NASHO Takes Nashville – NASHO/NAVCP Host Joint Specialty Health Summit in ‘Music City’

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Almost 200 specialty health and managed vision care executives, optical retailers and other vision industry leaders gathered at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel here earlier this week to discuss the impact of health care reform among other topics during the third annual Specialty Health Summit held jointly by the National Association of Vision Care Plans (NAVCP) and the National Association of Specialty Health Organizations (NASHO).   Held May 5 to 7 in "Music City," the three-day event was organized under the musically related theme "Specialty Health: Creating Harmony in a Discordant Market." With both specialty health care and managed vision care executives at the event, attendees and speakers grappled with topics ranging from the pros and cons of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, disruptive technologies related to new refraction techniques and online retailing, and other trends affecting specialty health in general and managed vision care specifically.    See more