EYECARE: Coronavirus BRIEFING: Exclusive COVID-19 Practice Performance Trackers The National Average for Gross Revenue at ECP Locations Decreased for the Week of August 19–25, Jobson’s Latest Practice Performance Tracker Shows By Staff Wednesday, August 28, 2024 12:24 AM NEW YORK—The national average for gross revenue at ECP locations decreased last week, August 19–25, when compared with the previous week at a rate of -1 index point. That places gross revenue at a level 19 index points above where it was at this point in time (Week 34) when compared with last year (2023), 19 points above the same period in 2022, 29 points above 2021, 23 points above 2020 and 28 points above 2019, according to Jobson’s most recent Practice Performance Tracker.All optical sales categories were down last week when compared with the previous week, at rates of -1 index point for gross revenue, exams/refractions and lens pairs, -4 index points for frame units and -8 index points for contact lenses. When comparing last week’s optical sales with the same period last year, all the categories were up, ranging from the largest increase of 19 index points for gross revenue, to the smallest increase of 5 index points for frame units. The other categories increased by 12 index points for exams/refractions, 9 index points for lens pairs and 9 index points for contact lenses.With all optical sales categories decreasing last week, all five of the categories still reached a level above an average week in 2019—the index baseline assigned a value of 100 for this Optical Business Tracker. These ranged from a high of 135 index points for gross revenue to a low of 102 index points for frame units. The other three categories reached 113 index points for exams/refractions, 107 index points for lens pairs and 104 index points for contact lenses.Jobson Optical Research selected 1,500 optical locations that have been operating and reporting their sales to its partners, GPN and ABB Analyze, since 2019. The index has been rebased to an average week in 2019. Going forward, this new index base will be used as an arbitrary benchmark and assigned a value of 100.Click here to view the complete Jobson COVID-19 Performance Tracker