Peter SchorschDecember 5, 2022
4min0
TGH’s Cancer Institute ascends to a new level with coveted accreditation from Commission on Cancer.
Tag: American College of Surgeons
Peter SchorschDecember 5, 2022
Guest AuthorApril 26, 2020
6min323
In fact, most “elective” surgeries are medically necessary but are not immediately required.
Phil AmmannMarch 23, 2017
8min701
Florida’s “Eyeball Wars” between ophthalmologists and optometrists could soon be spilling onto the House floor. On Monday, Speaker Richard Corcoran removed HB 1037 — a controversial bill to allow optometrists to perform surgery, among other things — off the agenda of the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee. A representative for Corcoran told POLITICO Florida that […]
Phil AmmannMarch 15, 2017
5min374
Optometrists enjoyed a narrow victory Wednesday in Florida’s renewed Eyeball Wars when a House committee advanced a bill to allow optometrists to perform certain types of eye surgery. After a two-hour hearing, the House Health Quality Subcommittee approved HB 1037, sponsored by Rep. Manny Diaz and opposed by both the Florida Society of Ophthalmology and […]
Peter SchorschMarch 15, 2017
5min537
Tallahassee has once again found itself in the thick of a renewed Eyeball Wars between optometrists and ophthalmologists. And no less than patient safety in Florida is on the line. After a four-year truce, optometrists have gone back on their word, drafting legislation to allow them to perform surgery; it is a proposal that ophthalmologists, […]