at Buckeye Central

09/19/2024

Important Message Regarding 2025-2026 Assessment and Membership Dues

09/19/2024

2025 Dues Information and Membership Renewal

09/19/2024

OOA Third Party Committee Bulletin - 3rd Quarter 2024

09/18/2024

Kids Corner - Helping Families Understand the Impact of Screen Time on Children

09/05/2024

Members Announce Candidacies for 2025 OOA Board of Directors 

09/05/2024

2024 OOA Award Winners Announced

09/04/2024

September 2024 BWC News from Sedgwick Managed Care Ohio

08/22/2024

President's Night 2024

08/22/2024

The OOA Mourns the Passing of Past President Dr. Jeffrey Myers

08/22/2024

Kids Corner - NIH's Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group Needs Your Help!

08/22/2024

OVP Award Winners Announced 

08/21/2024

OOPAC Drive to Begin in September

As the OOA continues efforts to pass necessary scope modernization, contributions to the OOPAC must increase. PAC dollars are required to support the campaigns of legislators deciding this issue.