By Staff
Thursday, May 14, 2015 10:00 AM
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By John Sailer
Monday, February 16, 2015 12:10 AM
If you’re not storing your patient data in electronic health records, your reimbursements are going to be reduced in the coming era of “outcomes-based” health care . . . and it could even impact how you treat your patients.
By John Sailer
Monday, February 16, 2015 12:09 AM
It will soon be commonplace for eyecare professionals to automatically integrate with health care professional Registries to aggregate their own patient data for analysis and compare themselves to the benchmarks of their peers.
By John Sailer
Monday, February 16, 2015 12:08 AM
To be a part of the new emerging outcomes-based medical model and the changes in reimbursement that will result, optometrists must embrace the ability to electronically share and use secure, encrypted patient data.
By John Sailer
Monday, February 16, 2015 12:07 AM
Thousands of ODs Have Received Incentive Payments for Using EHRs
By John Sailer
Monday, February 16, 2015 12:06 AM
While the deadline to receive financial incentives for implementing the Meaningful Use of certified electronic health records (EHRs) has past, ECPs still need to start using EHRs to avoid reductions in reimbursement (see page 46).
By John Sailer
Monday, February 16, 2015 12:05 AM
OcuHub is a “national private health information exchange for eyecare that includes elements of data exchange, data analysis and care coordination,”according to its CEO, Barry Barresi, OD, PhD, “ Created as part of AOAExcel when Barresi was still executive director of the American Optometric Association, OcuHub is now owned by TearLab, which purchased the entity in 2014.
By Staff
Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:15 AM
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By Evan Kestenbaum, MBA
Thursday, December 11, 2014 1:30 PM
When it comes to keeping established patients coming back to the practice, most optometric offices employ a variety of recall and appointment reminder systems.
By Staff
Saturday, November 1, 2014 10:00 AM
Optical capture rate compares the number of patients who received their prescription and the number of patients who filled their prescriptions at your practice. Since frame and contact lens sales are a big source of revenue for many practices, when it comes to your practice’s optical capture rate, the higher the percentage, the better.
By Staff
Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:05 AM
Reimbursement Plus, a leading supplier of cloud-based CPT & ICD Data Information Services, is releasing a major update to its medical coding and compliance service.
By Staff
Thursday, October 2, 2014 12:10 AM
Acuitas, the leading optical practice management software in Europe, has completed an integration with Frames Data as part of its expansion into the North American market. This integration gives Acuitas users the ability to subscribe to a service, called Frames Data IDA (Immediate Data Access), that enables access to frame information over the web from inside the Acuitas interface without loading a disc or downloading a separate file.
By Staff
Monday, September 8, 2014 11:49 AM
Vision West has partnered with Optometric Business Solutions (OBS) to offer its members ICD-10 training and compliance resources.