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  Practice Metrics

  New Practices: How They Are Started—and Who’s Starting Them

  How New Practices Are Started Fifty-seven percent of new practices are started from scratch; thirty-six percent are acquired from previous owners or formed...

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  Practice Metrics

  Do You Have the Tools Needed to Diagnose Glaucoma?

  Of the MBA practices surveyed, all of them had slit lamps, but only 47 percent had any nerve fiber analyzers (OCT, RTA,...

• Practice Metrics

  How to Do a Practice Valuation

  By Janice Mignogna There is no magic formula for arriving at an equitable sale price, however, there are two widely used formulas...

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  Practice Metrics

  It’s Not About the Gross: How PCO Determines the True Value of a Practice

  By Janice Mignogna and Harry Kaplan, OD, FAAO Fifteen to 20 years ago, practices usually sold for 100 percent of gross revenues....

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  Frames

  Price Frames to be Profitable in Today’s Managed Care Environment

  By Jay BinkowitzThree Managed Care Plans, Three Profit StrategiesHave you adopted a business philosophy that supports profitability with managed care?  If not,...

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  Medical Model

  Where Is the Money in Ocular Surface Disease? In Your Exam Chair!

  By Scot Morris, OD, FAAO Here are the real business facts about ocular surface disease: Millions of people suffer from one form...

• Frames

  Slideshow: Creative Displays of Frames

  Here are creative and clever frame displays, seen at Vision Expo West and in optical boutiques in Las Vegas...  

• Medical Model

  Help Us to Build a Coding and Billing Resource

  By Mark Wright, OD, FCOVDThe complexities of coding and billing are among the most common complaints heard in eyecare practices. But there are...

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  Medical Model

  Treating Ocular Allergies

  By ROB Editors Treating ocular allergies represent one of the most convenient entry points to developing the medical model in an optometric...

• Medical Model

  The Optometric Minute: The Importance of Submitting High-Risk Diagnosis Codes

  By John Lahr, OD,John Lahr, OD, FAAO, medical director of EyeMed, explains how submitting high-risk diagnosis codes for diseases such as diabetes,...

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  Finances

  A Legal Perspective on Practice Theft

  By Pamela Miller, OD, JDWhat to Do When it Happens to YouIf you suspect someone in your office is stealing from your...

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  Finances

  Trust and Naïvete Can Provide a Quick Education

  By ROB Editors Sometimes when Laurie Sorrenson, OD, would check the books of her Texas optometry practice, she’d notice that something didn’t...

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  Finances

  Web Resources for New Practice Owners

  Whether you're just getting started or need to revamp your practice, these resources offer advice and savings for optometrists. Business Plans, Forms,...

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  Practice Transitions

  Buying Into an Independent Practice

  By Jason R. Miller, OD, MBA, FAAO Find Standards That are Right for You I started at Eyecare Professionals of Powell working...

• 3.5K

  Finances

  Mulitple Locations, Corporate Affiliations

  By Kim Raharja, OD Bridge from Student to Practitioner The corporate structure provides a great way to pay off your student loans...

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  Finances

  Taking the Step to Practice Ownership

  By Bob Schultz, President and CEO, Vision One Credit UnionOptometrists make a common assumption, and an errant one: “If I build a...

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  Finances

  Planning the Three Stages of Optometric Practice

  By Bob Schultz, President, CEO, Vision One Credit UnionWhen graduating optometry school, retiring from practice seems a lifetime away. In a perfect...

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  Finances

  Family Transition/Practice Transformation: Hire Experts and Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

  By Steven Bennett, OD Defining a Personal Management Style When I took over the practice from my father, I wanted to concentrate...

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  Finances

  Managing Expansion Successfully

  By Roy Kline, OD Making Time, Not Finding Time How do you know when it's time to expand and take on a...

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  Finances

  Planning the Three Stages of Optometric Practice

   By Bob Schultz The clock keeps ticking…we need to prepare for the next step Congratulations on having purchased an optometric practice, either...

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  Finances

  Finding a Win-Win Via an Alternate Exit Route

  By Dan Runyan, OD Having an exit strategy is important, as Dan Runyan tells ROB. He and his partner went to optometry...

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  Finances

  Planning the Three Stages of Optometric Practice

  By Bob Schultz, President and CEO, Vision One Credit Union   Stage 3: Exiting Practice… Successfully In the previous two articles in this...

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  Finances

  Buy Now to Capture Tax Breaks

  By ROB EditorsOptometrists have an immediate opportunity to capture tax savings. If you act before the end of the year, you can...

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  Frames

  The Mathematics of Frame Board Management

  By Jay BinkowitzBuying the right products and creating successful assortments has become more challenging in today’s environment of shifting consumer tastes, increasing...

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  Software Solutions/EHR

  Choosing an EHR System

  By ROB Editors The benefits of an EHR system are clear: It can make your practice more efficient and profitable, and improve...

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  Software Solutions/EHR

  The Pace of Change is Accelerating—for Electronic Health Records and All the Rest

  By ROB EditorsWhen it comes to practice management software and electronic medical records, change really is the only constant, says Kim Castleberry,...

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  Software Solutions/EHR

  Looking Back 15 Years at the Paperless Practice

  By ROB EditorsThe practice of Thomas J. Overberg, OD, in Fremont, Ohio, (www.droverberg.com) has been paperless since 1996. Why did he make...