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Clinical. COVID-19 May 26th, 2021. The States Where Optometrists Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. When over 90% of Medicare patients live within 15 minutes of an optometrist, ODs have a huge opportunity to support the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and expand our OPTOMETRY | EYES ON EYECARE This is a complete list of all 50 States and the optometry scope of practice for each including glaucoma, lasers, oral medications and other laws for each state. As a new grad OD or an OD who has been practicing for a few years, you might find yourself planning to sublease a practice and have been asked to submit a business proposal. COVALENTCAREERS NOW EYES ON EYECARE Eyes On Eyecare is a career development company for new healthcare professionals, providing them with education, mentorship, and job opportunities. We provide HOW TO APPLY FOR AN NPI NUMBER FOR OPTOMETRY How to Apply for your NPI number. Visit this website to apply for your NPI number. Follow the link “to register for an NPI”. Follow all the prompts, it is quite easy. You may enter as many “taxonomies” as you see fit. Copy down your tracking number. Wait for your NPI number by e-mail. There is a place where you can apply for an NPI as a HOW TO USE S-CODES AND CPT CODES IN THE SAME OPTOMETRYSEE MORE ON

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OPTOMETRIST INSURANCE CREDENTIALING: A GUIDE TO GETTING Step 2: Apply for your state license. Next, you'll need to apply for and receive your state professional license. Once you have been notified that your license has been approved, be sure to print out a copy that can be sent with your credentialing applications. Check out this guide on how to get your license in all 50 states, or these

provinces

THE BEST CONTACT LENSES OF 2021 FOR PRESBYOPIA AND Astigmatic presbyopia patients can officially celebrate the ability to choose different soft multifocal toric contact lenses that offer comfortable, clear, and seamless vision at distance and near. Gone are the days of eye care professionals offering the limited choices of monovision soft contact lenses for astigmatism with readers over top or masking astigmatism with soft multifocals. STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Hey everyone! Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome, innovative young ODs, and gotten to know so many of you personally. ORDERING LABS FOR UVEITIS: DOWNLOADABLE CHEAT SHEET How to use this uveitis lab cheat sheet. This guide contains labs and indications for both anterior and posterior uveitis; however, since the indications for anterior uveitis may hold true for posterior uveitis, those should also be considered when ordering labs for posterior uveitis patients. 7 QUESTIONS TO EXPECT IN AN OT SCHOOL INTERVIEW Interview season is upon us, causing thousands of potential occupational therapy (OT) students copious amounts of applying to OT school.Once you get the interview, you worry about what to wear, how to prepare for the weather (especially if you’re living in harsh winter climate), transportation and what to bring with you on

interview day.

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Clinical. COVID-19 May 26th, 2021. The States Where Optometrists Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. When over 90% of Medicare patients live within 15 minutes of an optometrist, ODs have a huge opportunity to support the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and expand our OPTOMETRY | EYES ON EYECARE This is a complete list of all 50 States and the optometry scope of practice for each including glaucoma, lasers, oral medications and other laws for each state. As a new grad OD or an OD who has been practicing for a few years, you might find yourself planning to sublease a practice and have been asked to submit a business proposal. COVALENTCAREERS NOW EYES ON EYECARE Eyes On Eyecare is a career development company for new healthcare professionals, providing them with education, mentorship, and job opportunities. We provide HOW TO APPLY FOR AN NPI NUMBER FOR OPTOMETRY How to Apply for your NPI number. Visit this website to apply for your NPI number. Follow the link “to register for an NPI”. Follow all the prompts, it is quite easy. You may enter as many “taxonomies” as you see fit. Copy down your tracking number. Wait for your NPI number by e-mail. There is a place where you can apply for an NPI as a HOW TO USE S-CODES AND CPT CODES IN THE SAME OPTOMETRYSEE MORE ON

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OPTOMETRIST INSURANCE CREDENTIALING: A GUIDE TO GETTING Step 2: Apply for your state license. Next, you'll need to apply for and receive your state professional license. Once you have been notified that your license has been approved, be sure to print out a copy that can be sent with your credentialing applications. Check out this guide on how to get your license in all 50 states, or these

provinces

THE BEST CONTACT LENSES OF 2021 FOR PRESBYOPIA AND Astigmatic presbyopia patients can officially celebrate the ability to choose different soft multifocal toric contact lenses that offer comfortable, clear, and seamless vision at distance and near. Gone are the days of eye care professionals offering the limited choices of monovision soft contact lenses for astigmatism with readers over top or masking astigmatism with soft multifocals. STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Hey everyone! Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome, innovative young ODs, and gotten to know so many of you personally. ORDERING LABS FOR UVEITIS: DOWNLOADABLE CHEAT SHEET How to use this uveitis lab cheat sheet. This guide contains labs and indications for both anterior and posterior uveitis; however, since the indications for anterior uveitis may hold true for posterior uveitis, those should also be considered when ordering labs for posterior uveitis patients. 7 QUESTIONS TO EXPECT IN AN OT SCHOOL INTERVIEW Interview season is upon us, causing thousands of potential occupational therapy (OT) students copious amounts of applying to OT school.Once you get the interview, you worry about what to wear, how to prepare for the weather (especially if you’re living in harsh winter climate), transportation and what to bring with you on

interview day.

OPTOMETRY | EYES ON EYECARE This is a complete list of all 50 States and the optometry scope of practice for each including glaucoma, lasers, oral medications and other laws for each state. As a new grad OD or an OD who has been practicing for a few years, you might find yourself planning to sublease a practice and have been asked to submit a business proposal. STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Hey everyone! Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome, innovative young ODs, and gotten to know so many of you personally. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EYEZEN™ Eyezen ™ glasses are digital lenses created by Essilor and designed to reduce eye strain. They are treated with a high quality anti-glare that filters out harmful blue light rays. They can be prescribed for patients who do not need distance correction. There are 3 options for

near-point help.

TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO LENS CHOICES IN CLINICAL Magnification in indirect ophthalmoscopy is calculated under the assumption that the patient’s eye is a plus-sixty–diopter optical unit. From one’s physics coursework, one recalls the equation that enlargement in this scenario equals the power of the patient’s eye, divided by the power of the fundus lens: Power patient’s eye ÷ Power fundus lens = magnification. AVERAGE OPTOMETRIST SALARIES—WITH CALCULATOR The data behind the CovalentCareers Optometrist Salary Calculator is based on five surveys of optometrists conducted between 2017 and 2019 and more than 2,000 job postings in the CovalentCareers database. Respondents to the surveys had a median grad year of 2015; reported current salaries ranged from below $60,000 to more than $200,000. THE 8 MINUTE RULE VS. SPM: ARE YOU LOSING MONEY? Medicare has seemed to take over or even scare the physical therapy profession into only utilizing the 8 minute rule. As of today, the common way to bill units of physical therapy services in the outpatient setting is the 8 minute rule.However, there is another method that can be used to bill commercial insurance that predates the

CMS 8 minute rule.

ORDERING LABS FOR UVEITIS: DOWNLOADABLE CHEAT SHEET How to use this uveitis lab cheat sheet. This guide contains labs and indications for both anterior and posterior uveitis; however, since the indications for anterior uveitis may hold true for posterior uveitis, those should also be considered when ordering labs for posterior uveitis patients. COMMON SPANISH PHRASES EVERY OT SHOULD KNOW Stand up / sit down. Haga eso como yo por favor. Please do this like me. Arriba / abajo / adentro / afuera. Up / down / inside / outside. For example, when directing your patient to move their limbs, you can simply say arriba or abajo. You could use adentro or afuera to refer to in and out. For example, during any functional exercises or HERE'S WHAT IT COST ME TO OPEN MY OPTOMETRY PRACTICE COLD Equipment Total: ~$105,000*. *Between my partner and I, we had a BIO, lenses (78, 90, 20D, 3 & 4 mirror gonioscopy lenses), stereo and color vision books, occluders, foreign body removal kits, near cards and fixation sticks. If you do not own these things, you are looking at an

extra $10-15,000.

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Clinical. COVID-19 May 26th, 2021. The States Where Optometrists Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. When over 90% of Medicare patients live within 15 minutes of an optometrist, ODs have a huge opportunity to support the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and expand our COVALENTCAREERS NOW EYES ON EYECARE Eyes On Eyecare is a career development company for new healthcare professionals, providing them with education, mentorship, and job opportunities. We provide HOW TO APPLY FOR AN NPI NUMBER FOR OPTOMETRY How to Apply for your NPI number. Visit this website to apply for your NPI number. Follow the link “to register for an NPI”. Follow all the prompts, it is quite easy. You may enter as many “taxonomies” as you see fit. Copy down your tracking number. Wait for your NPI number by e-mail. There is a place where you can apply for an NPI as a HOW TO USE S-CODES AND CPT CODES IN THE SAME OPTOMETRYSEE MORE ON

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TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. OPTOMETRIST INSURANCE CREDENTIALING: A GUIDE TO GETTING Step 2: Apply for your state license. Next, you'll need to apply for and receive your state professional license. Once you have been notified that your license has been approved, be sure to print out a copy that can be sent with your credentialing applications. Check out this guide on how to get your license in all 50 states, or these

provinces

STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Hey everyone! Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome, innovative young ODs, and gotten to know so many of you personally. AN OPTOMETRIST'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING CHANGES TO MEDICAL Starting in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to remove some of the documentation requirements for medical exam (E/M) codes (99xxx). Let’s take a look at what is changing. Current exam coding rules. As of now, Medicare and many other insurance providers require that doctors satisfy 3 areas of documentation in order to properly bill an E/M code. A GUIDE TO BILLING FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY CONTACT LENSES Medically necessary contact lenses can be soft (such as disposable or extended wear), hybrid (such as rigid gas permeable with a soft lens skirt) or hard (rigid gas permeable or scleral) contact lenses. When billing for medically necessary contact lenses, CPT codes 92071 and 92072 are not meant to be used simultaneously: it’s one or the

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Clinical. COVID-19 May 26th, 2021. The States Where Optometrists Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. When over 90% of Medicare patients live within 15 minutes of an optometrist, ODs have a huge opportunity to support the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and expand our COVALENTCAREERS NOW EYES ON EYECARE Eyes On Eyecare is a career development company for new healthcare professionals, providing them with education, mentorship, and job opportunities. We provide HOW TO APPLY FOR AN NPI NUMBER FOR OPTOMETRY How to Apply for your NPI number. Visit this website to apply for your NPI number. Follow the link “to register for an NPI”. Follow all the prompts, it is quite easy. You may enter as many “taxonomies” as you see fit. Copy down your tracking number. Wait for your NPI number by e-mail. There is a place where you can apply for an NPI as a HOW TO USE S-CODES AND CPT CODES IN THE SAME OPTOMETRYSEE MORE ON

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TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. OPTOMETRIST INSURANCE CREDENTIALING: A GUIDE TO GETTING Step 2: Apply for your state license. Next, you'll need to apply for and receive your state professional license. Once you have been notified that your license has been approved, be sure to print out a copy that can be sent with your credentialing applications. Check out this guide on how to get your license in all 50 states, or these

provinces

STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Hey everyone! Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome, innovative young ODs, and gotten to know so many of you personally. AN OPTOMETRIST'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING CHANGES TO MEDICAL Starting in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to remove some of the documentation requirements for medical exam (E/M) codes (99xxx). Let’s take a look at what is changing. Current exam coding rules. As of now, Medicare and many other insurance providers require that doctors satisfy 3 areas of documentation in order to properly bill an E/M code. A GUIDE TO BILLING FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY CONTACT LENSES Medically necessary contact lenses can be soft (such as disposable or extended wear), hybrid (such as rigid gas permeable with a soft lens skirt) or hard (rigid gas permeable or scleral) contact lenses. When billing for medically necessary contact lenses, CPT codes 92071 and 92072 are not meant to be used simultaneously: it’s one or the

other.

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TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Hey everyone! Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome, innovative young ODs, and gotten to know so many of you personally. AN OPTOMETRIST'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING CHANGES TO MEDICAL Starting in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to remove some of the documentation requirements for medical exam (E/M) codes (99xxx). Let’s take a look at what is changing. Current exam coding rules. As of now, Medicare and many other insurance providers require that doctors satisfy 3 areas of documentation in order to properly bill an E/M code. DOWNLOADABLE OPTOMETRY CLINICAL CHEAT SHEETS! These Optometry Clinical Cheat Sheets are perfect for: Studying for class. Studying for the NBEO Boards. Studying for clinic. A reference guide for when you graduate. Something to keep in your exam room well into your career. In these Optometry Clinical Cheat Sheets, you will find: Comparative list of artificial tears. THE NEW GRAD'S GUIDE TO OD/MD PRACTICE As recent graduates scan the horizon for their next professional move, there’s a good chance an opportunity to practice within an ophthalmology OD/MD group setting will arise. With the U.S. population expanding annually by over 2 million people 1 and today’s baby boomer population exceeding 70 million, 2 ophthalmologists (OMDs) are depending more on ODs to help keep pace with the ORDERING LABS FOR UVEITIS: DOWNLOADABLE CHEAT SHEET How to use this uveitis lab cheat sheet. This guide contains labs and indications for both anterior and posterior uveitis; however, since the indications for anterior uveitis may hold true for posterior uveitis, those should also be considered when ordering labs for posterior uveitis patients. OPTOMETRY SCOPE OF PRACTICE IN THE UNITED STATES 1. Oral medication authority optometry scope of practice. In these states, optometrists cannot prescribe oral medications: New York. Some or all oral medication prescription authority: the other 49 states (except NY). 2. Glaucoma treatment optometry scope of practice. As of 2021, optometrists can treat glaucoma topically in all states! 3. A COMPLETE GUIDE ON HOW TO GET YOUR OPTOMETRY LICENSE IN The following is meant to serve as a guide to help new graduates of optometry obtain the proper information to successfully complete the licensing application, for their optometry license based on state. An optometry license granted by each state’s regulatory board of optometry must be obtained upon graduating from an accredited

optometry

PROS AND CONS OF THE SCHOOL-BASED SETTING FOR SLPS Pro: No productivity requirements! As an SLP in the medical field, you may be required to demonstrate productivity and document how you are spending your time. Some medical settings require productivity as high as 92 percent. This means that 92 percent of your day must be spent directly working with patients, figuring out how to fit in 5 WAYS TO BE A GREAT CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR A great clinical instructor can influence physical therapy students far beyond their clinical rotations. 1. Talk to your student before the clinical. The best experiences I had as a student were preceded by a conversation with my clinical instructor. The most helpful thing I found to discuss beforehand pertained to my learning style.

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Clinical. COVID-19 May 26th, 2021. The States Where Optometrists Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. When over 90% of Medicare patients live within 15 minutes of an optometrist, ODs have a huge opportunity to support the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and expand our COVALENTCAREERS NOW EYES ON EYECARE Eyes On Eyecare is a career development company for new healthcare professionals, providing them with education, mentorship, and job opportunities. We provide HOW TO APPLY FOR AN NPI NUMBER FOR OPTOMETRY How to Apply for your NPI number. Visit this website to apply for your NPI number. Follow the link “to register for an NPI”. Follow all the prompts, it is quite easy. You may enter as many “taxonomies” as you see fit. Copy down your tracking number. Wait for your NPI number by e-mail. There is a place where you can apply for an NPI as a HOW TO USE S-CODES AND CPT CODES IN THE SAME OPTOMETRYSEE MORE ON

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TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. OPTOMETRIST INSURANCE CREDENTIALING: A GUIDE TO GETTING Step 2: Apply for your state license. Next, you'll need to apply for and receive your state professional license. Once you have been notified that your license has been approved, be sure to print out a copy that can be sent with your credentialing applications. Check out this guide on how to get your license in all 50 states, or these

provinces

STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome,

innovative young

AN OPTOMETRIST'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING CHANGES TO MEDICAL Starting in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to remove some of the documentation requirements for medical exam (E/M) codes (99xxx). Let’s take a look at what is changing. Current exam coding rules. As of now, Medicare and many other insurance providers require that doctors satisfy 3 areas of documentation in order to properly bill an E/M code. A GUIDE TO BILLING FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY CONTACT LENSES Medically necessary contact lenses can be soft (such as disposable or extended wear), hybrid (such as rigid gas permeable with a soft lens skirt) or hard (rigid gas permeable or scleral) contact lenses. When billing for medically necessary contact lenses, CPT codes 92071 and 92072 are not meant to be used simultaneously: it’s one or the

other.

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Clinical. COVID-19 May 26th, 2021. The States Where Optometrists Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. When over 90% of Medicare patients live within 15 minutes of an optometrist, ODs have a huge opportunity to support the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and expand our COVALENTCAREERS NOW EYES ON EYECARE Eyes On Eyecare is a career development company for new healthcare professionals, providing them with education, mentorship, and job opportunities. We provide HOW TO APPLY FOR AN NPI NUMBER FOR OPTOMETRY How to Apply for your NPI number. Visit this website to apply for your NPI number. Follow the link “to register for an NPI”. Follow all the prompts, it is quite easy. You may enter as many “taxonomies” as you see fit. Copy down your tracking number. Wait for your NPI number by e-mail. There is a place where you can apply for an NPI as a HOW TO USE S-CODES AND CPT CODES IN THE SAME OPTOMETRYSEE MORE ON

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TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. OPTOMETRIST INSURANCE CREDENTIALING: A GUIDE TO GETTING Step 2: Apply for your state license. Next, you'll need to apply for and receive your state professional license. Once you have been notified that your license has been approved, be sure to print out a copy that can be sent with your credentialing applications. Check out this guide on how to get your license in all 50 states, or these

provinces

STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome,

innovative young

AN OPTOMETRIST'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING CHANGES TO MEDICAL Starting in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to remove some of the documentation requirements for medical exam (E/M) codes (99xxx). Let’s take a look at what is changing. Current exam coding rules. As of now, Medicare and many other insurance providers require that doctors satisfy 3 areas of documentation in order to properly bill an E/M code. A GUIDE TO BILLING FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY CONTACT LENSES Medically necessary contact lenses can be soft (such as disposable or extended wear), hybrid (such as rigid gas permeable with a soft lens skirt) or hard (rigid gas permeable or scleral) contact lenses. When billing for medically necessary contact lenses, CPT codes 92071 and 92072 are not meant to be used simultaneously: it’s one or the

other.

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TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Hey everyone! Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome, innovative young ODs, and gotten to know so many of you personally. AN OPTOMETRIST'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING CHANGES TO MEDICAL Starting in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to remove some of the documentation requirements for medical exam (E/M) codes (99xxx). Let’s take a look at what is changing. Current exam coding rules. As of now, Medicare and many other insurance providers require that doctors satisfy 3 areas of documentation in order to properly bill an E/M code. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EYEZEN™ Eyezen ™ glasses are digital lenses created by Essilor and designed to reduce eye strain. They are treated with a high quality anti-glare that filters out harmful blue light rays. They can be prescribed for patients who do not need distance correction. There are 3 options for

near-point help.

DOWNLOADABLE OPTOMETRY CLINICAL CHEAT SHEETS! These Optometry Clinical Cheat Sheets are perfect for: Studying for class. Studying for the NBEO Boards. Studying for clinic. A reference guide for when you graduate. Something to keep in your exam room well into your career. In these Optometry Clinical Cheat Sheets, you will find: Comparative list of artificial tears. THE NEW GRAD'S GUIDE TO OD/MD PRACTICE As recent graduates scan the horizon for their next professional move, there’s a good chance an opportunity to practice within an ophthalmology OD/MD group setting will arise. With the U.S. population expanding annually by over 2 million people 1 and today’s baby boomer population exceeding 70 million, 2 ophthalmologists (OMDs) are depending more on ODs to help keep pace with the ORDERING LABS FOR UVEITIS: DOWNLOADABLE CHEAT SHEET How to use this uveitis lab cheat sheet. This guide contains labs and indications for both anterior and posterior uveitis; however, since the indications for anterior uveitis may hold true for posterior uveitis, those should also be considered when ordering labs for posterior uveitis patients. OPTOMETRY SCOPE OF PRACTICE IN THE UNITED STATES 1. Oral medication authority optometry scope of practice. In these states, optometrists cannot prescribe oral medications: New York. Some or all oral medication prescription authority: the other 49 states (except NY). 2. Glaucoma treatment optometry scope of practice. As of 2021, optometrists can treat glaucoma topically in all states! 3. A COMPLETE GUIDE ON HOW TO GET YOUR OPTOMETRY LICENSE IN The following is meant to serve as a guide to help new graduates of optometry obtain the proper information to successfully complete the licensing application, for their optometry license based on state. An optometry license granted by each state’s regulatory board of optometry must be obtained upon graduating from an accredited

optometry

PROS AND CONS OF THE SCHOOL-BASED SETTING FOR SLPS Pro: No productivity requirements! As an SLP in the medical field, you may be required to demonstrate productivity and document how you are spending your time. Some medical settings require productivity as high as 92 percent. This means that 92 percent of your day must be spent directly working with patients, figuring out how to fit in

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Clinical. COVID-19 May 26th, 2021. The States Where Optometrists Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. When over 90% of Medicare patients live within 15 minutes of an optometrist, ODs have a huge opportunity to support the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and expand our COVALENTCAREERS NOW EYES ON EYECARE Eyes On Eyecare is a career development company for new healthcare professionals, providing them with education, mentorship, and job opportunities. We provide HOW TO APPLY FOR AN NPI NUMBER FOR OPTOMETRY How to Apply for your NPI number. Visit this website to apply for your NPI number. Follow the link “to register for an NPI”. Follow all the prompts, it is quite easy. You may enter as many “taxonomies” as you see fit. Copy down your tracking number. Wait for your NPI number by e-mail. There is a place where you can apply for an NPI as a HOW TO USE S-CODES AND CPT CODES IN THE SAME OPTOMETRYSEE MORE ON

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TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. OPTOMETRIST INSURANCE CREDENTIALING: A GUIDE TO GETTING Step 2: Apply for your state license. Next, you'll need to apply for and receive your state professional license. Once you have been notified that your license has been approved, be sure to print out a copy that can be sent with your credentialing applications. Check out this guide on how to get your license in all 50 states, or these

provinces

STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome,

innovative young

AN OPTOMETRIST'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING CHANGES TO MEDICAL Starting in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to remove some of the documentation requirements for medical exam (E/M) codes (99xxx). Let’s take a look at what is changing. Current exam coding rules. As of now, Medicare and many other insurance providers require that doctors satisfy 3 areas of documentation in order to properly bill an E/M code. A GUIDE TO BILLING FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY CONTACT LENSES Medically necessary contact lenses can be soft (such as disposable or extended wear), hybrid (such as rigid gas permeable with a soft lens skirt) or hard (rigid gas permeable or scleral) contact lenses. When billing for medically necessary contact lenses, CPT codes 92071 and 92072 are not meant to be used simultaneously: it’s one or the

other.

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Clinical. COVID-19 May 26th, 2021. The States Where Optometrists Can Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. When over 90% of Medicare patients live within 15 minutes of an optometrist, ODs have a huge opportunity to support the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and expand our COVALENTCAREERS NOW EYES ON EYECARE Eyes On Eyecare is a career development company for new healthcare professionals, providing them with education, mentorship, and job opportunities. We provide HOW TO APPLY FOR AN NPI NUMBER FOR OPTOMETRY How to Apply for your NPI number. Visit this website to apply for your NPI number. Follow the link “to register for an NPI”. Follow all the prompts, it is quite easy. You may enter as many “taxonomies” as you see fit. Copy down your tracking number. Wait for your NPI number by e-mail. There is a place where you can apply for an NPI as a HOW TO USE S-CODES AND CPT CODES IN THE SAME OPTOMETRYSEE MORE ON

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TRADITIONAL PATIENT CARE VS. PATIENT CENTERED CARE: THE As the digital and physical world in health care collide, we need to rethink the way we interact with patients. Typically a patient visits an office, or calls in for an appointment, and is booked. OPTOMETRIST INSURANCE CREDENTIALING: A GUIDE TO GETTING Step 2: Apply for your state license. Next, you'll need to apply for and receive your state professional license. Once you have been notified that your license has been approved, be sure to print out a copy that can be sent with your credentialing applications. Check out this guide on how to get your license in all 50 states, or these

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STUDENT TO NEW OPTOMETRIST: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO YOUR Congratulations on making it through optometry school and welcome to our Student to New Optometrist guide! Since the founding of CovalentCareers seven years ago, we’ve published nearly 1,000 resources, interviewed a truly ridiculous number of awesome,

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DOWNLOADABLE OPTOMETRY CLINICAL CHEAT SHEETS! These Optometry Clinical Cheat Sheets are perfect for: Studying for class. Studying for the NBEO Boards. Studying for clinic. A reference guide for when you graduate. Something to keep in your exam room well into your career. In these Optometry Clinical Cheat Sheets, you will find: Comparative list of artificial tears. A GUIDE TO BILLING FOR MEDICALLY NECESSARY CONTACT LENSES Key points: Medically necessary contact lenses can be soft (such as disposable or extended wear), hybrid (such as rigid gas permeable with a soft lens skirt) or hard (rigid gas permeable or scleral) contact lenses; Each vision insurance plan covers separate conditions; When billing for medically necessary contact lenses, CPT codes 92071 and 92072 are not meant to be used simultaneously: it’s IRISVISION, ESIGHT, AND NUEYES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Alexandra (Troy) Copeland, OD FAAO graduated from the ICO and completed a residency in low vision rehabilitation at Salus University. She is the owner of Innovative Eye Care in Kalamazoo, Michigan where she provides both primary and low vision services ORDERING LABS FOR UVEITIS: DOWNLOADABLE CHEAT SHEET How to use this uveitis lab cheat sheet. This guide contains labs and indications for both anterior and posterior uveitis; however, since the indications for anterior uveitis may hold true for posterior uveitis, those should also be considered when ordering labs for posterior uveitis patients. OPTOMETRY SCOPE OF PRACTICE IN THE UNITED STATES 1. Oral medication authority optometry scope of practice. In these states, optometrists cannot prescribe oral medications: New York. Some or all oral medication prescription authority: the other 49 states (except NY). 2. Glaucoma treatment optometry scope of practice. As of 2021, optometrists can treat glaucoma topically in all states! 3. HERE'S WHAT IT COST ME TO OPEN MY OPTOMETRY PRACTICE COLD Equipment Total: ~$105,000*. *Between my partner and I, we had a BIO, lenses (78, 90, 20D, 3 & 4 mirror gonioscopy lenses), stereo and color vision books, occluders, foreign body removal kits, near cards and fixation sticks. If you do not own these things, you are looking at an

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innovative young

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innovative young

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THE NEW GRAD'S GUIDE TO OD/MD PRACTICE As recent graduates scan the horizon for their next professional move, there’s a good chance an opportunity to practice within an ophthalmology OD/MD group setting will arise. With the U.S. population expanding annually by over 2 million people 1 and today’s baby boomer population exceeding 70 million, 2 ophthalmologists (OMDs) are depending more on ODs to help keep pace with the AN OPTOMETRIST'S GUIDE TO NAVIGATING CHANGES TO MEDICAL Starting in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to remove some of the documentation requirements for medical exam (E/M) codes (99xxx). Let’s take a look at what is changing. Current exam coding rules. As of now, Medicare and many other insurance providers require that doctors satisfy 3 areas of documentation in order to properly bill an E/M code. A QUICK AND EASY REFERENCE GUIDE TO TROUBLESHOOTING RGP A Quick and Easy Reference Guide to Troubleshooting RGP Lenses. Fitting rigid gas permeable (RGP) lenses is not always easy or clear cut. Here are quick types of adjustments that can be made to improve the fit of an RGP. Here is a basic cheat sheet to troubleshooting that problematic RGP patient. We’ve all had the RGP lens wearing patient A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO LENS CHOICES IN CLINICAL Magnification in indirect ophthalmoscopy is calculated under the assumption that the patient’s eye is a plus-sixty–diopter optical unit. From one’s physics coursework, one recalls the equation that enlargement in this scenario equals the power of the patient’s eye, divided by the power of the fundus lens: Power patient’s eye ÷ Power fundus lens = magnification. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND EATING DISORDERS: BRIDGING THE Occupational therapy and eating disorders: the gap in treatment. We know that eating disorders are prevalent and can have devastating consequences, and we know that OTs are uniquely suited to treat them. We also know that there is already a functioning treatment system in place. If that is the case, is it really that important for OTs to put

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