Top 9 Health Care Systems in the World There has been much debate in recent years about whether health care is a privilege or right. While securing coverage for every U.S. citizen has been a priority for years, people often overlook the overall quality — or lack thereof — of our health care system. Without question, improvements can be made. … [Read more...]
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA's) are a good way for consumers to save on taxes but unlike Health Saving Accounts (HSA's) they cannot be rolled over in the next tax year. The most common type of FSA is used to pay for medical expenses not paid for by insurance; this usually means deductibles, co-payments, and coinsurance for the employee's health … [Read more...]
Vision West (the optical buying group) was talking about how excited they were signing up a Medical Credentialing company as one of their vendors. Not to be stupid, I had to of course look up medical credentialing to find out more about it. They signed up CSOA, Credentialing Specialists Of America. After looking into this and realizing how much … [Read more...]
How to Fast Track Your Optical Dispensary to be a DME Compliant Supplier for Post-op Cataract Eyewear... Wednesday, March 16, 2011 from 4:00 - 5:30 PM EST Monday, March 21, 2011 from 4:00 - 5:30 PM EST Why is this so important right now? The CMS has new rules that take effect March 25, 2011. Dispensing physicians, optometrists & … [Read more...]
For those who need help in insurance billing, this is a billing video by VisionWeb, your online resource for going paperless and streamlining operations for eyecare professionals. … [Read more...]
This is the recent news we received from the OAA regarding VSP and Out Of Network Claim Filings. For more information, contact VSP directly or the Optician Association of America The Opticians Association of America has learned some new information about VSP's out of network claim filing policies. VSP has always given its members the … [Read more...]
Optometrist Options for Billing and Coding While optometry is not a new profession, the industry may not be enjoying the same benefits as larger medical outlets when it comes to receiving their proper dues (in the form of financial reimbursement). This could be attributed in large part to the fact that optometrists are either not aware of … [Read more...]
The Vision Council has provided some helpful updates on Health Care Reform that we would like to share with you regarding On March 30, 2010, the President signed into law the heavily debated health care reform legislation – so what happens next? There are some immediate changes that will take effect as well as a steady time line for … [Read more...]
I am in the U.K. right now and have had two very positive experiences with the British Health Care system from a patient's point of view. I cannot speak about how it is as a provider but I thought it would be interesting to blog about it from the patient side. Britain has had the National Health Service (NHS) program for sixty plus years and … [Read more...]
This post on Making the Most of Optical Managed Care was submitted by ClearVision Optical: Independent optical dispensers are often reluctant to embrace the world of managed care, but the reality is: managed care is here to stay. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to make managed care work for you and your optical practice. For … [Read more...]
The House health care bill passed Saturday 11/7/09 would: Require most Americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine. Expand health care coverage to 36 million more people over the next decade. Require employers with payrolls above $500,000 to provide insurance to their employees or pay a fine. Prohibit insurance companies from … [Read more...]
We are receiving a lot of correspondence from our readers about Health Care Reform and Vision Care. For example, Eric White, OD has some major concerns about what is happening with the Health Care Reform Package and Vision Care. We are sharing Eric's concerns with you in case you want to take some action, get involved: "AOA's executive board … [Read more...]
How will Health Care Reform affect all of us in the optical industry? This will be an ongoing question for some time to come. The Vision Council has developed a memorandum to update their optical vision company members on the process and how the legislation may affect us as individuals and as optical business participants. We will be making sure … [Read more...]
One of the Blogs we subscribe to is EyeDocNewsBlog: Here is their update about billing codes: Modifiers Your New Friend- By Dr. Ari Weitzner If you are in private practice, you MUST be familiar with the following three modifiers- otherwise, you are losing lots of money: -24: This is added to the EXAM code (ie, 92012) during the post-op … [Read more...]
One of the newsletters we subscribe to is Eye Doc News, Ophthalmology Online- the following was a post by Dr. Ari Weitzner: "Over the years, I have received several requests from insurance companies for refunds, based on the fact that the patient’s subscription had expired. Problem is, of course, is that these requests come many months after … [Read more...]
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