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	Bills Defining Surgery Introduced In Virginia Legislature Public » Announcements January 25, 2012 Three bills, two in the House of Delegates and one in the Senate, were introduced for consideration by the Virginia legislature in its current session. All three of the... Read more
	AOS Featured Optometrist: Please Meet Dr. Douglas Smith (AKA Dr. Bison) an AOS Member from Oregon Public » Announcements January 09, 2012 When membership in an organization requires a full measure of your time, treasure and talent, the organization has an obligation to at least be nominally responsive to its membership. ... Read more
	An Open Letter from a Non-AOS Member Public » Announcements November 28, 2011 You know what AOS members think, but this isn’t just an AOS problem. Here is what one non-AOS member recently wrote on ODWire. With Dr. Klein’s permission, we are... Read more
	AOS Featured Optometrist: Please Meet Dr. Len Stein, an AOS Member and Michigan Liaison Public » Announcements November 28, 2011 First I would like to say THANK YOU and what an honor it is to be selected by the board of directors to be an... Read more
	Expanded Recall Public » Announcements November 16, 2011 In the interest of your patient's safety and to help you respond to questions you may receive from your patients and the public, The American Optometric Society is helping... Read more
	COURT DENIES ABO MOTION TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE AOS Public » Announcements October 17, 2011 COURT DENIES ABO MOTION TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT FILED BY THE AOSCourt Finds that the American Optometric Society Has Stated a Plausible Claim for Customer Confusion Resulting From the... Read more
	New ICD.9 Codes - Effective 10/1/2011 Hot Public » Announcements October 01, 2011 New ICD.9 Codes - Effective 10/1/2011 This is breaking news that you can use. There are new ICD.9 codes and guidelines relating to billing for glaucoma... Read more
	COURT GRANTS AOS ORDER PERMANENTLY ENJOINING THE AMERICAN BOARD OF OPTOMETRY FROM MAKING CERTAIN STATEMENTS; COURT REINSTATES AOS LAWSUIT Public » Announcements September 07, 2011 Court Order Permanently Bars the ABO From Claiming its CertificationDemonstrates Competence Beyond that Required for Licensure, and Reinstates Lawsuit to Allow AOS to Seek Additional Relief AGOURA HILLS, CA,... Read more
	AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP ELECTS DON SIPOLA, O.D., F.A.A.O., TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Public » Announcements September 01, 2011 American Optometric Society Membership Elects Don Sipola, O.D., F.A.A.O. to its Board of Directors Agoura Hills, CA, September 1, 2011 – The... Read more
	PQRS: What Every OD Needs to Know Public » Announcements August 11, 2011 PQRS stands for Physician Quality Reporting System. It is a Medicare (CMS) program started in 2006 (then called PQRI) and available to all “eligible professionals,”... Read more

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The American Optometric Society was created in August, 2009, in response to the American Optometric Association’s passage of a resolution forming the American Board of Optometry for the purpose of creating a program to board certify general optometrists. The AOA created the ABO despite overwhelming opposition by both the general membership of the AOA and non-AOA member optometrists, and despite there being no substantiated need for it.

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