Review of Optometric Business

Managed Care

Part 3: Timeline for Getting It Done

Transitioning to a direct care model in optometry

Video 3 of four-part series on significantly boosting per-patient revenue by ending reliance on managed care.

Sept. 18, 2024

Kara Foster, OD, and Laura Americo, of EyeCare for You in Apex, NC, and Direct Care Difference, share how they created and implemented a timeline for transitioning their practice to not accepting any patient insurance. Here are the key actions they took.

Check out the rest of this series

Taking Per-Patient Revenue from $264 to $567+: Part 1

Part 2: Training Your Team

Part 4: Impact of Ending Dependence on Managed Care

Dr. Foster and Laura have a guidebook available for purchase on Amazon about transitioning to direct care. Click HERE for more information.

Dr. Foster was recently profiled by ROB sister publication Independent Strong. Click HERE to read the article.

Related Items:Apex, Direct Care Model, EyeCare for You, insurance, Issues in Optometry, Kara Foster, Laura Americo, N.C., OD, optometry, patient care, practice management, reducing dependence on managed care, surviving as an independent, surviving managed care, thriving despite managed care, Transitioning practice, video

To Top

Subscribe Today for Free...

And join more than 35,000 optometric colleagues who have made Review of Optometric Business their daily business advisor.