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Patient Safety Advocates Call for Immediate Action to Protect Patients’ Vision Health Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

With many doctors of optometry caring for patients via telehealth or working with reduced staff, Alliance for Patient Safety calls for the FTC to require... Read more
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APS Letter to the FTC

The Health Care Alliance for Patient Safety (APS) sent a formal letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for immediate action to protect the... Read more
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Patient safety alliance briefs Senate staff on counterfeit contact lenses

January 08, 2019 Healio News - The Health Care Alliance for Patient Safety sponsored a briefing for U.S. Senate Policy Staff on the medical dangers and... Read more
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Congressional Staff Learn the Dangers of Counterfeit Contact Lenses at Policy Briefing

United States House Staff Learn of Dangers of Counterfeit Contact Lenses at Policy Briefing Organized by the Health Care Alliance for Patient Safety - bringing... Read more
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Senate Subcommittee Urges FTC to Modernize the Contact Lens Verification Process

Senate Subcommittee Urges FTC to Modernize the Contact Lens Verification Process Latest action from the U.S. Senate means both Chambers have called on the FTC... Read more
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CooperVision urges FTC to protect patients, competition in Contact Lens Rule

August 20, 2019 Healio News - CooperVision asked the Federal Trade Commission to consider patient safety, the eye care provider’s expertise, stronger enforcement and the... Read more
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Burgess offers bipartisan bill to protect America’s consumers of online contact lenses

August 9, 2019 The Ripon Advance - U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to protect the nation’s contact lens consumers from unsafe online... Read more
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APS Applauds Introduction of the Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act

Health Care Alliance for Patient Safety Applauds Introduction of the Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act Bipartisan Legislation Introduced in the House by Representatives Rush... Read more
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Outgoing AOA president prioritizes comprehensive eye exams for 2020

June 20, 2019 Healio News - Alabama practitioner Samuel D. Pierce, OD, closes out his 2019-2020 term as president of the American Optometric Association here at... Read more