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Board of Optometry shifts to contracted management, plans database upgrade and cost savings
Summary
The Mississippi Board of Optometry reported it consolidated management functions under a contract with JBAR (a consulting group), moved into leased office space, reduced staffing costs by outsourcing management, and proposed a $60,000 to $150,000 plan to implement a back-end licensing database or join the ITS large system.
The Board of Optometry told the Appropriations Subcommittee it has reconstituted its management and operations and is seeking funding shifts to support a new, leased office, a contracted management arrangement and an upgrade to its licensing database.
Denise (last name given in testimony as the Cornerstone representative) and board representatives said the Board has a largely new membership and transitioned away from using a former director’s home as office space; the board hired JBAR (referred to…
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