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Dr. Mike Rothschild began his practice from scratch in his wife's rural hometown and enjoyed immediate practice success that multiplied for several years. This success took more and more time away from what really mattered in his life. More patients led to more staff, more equipment and more hours at the office. Not being able to do it all, Mike's practice began to suffer until he realized that he...

Dr. Shay graduated with honors from the University of Pittsburgh in 2008, where she majored in Rehabilitation Science. In 2012, she received her Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern College of Optometry (Memphis, Tennessee). In addition to graduating at the top of her class, she was also honored to receive the SCO Outstanding Clinician Award. Dr Shay is highly skilled in full scope optometry a...

Dr. Permann, a native of Pickstown, South Dakota, attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry. He completed his Doctor of Optometry degree at the University of Missouri – St Louis College of Optometry. He completed externships at several locations in the St. Louis area, the VA hospital in Kansas City, MO and at Vance Thompson V...

Today I will share a snippet of one of our first episodes with Dr. Bob Vandervort.  The goal of the podcast is to explore the history of our profession, where we were, where we are and where we are going.  While you are enjoying this first episode you can subscribe to the Eye Documentary Podcast by typing EYEDOCS into the search tool of your favorite podcast app.  Check it out on iTunes here .

Today I had an awesome conversation with Dr. Belinda Starkey.  Belinda is the outgoing president of the Arkansas Optometric Association, a VS member and played a critical role in the passage the new Arkansas law that authorizes optometrists to provide minor surgical procedures including laser surgery to care for their patients. Dr. Starkey and I discussed some of the common pitfalls when attemptin...

Today I had a great discussion with my good friend Dr. Aaron Werner .  Aaron is a co-administrator for the San Diego area, but he is also the senior director for professional development at Vision Source.  Aaron ad I go way back to our days on the AOSA Board of Trustees.  We reminisced on those times and the evolution of our professional roles, we also discussed running, cultivating relationships...

Doug is the Vision Source co-administrator in Indiana, and he is also a CodeHead for the American Optometric Association.  We discussed common pitfalls that he sees offices making when it comes to billing and coding, as well as common questions he gets as a CodeHead.  I think our discussion on Medical Decision Making is likely the most helpful! Please enjoy our conversation, and as always, if you...

Today I had an amazing conversation with Dr. Mick Kling.  Mick has a business finance consulting company called Impact OD and we discussed his roots with LeadershipOD, Business Finance, Profit First and fiscally sound ideas for cash flow and business management. Please enjoy our conversation, and as always, if you want to get the most current episodes, be sure to subscribe to the podcast and give...

Today I had a great discussion with Dr. Pamela Lowe!  She truly has built a practice for preventative ocular care and her passion for early disease detection and prevention is contagious!  We had a conversation about myopia control, macular degeneration and incorporating new technologies into your practice.  Enjoy the show!  As always, if you want to get the most current episodes, be sure to subsc...

Today's discussion is with Jessica Stoffel, the director of Managed Vision Care Programs at Vision Source.  We had a great conversation about optimizing our offerings so that patients and our practices can receive the maximum benefits from their benefits!  If you have questions about the Managed Vision Care, please reach out to Jess @  jstoffel@visionsource.com Show Links: Essilor Game Plan Maximi...

Today's discussion is with Tami Franklin, the director of VS Learning and the VSR Program.  We spoke about the cost to benefit ratio of the VSR program (tilted significantly in the benefits column) and guided staff training. If you have questions about the VSR Program please reach out to Tami @ tfranklin@visionsource.com Want to access VS Learning?  Click here .

Today I had a great discussion with Dr. Anthony Podany .  Dr. Podany is not an optometrist, he is a clinical and research pharmacologist at Nebraska Medicine who specializes in HIV and Tuberculosis treatments.  I have wanted to have Tony on since I originally conceived of starting a podcast because of my deep fascination with the health and social implications of HIV.  We discussed historical, cur...

My guests today are Bill Walsh & Tim Floyd from ABB Optical Group. After some of my conversations with Tom Quinn and Drew Bateman, I reached out to Bill and Tim because they have a unique perspective in helping doctors evaluate the opportunity in their practice with: Soft contact lenses RGP lenses Specialty contacts ABB is a Vision Source Vendor and we had a great discussion about how we can start...

Today I had a great discussion with my good friends Drs. Darren Wright and Rusty Crotty.  We discussed: Gradifi Bonus structures Empowering new associates Succession planning CEO Summit Additional resources from the show: 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Right Now Media at Work

Today I had a great discussion with Dr. Jason “JT” Tu.  TY serves as the Vision Source Co-Administrator of San Diego and he is the president-elect of the California Optometric Association.   I always enjoy speaking with JT and today's conversation was no different.  We discussed immigration, association involvement, and building tight-knit communities!  JT is doing big things in our profession and...

Today I had a great discussion with my good friend Dr. Drew Bateman.  If you don’t know Drew, he is the president-elect of the Nebraska Optometric Association and has built a highly successful practice in Lincoln Nebraska.   We spoke about how we have discussions with our patients on PD and online glasses, in addition, we talked about secret societies in optometry and our new upcoming podcast, tha...

Today I had an awesome discussion with Dr. Tom Quinn about Contact lenses in general, but Dr. Quinn was a principal investigator of CRT lenses and so our conversation naturally drifted to orthokeratology, myopia control, and Brien Holden who was a mentor of Dr. Quinn’s.  He shared some important pearls on implementation, patient conversations and provided clear direction on the insurance implicati...

Dr. Jeff Hilovsky and I discuss the impact that his leadership work has had on his community.  Our larger discussion today is on the impact he has had on ACO relationships in his region and what we can learn to apply locally.  Jeff practices in Delaware and he is retired from the Air Force Reserves as a Colonel and Commander of the 512 Aerospace Medicine Squadron.  He is a past President of the De...

Today I had a discussion with Dr. David Caban, the Vision Source Director of Managed Care Initiatives for the North East.  David has a long history in our profession of moving the ball forward so patients have access to the breadth of services we provide.  We discussed the evolution of the Vision Source and SNE-PTN Relationship, and how optometry evolves to play a larger role in demonstrable, high...

Michael Steinkrauss is the Associate Director of Transformation at the Southern New England Practice Transformation Network.  We spoke about how our Vision Source offices have been able to show CMS the value of the services and what this means for the future.  We also discussed interoperability, alternative payment models and the unique position both locally and nationally that Vision Source pract...

Part 2: Dr. Pete Kehoe is a past president of the AOA, practice owner and Vision Source member.  We discuss challenges and opportunities for our profession, strategies for being effective leaders of our practices and time management among many other things.  This discussion is broken down into 2 parts. 

Dr. Pete Kehoe is a past president of the AOA, practice owner and Vision Source member.  We discuss challenges and opportunities for our profession, strategies for being effective leaders of our practices and time management among many other things.  This discussion is broken down into 2 parts.     

Dr. Carlson, AOA Past-President and private practitioner highlights the keys to building a better team to enhance your practice and practice culture.

Dr. Carlson, AOA Past-President and private practitioner highlights the keys to building a better team to enhance your practice and practice culture.

Dr. Carlson, AOA Past-President and private practitioner highlights the keys to building a better team to enhance your practice and practice culture.