New This Week
Add a New OD as an Associate or a Partner?
Adding another OD, as an associate or a partner, is a practice-changing decision, says Ken Krivacic, OD, MBA. He offers a three-step plan to make the new arrangement work out—or to part ways if it doesn’t. >>READ MORE>>
Frames
Second-Pair Sales: To Boost Revenues, Project & Plan
By Stuart J. Thomas, OD,
and Ellen Byrum-Goad, LDO
Improving second-pair sales takes teamwork and a winning strategy. Here’s a plan to project revenue goals and get staff on board at the start of a growth campaign. >>READ MORE>>
Contact Lenses
Meet the Unique Vision Needs of Athletes
By Alan Berman, OD
Athletes (and weekend warriors) have unique vision needs. An advanced-technology hybrid contact lens can help to improve their sports performance. >>READ MORE>>
Sponsored Content
Optovue Academy: Elevate Patient Care, Increase Practice Profitability
By Larry Alexander, OD, FAAO
Understanding how to optimize essential instrumentation like the OCT is increasingly important to patient care and practice profitability. A new resource shows you how. >>READ MORE>>
ROB Fast Fact
How Many More Codes are in ICD-10 versus ICD-9?
On Oct. 1, ICD-10 will be implemented, and it’s considerably more complex. The Vision Source Navigation Guide to Health Care Reform notes that there are 68,000 codes in ICD-10 compared to the 13,000 codes in ICD-9, adding additional specificity on disease diagnosis, severity and treatment stages.
Click HERE to read more from Review of Optometric Business professional editors Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, and Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD, on implementing the new ICD-10 coding system.
In Brief
New: AIR OPTIX COLORS Education Salon for CL Technicians
Alcon has launched an all-new AIR OPTIX COLORS Education Salon designed for contact lens technicians. This comprehensive training program is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, tools and confidence to succeed with AIR OPTIX COLORS contact lenses. >>READ MORE>>
Transitions Launches New Sports Club Events, Partnerships & Social Media Exposure
Transitions adaptive sunwear, a line of automatically adjusting sunglass lenses and shields from Transitions Optical, is partnering with athletic clubs and sponsoring sports events to give members and participants the opportunity to experience Transitions lenses during their favorite outdoor sport activities, including running and cycling races and triathlons. <<READ MORE>>
Challenge –> Solution
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Practice Challenge…
How do I ready my practice for the transition to ICD-10 coding?ICD-10 coding will be implemented on Oct. 1, 2015. Is your practice ready? Here is how four contributors are preparing for this new coding system.
…Practice Solution
- ICD-10: Embrace a Tool that Elevates Patient Care
- ICD-10: Educational Resources to Get Staff on Board
- ICD-10: Get Ready to Update Coding
Recent Articles of Note
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Getting There: Planning a Successful Optometric Career
By Robert Schultz -
Be Positive, and Always Thank Your Patient
An Optometric Minute video with Eric M. White, OD -
Capture Rate Booster: Train Staff to Fill Patient Prescriptions
By Stuart J. Thomas, OD, and Ellen Byrum-Goad, LDO
