ODs and MDs Might Not Be Able to Provide Services Necessary after 2020

Even though ophthalmologists are some of the best paid physicians in the U.S. (http://opticalceu.blogspot.com/2013/04/ophthalmologistsfinanciallydoing-just.html) and optometrists have the “best” careers (http://opticalceu.blogspot.com/2013/04/ods-have-some-of-best-jobs-in-2013.html), there could be trouble in seven years. “By the year 2020, the Affordable Care Act, changing ethnicity and new treatment modalities will increase the need for eye care services beyond what optometrists and ophthalmologists can provide, according to a speaker here at the IOMED program of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.” That’s the start of a post on Primary Care Optometry News. Read more.