Practice Management Channel

Insights to Impact

A new six -part series of articles and podcasts. Articles in this series detail the insights that 2020 and 2021 taught optometry and how those insights translate to actions that are having a positive impact on the profession. Read More...

Make Your Practice Accessible to All Patients, Regardless of Insurance Type

Patients need your expertise, services and care, but what happens when they have an insurance type that your office doesn’t accept? They go elsewhere for care. Now there is a solution, Anagram (formerly Patch), that enables you to process patient insurance...

Practice Transitions with MyEyeDr.: ODs’ Perspectives

In many regions of the U.S. , ODs are being approached by private equity groups to sell their practices. The stakes are high, but the rewards can be considerable. Here several ODs share their experiences selling their paractices to MyEyeDr.

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    Bridge the Execution Gap: Evaluate Yourself as Practice CEO

    By Arthur GearyThis is the second in a series of articles examining the discipline of execution in business: Bridge the Execution Gap: Leadership-Culture-Process, the 3...

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    Practice Pearls & Slideshow: Practice Management Doc Stars

    Meet 35 optometric business innovators, who have each created a robust practice through their creativity and ingenuity. Review of Optometric Business and...

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    Hiring and Firing by the Numbers: Calculate Which Employees are Worth their Weight in Payroll

    By Scot Morris, ODDeciding who to hire and fire should not be a guessing game, or a matter of simply weeding out...

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    Enhance Dry Eye Treatment to Better Serve Patients

    By Jeanmarie Davis, ODExpanding your treatment of dry eye can help you provide your patients with improved vision, while opening up a...

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    Outsource HR and Billing to Improve Practice Quality and Efficiency

    By Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO Outsourcing your practice's human resources and billing can allow you to better focus on your role as...

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    Legally Safe Employee Termination: Drop Sub-Par Staffers While Protecting Your Practice

    By Pamela Miller, OD, JDYou can safeguard and strengthen your practice by identifying under-performing, or dangerous, employees, and letting them go in...

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    Medical Eyecare Opportunity in Optometric Practice

    By Tom SteinerYou have the opportunity to better serve patients, and greatly expand the scope of your practice, by offering medical eyecare....

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    Total Staff Buy-In: Involve Entire Staff to Reach Practice Sales Goals

    By Jeffrey Kegarise, ODFinding an effective sales strategy is step one to increasing dispensary sales. Step two is aligning the priorities of...

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    Close the Execution Gap: Top 4 Roadblocks to Execution of Business Plans

    By Arthur Geary Taking action on your business plans in a disciplined, effective way enables you to create a more powerful practice....

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    Establish the Value of Your Practice to Patients

    By Dave Ziegler, ODDemonstrating the value your practice provides can ensure that your patients stick with you for eyewear purchases and beyond....

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    Practice Budget Bootcamp: 3 Steps to Make Budgeting Easy

    By Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD Learning to create a practice budget is the first step to keeping your practice profitable and in...

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    Analyze Your Finances to Determine When to Add an Associate

    By Jerry Hayes, OD By analyzing your net profits and potential for growth, you can reliably determine if this is the right...

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    How to Coordinate Medical and Vision Plan Billing

    By Tamara Kuhlmann, OD, FAAO, MS Training staff to code accurately for insurance reimbursement is critical to a practice's success with medical...
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    Opportunities in Treating Ocular Allergies

    By Jeanmarie Davis, ODTreating ocular allergies, and publicizing your services, is essential to better serving a growing portion of your patient base.

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    Managing Medical Eyecare

    By Thomas F. SteinerProviding your patients with medical eyecare services is a key practice growth driver.

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    Beyond Paperless : Harnessing the Value of Integrated Technology Throughout the Practice

    Efficiencies generate cycle of higher quality, greater patient satisfaction, and enhanced profitabilityIt’s time to graduate beyond a paperless practice. Simply converting paper...

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    ‘Spark’ Growth with an Office Makeover

    When it comes to practice growth, we all know that we must make changes, but it takes a little spark to make...

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    Are You Managing or Motivating Your Staff?

    By Craig Bowen, OD“Managing or Motivating?” This is a bit of a trick question, since managing and motivating staff are not mutually...

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    A Primer on Hiring Techniques: What ODs Need to Know About the Science of Finding—and Keeping—Good Staff

    By Daniel Abramson Optometrists tend to think there is not much to hiring office staff: a few minutes meeting a person, then...

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    Staffing: The Key Issue in All Practices

    By ROB Editors When optometrists are asked what is the biggest challenge they face in running a successful practice, one issue comes...

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    Enrich Staff Positions for Greater Performance

    By Gary L. Moss, OD, MBA, CPC, FAAO The most productive offices--those which function efficiently as a team--rely on collaboration to accomplish...

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    Making Staff Matter–How Design Plays a Role

    By Amir Khoshnevis, ODOur staff meeting room is truly one of the nicest rooms in the building. This location is 5,600 square...

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    Executive Coaching for the Practice CEO

    By Mike Rothschild, ODTo figure out some particularly difficult issues for both my practice and my consulting / speaking career, I worked with...

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    Hitting the Staffing Sweet Spot How to Compute Optimal Staff Size

    By Judith LeeWhat is the magic number of staff you need to best serve patients--without draining profits? Regularly running a staff-size reality...

  • How Much Do Independent Practice ODs Make per Hour?

    By Thomas F. Steiner The Management & Business Academy™ (MBA), sponsored by CIBA VISION and Essilor, has collected financial and productivity data...

  • Duration of Patient Visits Survey

    By Thomas F. Steiner The following are excerpts from the Duration of Patient Visits Survey, conducted in December 2009 by Practice Advancement...

  • Staffing: Hours Worked and Compensation, by Practice Revenues

    By Thomas F. Steiner Since 2005 the Management & Business Academy™ (MBA), sponsored by CIBA VISION and Essilor, has collected financial and...
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