Central California Optometric Society

12/01/2024

05/10/2024

🚨 DISAPPOINTING NEWS 🚨 's proposal delays raising Medi-Cal provider rates, including rates for optometrists! This proposal would block access to essential eye care for patients! COA will continue to advocate for to reject this delay so optometrists can continue to serve patients in the Medi-Cal program! Shannon Grove for State Senate Assemblyman Jim Patterson

08/31/2022

Fellow Colleagues and friends:
The California Optometric Association is in need of your help! Our Optometric scope expansion bill is going to the assembly floor tomorrow for a final vote! AB2236 looks to expand the Optometric scope of practice to include small lesion removal and anterior segment lasers (PI, Yag Cap, SLT) which will help open the access to care for many patients in the Central Valley, especially in the rural areas of Fresno, Madera and Tulare County. These are the same procedures that are done in other states, in some for over 20 years. All you need to do is call your Assembly member and ask them to support AB2236! Below is a link that takes you right to your Assembly members contact information. It’s really a short call and you are usually speaking with a staff member who is already familiar with the bill. I’ll attach a picture about the bill and talking points! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

https://www.votervoice.net/mobile/CAOA/Campaigns/92780/Respond

The California Optometric Association has introduced legislation to expand the scope of practice in California. We have provided you a draft message to use when you call your Assembly Member in support of this bill. We strongly suggest you revise it...

07/01/2022

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Please consider donating to Rudy Salas. He has done a lot for Central Valley and been a strong advocate on optometry’s behalf as a state assemblyman. Now he is running for Congress and needs our support. Please consider donating.

Thank you
Chris Fisher OD

Show your support with a contribution.

05/17/2022

Our community is in dire need of blood, and we're having a blood drive! Just one pint of blood can save up to THREE lives!

The drive will be between May 16-21 at all donor centers of the Central California Blood Center (CCBC). We will be raffling off gift cards to all of CCOS members that donate. The CCBC currently has four donation centers located in Northwest Fresno, Central Fresno, North Fresno, and Visalia. Plus, it has five mobile collection units that are hosting events that you can find listed on their website donateblood.org

CCOS MEMBERS: make sure to use our group ID # listed below

Group ID
Preparations:

Please eat a healthy meal prior to donating
Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated
Bring a physical photo ID
Plan for about an hour to donate

03/28/2022

Join us at our Spring Ocular Symposium! We look forward to seeing everyone in person!

03/05/2022

Hello CCOS members! Please save the date for our upcoming volunteer event: Central Valley Veterans Stand Down on September 14th and 15th. There are morning and afternoon shifts available and all equipment needed should be provided. Please refer to the flyer below for more information. Hope to see you there!

10/27/2021

02/26/2021

Hello fellow CCOS members! As most of us are now vaccinated, the ability for us to get out and serve our community has now once again become safe. That first opportunity is upon us and I hope you can lend your time to this event. We need 2-4 ODs per day to sign up and we can break up the shifts. Please sign up at:

https://healingca.org/upcoming-clinics/fresno-2021

02/16/2021

They need one more optometrist this weekend in Rialto, CA. Please help if you can.

02/01/2021

Got my second dose. For optometrists and staff. You can sign up on the Fresno county health department COVID page. They moved the entrance. After you are scheduled come to the Kings Canyon enterence. Hope all of you that want it can get it as soon as possible. As always let me know if you have any questions.

01/11/2021

Fresno county health department is offering the Covid vaccine to healthcare providers every day this week at the Big Fresno Fairgrounds.

https://www.co.fresno.ca.us/departments/public-health/health-messages-for-medical-providers/covid-19-vaccine-information