New This Week
Borrow Wisely in Your Practice Growth Plan
Kenneth Daniels, OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO, owner of See Life – Hopewell & Lambertville Eye Associates in Hopewell and Lambertville, N.J., advises practice owners to recognize the difference between borrowing wisely to add revenue-producing services vs. taking on bad debt that can derail your practice growth plan. >>READ MORE>>
Coding & Billing
How to Avoid 3 Common Denied Claims in Your Practice
Denied insurance claims can wreak havoc on your revenue flow. Recognize the top 3 reasons for denials—and implement a system to eliminate them. >>READ MORE>
Staff Management
Hire an Administrative Manager to Grow Your Practice
By Beverly Jue-Smith, OD, MBA
As a practice grows, adding an administrative manager can free up the OD to generate revenues. Compute your readiness to make a hiring decision. >>READ MORE>>
Contact Lenses
How to Create a High-Tech, High-Value CL Exam
By David I. Geffen, OD, FAAO
Your contact lens services can be a powerful revenue generator–if you upgrade your instrumentation to help deliver superior value in your exam and fitting process. >>READ MORE>>
ROB Fast Fact
Upgrade Your Optical: Add a Digital Measuring Device
You might want to finally invest in a digital measuring device for your optical, if you haven’t already. Some 42 percent of optical retailers responding to Jobson Optical Research’s 2015 Premium Lens MarketPulse survey said that they have a digital measuring device in their office. Among them, 49 percent said they use it 75 percent to 100 percent of the time. Most (56 percent) are tablet-based.
Click HERE to read more on upgrading your optical’s technology from Review of Optometric Business professional editors Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, and Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD.
In Brief
IDOC Acquires PRIMA Eye Group
Independent Doctors of Optometric Care (IDOC, LLC), an optometric practice development organization, has acquired PRIMA Eye Group, a consulting firm and alliance for independent optometrists. >>READ MORE>>
Bausch + Lomb Named an Elite Vendor with Vision Source
Bausch + Lomb announced a new partnership with Vision Source, which named Bausch + Lomb as an elite vendor in its contact lens and lens care categories. <<READ MORE>>
Challenge –> Solution
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Practice Challenge…
How do I increase revenues in my practice?Your practice faces challenges–and revenue growth opportunities–every day. Here is how three top ROB contributors are finding large and small ways to ramp up revenues.
…Practice Solution
- Six ROI Winners for Your Practice
- Reduce Costly Lens Remakes
- OCT: Your Medical Eyecare Practice-Builder
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