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CE Requirements for 2026 Renewal
Optometrist licenses and legend drug certificates are required to be renewed by April 1, 2026. Click here for more information.
Indiana Optometric Association Announces 2025 Award Winners, Inducts New Board Officers
Update on Anthem recoupment letters
Reporting illegal contact lens sales
Indiana Optometric Association Announces 2024 Award Winners, Inducts New Board Officers
The Indiana Optometric Association (IOA) announced its 2024 award winners April 19, 2024, at Indiana Optometry’s Meeting, the IOA’s 127th annual convention.
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Scam Alert
Criminals are using the IOA name and phone number to contact members and inform them that their license is suspended and the FBI is involved. This is a scam. Please do not give out any personal information over the phone. For more about ID spoofing, please visit the Federal Communications Commision (FCC) website here: https://www.fcc.gov/spoofing
The Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA) maintains optometric licensing information. You can check your license status at any time at th...
Zieba receives 2023 AOA Virgil Deering Executive Director of the Year Award
Indiana Optometry announces Tabitha Arnett as new executive director
IOA Announces 2023 Award Winners, Inducts New Board Officers
Alert: DEA Scam Calls
Doctors should know that the DEA will never contact by telephone to demand payment; will never request personal or sensitive information by phone; and will only notify by official letter. Click for more info.
Governor fills vacancy on Indiana Optometry Board
Superior Vision to Replace VSP as Anthem's Medicaid Vision Services Provider
Effective April 1, 2021, for Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield (Anthem) members enrolled in Hoosier Healthwise, Healthy Indiana Plan and Hoosier Care Connect, vision benefits will be coordinated by Superior Vision. Anthem’s contract with Vision Service Plan will end on March 31, 2021.
** SCAM ALERT **
Criminals are using the names, logos, and other information from the IOA, Indiana Optometry Board, and US Dept. of Justice to illegally extort money from Optometrists. The criminals are contacting ODs and telling them that their license has been suspended because someone is using their license and prescribing numbers to illicitly sell drugs. They then request payment in the form of gift cards.