Practice Management

In the beginning of 2010, some dramatic changes in coding and reimbursement for consultation services occurred.

These are exciting times to sell eyewear options to your patients.

Four eye-care professionals will receive federal stimulus payments after attesting to meaningful use of the certified version of a proprietary electronic health record (EHR) system (OfficeMate/ExamWriter v10, Eyefinity).

The only sure political prediction for the future of health care is change, both positive and negative.

Some practical advice and common-sense tips can help clinicians stay abreast of developments and possible malpractice cases.

If you feel that you have flow issues in your office, stop being the technician's safety valve for poor behavior.

Measure your inventory turns monthly.

The key success factor for turning ideas into reality is planning.

What is in your lens toolbox?

In our field, there can't be bad days.

While practices pride themselves on the quality of care they deliver, many of those same practices get low marks for their quality of caring.

As a busy eye-care facility, Clayton Eye Center in Morrow, GA, employs four ophthalmologists and seven optometrists who see as many as 200 patients daily.

If you are not a technician, how can you survive the jungle of managing a staff of technicians? Go back to the age of dinosaurs.

There is a growing awareness that business strategies used in the fashion industry can be applied successfully in the ophthalmic market.

The International Vision Expo East and Conference was to celebrate its 25th year, March 16 to 20, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center here.

Solutions to impact patient outcomes are being evaluated.

Kowa Optimed and EMRlogic Systems Inc. have integrated an e-prescribing solution (DrFirst Rcopia) into proprietary electronic medical record (EMR) management software (activEHR).

The standard for every practice should be to present all patients who wear spectacle lenses with two first-pair options.

Physically active patients who are looking to enhance the enjoyment of their favorite outdoor activity will test your knowledge of performance-specific sunwear.

Fortunately, in most medical practices, angry patients are the exception, not the norm.

With consumers investing in everything from Botox to bunion removal, it's no wonder that consumers are asking opticians, "Isn't there anything else?"

When the author sees someone wearing improperly adjusted glasses, he recognizes that somewhere an optician has been trained improperly.

Consider using the slow time at the end of the year to work on your business so you are ramped up to deal with the busy season around the corner.

Want to jazz up your office and make a little extra profit at the same time? Read on.

Providing appropriate amount of care to each patient is important.