While here, I’ve had the pleasure of reading John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. This amazingly well-written and ambitious novel (Pulitzer Prize – 1940) is about the Joad family, who…
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For Immediate Release Contact: Dr. Joseph Grasso at [email protected] and Dr. Larry Soellner at [email protected], 618 357.6117; Dr. Alan M. Winkelstein, [email protected], 951 676.9465 DALLAS, TEXAS — Drs. Joseph Grasso…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2014 Network Members Win Big for Local, National Charities CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Cleinman Performance Network members raised more than $20,000 to benefit eight vision service…
On February 12th, I lost my mother, Helen. She was 85 and had fought the ravages of COPD for several years. I share this in tribute to her, for whom…
Medical providers have both the right and the obligation to prescribe what they believe, in their professional opinion, are the right products, services or solutions for their patients. That’s why…
As you read this release, consider if there are implications for private practice optometrists? While perhaps a stretch, is this a precursor to the elimination of the ability for optometrists…
So what makes a gas station have the moxie to charge .$80 a gallon more for its gas than the station less than 1000 feet down the street? In…
To my fellow members: Unfortunately, I cannot attend this year’s VCA Executive Summit due to a conflict. I provide this letter directed at the leadership of VCA member companies and…
Through the wonders of communication technology and thanks to my many friends in Canada, I provide below a letter circulated by the Canadian Association of Optometrists from Dr. Al Ulsifer,…
For the second time in as many months, an insurance company is dumping their eyewear products businesses. Following Highmark’s divestiture of Viva, WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) today announced it has signed…
After a long and arduous struggle, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of optometry through Doctors Wilson, Price, McMurray, and Summers (Appellees) and against Spectera (Appellants). The issue…
I describe myself as a serial entrepreneur, having established over 25 companies and company divisions and scores of products. I’ve succeeded and I’ve failed. Along the way, I’ve relied upon…
As we head out for our Thanksgiving Holiday, I’d like to take a moment to thank all of you, my loyal readers, for your support. For the past 42 years…
MILAN, Italy and SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Marcolin SpA and its affiliates backed by leading European private equity firm PAI Partners together with HVHC Inc., the holding company for Visionworks of…
Discount. According to Webster’s the word has many meanings. But generally, when we think of the word as it relates to our industry, it’s “to offer for sale at a…
Optometry delivers nothing of value. Yep. nothing. Nada! According to a couple of commercials being run by “Optometry’s Friend,” the only thing that a consumer values is a discount. The lowest…
There seems to be a distinct advantage to living “up there.” Our Canadian friends can look “down here” and learn from our mistakes. Here’s a letter sent to the members of Eye Recommend, one of…
I read a report of a recent meeting between representatives of a group of Texas providers and EyeMed. The following is in regards to the recent bill passed by the…
As announced in a recent post (see “Remove These Chains”), Texas is the first state to push through legislation that eliminates the ability of vision plans to require pricing concessions…
Maryland House Bill 1160 passed into law on May 16th. Similar to that of the Texas bill noted in my last post, the Maryland bill “prohibits a carrier from including…
